LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 88, 14 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Star of Scotland has sailed from London 1 for Auckland.

A dance will be hold in the .Midhirst Public Hall on Wednesday next.

A Government fish shop is to be opened in Sydney on Tuesday, states a cable to-day.

The Northern Roller Milling has reduced the price of flour in Auckland by 10s per ton, and it now stands at £•ls 15 s.

The Kakaramea Dairy Factory Company have declared a further bonus of 4d per lb., which will bring up their season’s payment for butterfat to 19d per lb. This is said to be a record for Taranaki.

A London cablegram states that Smith, the notorious wife-murderer, on whom the death sentence was passed, has paid the full penalty of his crimes, having been executed at Maidstone.

The rainfall record submitted to the Dunedin Drainage Board showed that the total fall for July was 'only ,82in. It was stated at the meeting that this is the lowest July record for Dunodin for the past JO years.

The Parramatta Federal Labour Council selected Mrs Gallagher to oppose Mr Cook for the Parramatta constituency (states a Sydney message to-day). Mrs Gallagher is the first woman candidate, chosen by a Labour organisation. , ■

An Inter-State Conference at Melbourne decided to abolish tho border restrictions so as to facilitate the transportation of wheat. The meeting discussed the question of chartering of vessels for carrying exported wheat.

Tho Feilding and district schools held a Queen Election Contest and Fair this peek and raised £‘3ooo, for the wounded soldiers. The Press Association states that Miss Constance Clapham, of the Kiwitea School, was elected queen. She has a brother at the 'Dardanelles who was wounded k lew weeks ag0.,,, i 5 , ' ,/ l 1 " : r , | :: Mr Tohii Pafed,'who is stated to be a trance ‘rhodium' of remarkable poW- ; is s f6' Visit’St ’atfoVd next week ‘ahH ' wil! - deliver'* a series ’of’ tfandfc lecture’s* coinmericing oh SumlaV blfext, 1 August 22nd. TlosV ,: ■these subjects will unbv thh bpporfiiirity of seeing for tl emselves what Mr IPagtP JafVMbW His lectures are highly spoken of by those who follow up’ •this sort of thing. ItUWf .XJAT ;3 Life in the front trenches at the Dardanelles is referred to as follows by Private Charles S. Kelly in a note to a friend in New Zealand: —‘.‘June .20, 3915.-—Still in and about the treii- • diesi I' lnutliV fronl .■trench the ..chief; is.; toi: keep • awake for rlthe ;24 boursothei *,no. Tuuksi ore'(viable, and tli.or.ethavo (been uo-fnight attacks; «dlfan lExcOpti fwf tht* piatter-jof Isleep-p the..turn-in the front, (trqncii,, is quite, comfortable. .This, i. .of .jcouvfiff- referfi-.tOi the * point wjhere ; I, anj,;at otper point*, there ift jome^slie.llrdodgingj, to do. The weather is fitUhpf jtfie yery-beSt.’.! jc-dnicA D,t ■ inV-w .v;J -• (nit- , A rather serious accident occurred near Inglewood this morning, when Miss Meyer, a school teacher, was thrown from her horse. Miss Meyer was riding on the load alongside the railway track, and when the engine approached her horse took fright and threw her. The driver of the train noticed the accident and brought the train to a standstill. Miss Meyer was picked up and conveyed to Stratford in the guard’s van. Medical examination showed that Miss Meyer was considerably bruised about the face and arm. but no bones were broken. The unfortunate victim was conveyed to the local hospital.

From Whangamotnonas Mr H. W. Dixon writes to the Editor of the “Stritford Evening Post:—Following is an extract from a letter written to me hy my brother serving in the Howitzer Battery at the Dardanelles “Nothing would he more acceptable than a pipe and some Havelock tobacco—any old pipe will do ; the one 1 have is just about finished. As for pipe tobacco, we seldom see it. What little does come in is worth its weight in gold. We get a fair supply of cigarettes. but after the pipe it is hard to get a smoke out of them. The other day I was in luck’s way. A friend gave me a tin of Golden Eagle, and not five minutes after, I was offered os for half of it, but 1 would not sell a pipe full at the price.” . .Mr Dixon adds: Judging by the above, the position with regard to pipe tobacco seems to be fairly unsatisfactory. Needless to say 1 am supplying my brother’s demands.

The Mayoress (Mrs J. W. 800n 1 ' is in receipt of the following circular letter from the Mayoress of Wellington as President of the Countess of Liverpool Fund:—“Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool has written to ns asking if we would join in sending leather waistcoats to the men at the front. We are heartily in accord with this idea, as we hear the winter in the Dardanelles is very cold, and we think these waistcoats would be a great comfort to the men. We, therefore. write to you to ask if you will help us. 5000 waistcoats will be wanted for the Wellington Military Area. The waistcoats are quite simple and easily made by any good machinist,| the cost is about os. Do not trouble about fasteners, we are having them done by contract here. If you will help we will send yon a sample waistcoat and also a flat pattern. The names of the donors can be stamped or written ipside.”

The second reading of a Compulsory Voting .BiR has been moved iu the Federal Senate. »t mmm

The not profit of the Broken Hill Pcopficta ry for the half year ended May J 1 was £196,227.

Straford housewives are again faced with an increase iu the cost of living. Butchers were charging an extra penny pci 1 lb , thfse morning for all lines.

An ‘ Adelaide cable to-day states that excitement was caused by the report that the search for oil in the Kingston district had proved successful.

Private advice received in Auckland states that Major Grant, who went with the Fourth Reinforcements, died on the hospital ship after having boon wounded in the Dardanelles. He was married, aged 36, and his wife resides iu Auckland.

The popular mayor of a small town iu Surrey is absent at the front iu the best of all good causes. The town docs, him the honor of placing an at every function that he would have attended under happier circumstances. To this touching cus* tom his deputy has jnst referred in ,a,. short but successful speech: “W« not mess ’is empty chair,” lie Mniared, '"but we do miss ’is vacant face.”

The Wanganui Meat Freezing Company’s report for, the year July shows a profit of £26,501. Ah-i 1' : eluding £7058 brought forward from last year. An interim dividend of throe per cent, absorbing £1564, was paid iii January last, and now it is proposed ’to allocate the balance asfollows: Write off for depreciation £5623, transfer to reserve £BOOO, transfer for equalisation of dividend £IOOO. pay a dividend of G per cent andi ta* bonus of 4 per cent, leaving £5231 as a balance to be. carried forward and £2OBO for the dividend withheld last year owing to the outbreak of the war. The Press Assaciation message concludes: The Copipany during tho year extended its storage accommodation by 30,0110 carcases. : :t t (Of-. • ; .C, Reference has been made to the fact that several English clergymen are fighting at the front with- tjjo ’dfi full consent of their congregations and diocesan -bishops.. 384 U ft Bail i«l 1 f f mained for the wife of a Primitive : MfjJipdist superintendent to set an , ( p,\anjpje. fqr f otbqr ministers' wives jo . j; fQljpw v ,j by, aotingrppi f hei;, Jjpsbapcfi, Tjhg lady in question •”* * 1 IS! Gepvge,, Kendall, who. holds the unique position of superintend*------,ent of the Windsor (Primitive Methodist circuit. She hks rJ H dpff«(n-se hef husband, no'f Captain G. Kendall, is in France’ looking after a Havre hospital and fulfilling the duties ,of chaplain with the Expeditionary Force. Mrs Kendall has six churches under her tupery4fiiony;.nud i *>nfc superintendent min-r .Jfjtejv; she,.lOCcqsjio,pally’ “fA-eaches ■> sub- ; cessively at each of Hhtfm. 1 e ll

I • ■ f -'.lii.i •; • -.it!.' • e'i . t Federal Ministers t havq ((writes*; a, ijost’3. .Sydney correspondent). . ;i their ;qc; , hands fpll' .9jf |; exceedingly fesponsib}*,;; i woHc, 1 but seem obliged, to, ,spsad. pqn r mdej-jdjlg time in. reading ab,Qpt / g.tta ! ckaj made on. them, in public places,; : -: j Minister for. IMjence ig, not; 01% trying tp dLswve;: the; per/rpn .responsible for the glanderous ! pimqi; i tb,at.hitjwU : a is a German latfy, \>iit haa aipo a writ to be issued, with a, clftiiii £IOOO damages, against a resident of Victoria. What Senator Pearce complains of in this case, fe that then* was imputed to him the commission, of a criminal offence calculated to imperil him in his high office. Since then, a similar writ has been issued against the same person on behalf of the Prime Minister. Mr Jensen, our new Minister for the Navy, also has a defamation suit on hand. He has caused his solicitors to issue a writ against the Launceston Examiner newspaper, claiming £2OOO damages tor alleged libel, Mr Jenson’s complaint is that he was accused in an editorial with having bribed a baker 1 in Queensland.

1M1: Robert W. M'Lareu, a former resident of Wairarapa, - who has now charge of a large ranch in Argentine, writes as follows to Mr Woltere, of Carterton : —Wo had a very good harvest this year, and our wheat gave over GO bushels per acre, and was sold at os per bushel, which was not had, We have had a splendid summer and f autumn, with plenty of rain, and now - this mouth (May) is like spring. We are busy ploughing for wheat'and linseed, and expect to have 2400 acres in wheat and SOO in linseed. There is sure to bo a good demand while this dreadful war is on. I will get another lot of steers away this month, and that will make 1200 this year, and I hop# to get another lot away before the end of the year. Your three Romney Marsh ranis, were, sold last February, and netted £BO 10s. Your Romneys wer# well thought of, and had splendid wool. If it had been a normal year they would have made £ls to £2O more, Mr M‘Laren also separately mentions a deal of 9100 bullocks at £l6 10« per head and 400 cows at £lO 10s per Ct head, and thinks that is probably a record.