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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 95, 23 August 1915, Page 6

At to-morrow’s meeting of ladies at the Fire Brigade Ha!!, a sample only of the leather waistcoat will be. on view, and will form the object of the meeting. Weather Forecast.—The indications are for south-easterly moderate to strong winds. "Weather probably cold and changeable. The night will probably be very cold with frosts inland. The barometer has a rising tendency. Bates, Wellintgon. An Auckland Press Association telegram to-day states: John Phillips, an elderly man. clerk' to the Point Chevalier; Hoad Board, was arrested on,;;; a charge ’that on divers dates: between August. 1911, and August, 1915, he received sums of. money aggregating .£262 19s 6d on behalf of the Point Chevalier Hoad Board, and had failed to account for same. He was remanded for a week, hail being allowed in one surety of £2OO. Pitfalls hetset the path of the public speaker to-day as dangerously as they did that of Christian in the days of old, and even the most experienced may fall unconsciously into error. All unwittingly and with the sublime innocence that precludes any suggestion (if forethought, the .Mayor fell into a most amusing verbal error while ad- * dressing the men of the Eighth Reinforcements at the Early Settlers’ Hall, Dunedin, on Thursday evening. His speech had been a stirring one, and, states the Otago Daily Times, warmed by the intensity of his oratory, he was bringing it to a close with a peroration which sustained the high note lie had struck throughout, when the'unfortunate lapse occurred. “We assure you.” he said to the men, “that you are leaving this city with the best wishes and heartfelt prayers that God may protect you from the ladies of this city.” It was some moments before tlie unintended meaning of these words became apparent to those present, hut when*they did the Mayor sat down amidst a roar of laughter*