LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 100, 28 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The lonic, bound-Tor Auckland, has passed Wilson's Promontory, states a .Melbourne message.

lii Brisbane the merchants have reduced the wholesale price of butter to 140 s, which is at the rate of £'lS per ton below the proclamation.

( Playing; '.football t»tl Yictnria Park this morning the Stratford School beat the West End, New Plymouth School by 10 points to nil.

The re-openitig• "services o"f'the Stratford .Methodist Church will be held in the Church. Regan Street, to-morrow, when the preacher will be the Rev. T. G. Hammond, chairmairjof.tho District. Special music has been arranged by the choir for to-morrow evening.

The West Australian Assembly passed the. ,re.\ujing of : ,ajMiill providing* Wr %' refereSidUin c>l llie early closing of hotels. South Australia passed tlre A Bi.v'*»o ,, elflPfc Hotel Closing Bill without amendment, ;;[ , jv r ,i.. 4 4|}M M : JHi [A Melbourne cable states tlnrt, in connection' • \\iih Hh\t Woodleigli 4/11* edy, a man named Allan",, whose actions since (He nhirder'have hecii tiiFpicious, committed -suicide. B'atk trackers discovered that Allan's bo.-,ts fitted the footmarks 'ai:' the spot the woman was killed.

A Wanganffi Press Association telegram to-day states 7 :—The recent heavy lighting in the Dardanelles' has led to a boom in recruiting in this district, 'and within last week over fof-ty wei'e selected for active service. Many others are awaiting examination.- It is estimated that close on 1000 have left the district since the war started.

• The cnke, which wa-s -he piize for the '.veigutygiiQssiig • luupebitton Leld in connection with the • conversazione at the Parish Hull on Thursday evening, is to lie sent tortile Stratford boys in the firing line. , The weight of I'iHis Sozs (correct weight J2lh 81 ozs) was guessed by three people whb have signified their willingness to send the, cake, instead of dividing it. to the Stratford soldiers. The amount realised from the tickets and the auction sale held during the evening will lie published later.

The president of the Stratford Ladies' Branch of the Orange Lodge. (Mrs T. Young) wishes to thank all who so kindly helped to make the sucsessfnl conversazione, held in the. Parish Hall on Thursday evening, especially mentioning the .Methodist Chinch office-bearers, Messrs Evans '-ad Tlebbon, C. R. James and M. While, for

furnishings and flags, and Missis Fletcher, of the X.Z. 'Loan'and Mercantile C 0... Ltd.. and T, !. Lnniason, auctioneers, also Revs. J. Pattison an t | 11. C. Howard.

At the Stratford Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr C. D. Sole. J.P., a first offender for drunkenness, who did not appear, was convicted and lined 10s. the amount of the bail. A female first offender was convicted and discharged. Mr Sole remarking that there was a considerable amount of drunkenness in Stratford at the present time. Rvery day, he said, he saw drunken people about the streets, the last lew days especially.. Sergeant Dale said there had not been many convictions for drunkenness as last year. Mr Sole: "No. But the drunks arc on the street." ... The good work which the Volunteer, Nursing Sisters have been doing at i Trenthain cannot lie too widely known,! or can the movement be widespread ; enough. It is with this commendable view thai the ladies of Midhirst have instituted proceedings, and a meeting is called for Tuesday afternoon, when wavs and means of assisting n ill be determined upon in reply to an appeal contained in a letter from the Wellington secretary. Mis' Hogg is the. 1 ical secretary, and. speaking enthusiastically of the movement, she says J she has set the target at £IOO, and confidently hopes that under various schemes, among which will be a concert and dance, the round hundred will be reached. That district ladies will rally round Mrs Hogg in her praiseworthy effort need not be doubt-

i Weather forecast.—The indications i suv for northerly moderate to strong winds prevailing -and freshening. There is si prospect of fair to cloudy weather with increasing haze and cloudiness for change in the beginning of the week. Barometer falling. Bates, Wellington.

The box plan for the .1. ('. Williamson production, "The Man Who Stsiyed ;it Home," in the Town Hail tonight lists idled well, and a bumpet

house can b,> expected to greet tha rise of the curtain. The success that has attended the staging of this exciting

spy drama wherever shown lias been remarkable, the intensely patriotic nature of the drama being most attractive. Theatregoers will. also, have the additional pleasure of meeting across the footlights tunny of their old favourites, besides making die acquaintance of well-known laces on the other side of the water. Pfltr ms would be well advised to be scared early, as the performance conitnencjs sharp at eight.

The Stratford Cribbage Team journeyed to Midhirst last evening but were defeated by the Midhirst team by 42 to 31, The scores are as follows. Stratford being mentioned first in each Case :—J. Jones and P. G. Brennan (3) v. W. White and H. Parsons (5); F. ii. Davis and K. Meredith (5) v. W Hawkins and Casper (4): H. Kiveil and F. Stewart <!}) v. C. Keightley and Barford (6); Slight and Walshe (4) v. Wright and I!. Shotter (6); W. and F. Collins (3) v. F. Pederson and («'. Ferguson (ft) ; W. Barlow and W. McAllum (oi v. A. Askew and J. Shorter (3); A. Nelson and W. Brown (3) v. J. Snooks and C. Wunsch t(i); C. Kivell and J. F. Sharrock (">) v. F. Askew and G. Anderson (I).