LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3, 2 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Mqkoia has left Melbourne for New Zealand.

Vital statistics for Stratford for August: Births 15, marriages 5, deaths 2. i '

The quarterly meeting of the Strat- | ford District Licensing Committee * vfifl he held lin the Magistnrtd’s Contb i to-morrow, at n00n.5

A meeting of beekeepers in tile Stratford district will he held in the library., at the .Fire Station .at eight o’clock this evening, with .the object of forming a . Beekeepers’ Association. , I ,1. : I) ’ i ■! }

[; Weathhr Forecukt.—Tile indications j dW' TbV st’rhng winds to' ; gale * aftef j ahodt sixteed'hours. There is--a prUs- | pect of fair to cloudy weathCrl Increasing haze and cloudiness , for change. Barometer falling after about sixteen hours.— Bates, Wellington.

A Sydney cable to-day states that the annual report of the Aborigines Protection Board shows that a steady dfgrease .-in the iiiym-Dei; of, Blacks; ip New South Wales on. Full bloods total 1730* neing*a decrease of 131, and half-castes total 5049, a decrease of 5.

The enlistments for tlid 1 'Reinforcements fronr Stratford were very satisfactory during . 'tlie month hif August, twenty-seven men enlisting, while only six were rejected as medically nnJiti Messrs -I. R. Casey (luglewood)i. A. IC. Fulcher (Kohuratahi). , and S. E. Xcilson (Stratford), have been passed as lit.

The civil business to be disposed of at the Stratford Magistrate’s Court to-morrow will occupy some time, there being sixteen cases, of which one (\Va,tkin v. Donilld) is defended. Other cases: Two judgment summons, one of obstructing the railway guard while in the execution of Ids duty, and one of abusive language to iy railway guard while in the execution of his duty. , •

A grand Catholic social is advertised to be held on Thursday. Kith inst., ip the Town Hall, part of the proceeds to be devoted to the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund. The function will *be positively the last of its hind for the season, and should draw a big audience. Tickets at the usual prices (3s and 2s i may he procured from members of the committee or the hon. sec. '.Mr P. G. Brennan).

At yesterday’s Patriotic Conference the chairman (Mr Wilson) pointed out the desirability of allowing people to collect money for the funds only after they had been approved of by the different local committees. The speaker said that in his official capacity he had to refuse permission for young people of lo or 10 years selling floweron behalf of the fund. Mr Hill said

that during tht* last Wellington cm ■ ference one ol tht* detectives told him that a reputed thiel had been collecting money on beliall ol t !>•' Patriotic funds and had got awa/v wit a it. I me speaker said that as chairman of the Wellington Carnival Committee he could vouch that none of the committee’s boxes had been tampered wit.n and he had warned the general public through the newspapers not to give money to anyone not having one of their special boxes, pi which about two thousand were distributed. .Mr Hill said lie noticed one case where a man walked through the streets with a barrow and the public threw pounds into the vehicle. “People will be fools.” said Mr Hill, “even alter they are told about it.” In this connection. Mr Wilson said tin* question ol collecting funds was an algrming one.' Nobody should be allowed to collect money unless their credentials had been strictly examined. , Many people. he said, were collecting but were using the money tor their own benefit.

The rainfall at “RiversdaJo.” as supplied by Miss ‘Trimble, observer, for August shows that rain fell on twelve days, the total being -l.tiOin. Details are as follows: On the .Ith, .7(5; Uth. .62; 7th. .01; Stir, .70; 9th, .03; 10th, .77: 11th. .01 ; Uth. .22; loth. .27; 29th, .02; 30th.. .51; 31st, .68.

The following teams will meet over a game of “crib” at Elder’s tea rooms to-night (Thursday):—A Team: J, W. Jones, \V. Kelly. E. Stewart, W. Clifton. A. Nelson, W. Collins, F. Collins, H. Jones. G. Baker, Green, I). Butchart, R. Davis, J. Sharrock, 1). McAlhun, G. Seabright. B Team; H. Kivell. C. Kivell, N. Gfey, J. Harston, W. Brown. K. Drake, A. Drake, A. Walsh, J. Thomas, P. James. C. Jackson, \V. Barlow, AMeriditli, G. Slight.