LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The butchers of Stratford notify the public that the price of meat is increased by one penny per pound as from September 1.

The Wellington police yestelrthife seized T2(K) in gold which a Chinaman was attempting to smuggle out of the country aboard the M.oeraki.

In addition to the authentic.. war pictures advertised for last Monday, states Mr Foley, of His Majesty’s Theatre, “The Hattie of the Dunes” will positively be. screened to-night and lit the matinee 'On Saturday only.

. T!u>-War .Pensions Board. .last .night granted the lirst pension under the Act. which was passed on August otb, state's si ■' Wellington ‘ Press’ Assbdiatidn (telegram. The amount of the pension was £7B per annum to a partially disabled soldier. |3 i t.ISi,,; ; Jlllllsl C3M YT .5 i The Harawa will leave Onehunga for Auckland on Saturday.,)Sejifepiber 18th toy her annual inspection, and she will be away for a fortnight. During that time the Himu will take up running, leaving Onehunga on Monday, September 2Uth. at 2 p.m. .Intending • passengers are a’sked to note that no steerage tickets will be issued for S.S. Himu. , ...

~, The Town Hall to-night should be crowded with lovers of opera. “Hinemoa,” by a talented company of Maoris, should by something to remember , with joy, for ever. The music and scenery are said to be bewitching to a degree few imagine, and the quaint customs of the. Maori people; their picturesque costumes, novel dances., and alluring sentimentality combine to make a delightful entertainment.

At cribbage last evening the Stratford “A” team scored their first win against the “B” team by o.'l to 12. The scores were as follows (“A” team being mentioned first) -Kelly and R. Davies (S) v. .1. Hurston and R. Rickleben (A) ; .1. Sharrock and W. McCallum (S) v. R. (Iray and C. Kivell (4>; Stewart and I). Bntchart (10) v. Drake Bros (7) ; Clifton and Jones (0) v. Slight and Walshe (8); F. and \V. Collins (5) v. W. Brown and T. Lawson (II); Nelson and Creen ((>) v. P. James am) R. H. Kivell (4).

An unfortunate accident occurred to Surfaceman Coley, of Toko, a few miles outside the township this morning. The special workers’ train for Whangamomona was just through one of the cuttings when the engine hit the velocipede, which Soley was trying to get off the rails, and the arm of the machine struck the surfaceman in the stomach. Coley was picked up and brought hack to Stratford in the train and conveyed to the hospital. It is thought that his injuries are not seri-

A meeting of beekeepers of the Stratford district was held in the library at the Fire Station last night, with the object of forming a Beekeepers' Association. Mr Geo. ,).-Bradley, convenor, explained the working and

the saving in the hnying of hives that may he derived from the establishment of an Association, There were only a few people present owing to tin l inclemency of the weather, and it was decided to call another meeting at a later date.

The Stratford Fire Brigade’s Carnival to he held on Thursday next should

prove a huge success and provide a good afternoon's sport. Genial Secretary Bradley says that plenty of

“smile seed” will he sown by the fancydress football match and the Females v. Hemalcs (in skirls) hockey match.

A magnificent extravaganza procession of warships, decorated cars. Bod Cross nurses, wild animals, and the caged Kaiser will take place in the evening. “Signor” T. Marshall's military hand will play at the Victoria Bark, where the sports are to he held in the afternoon. The prices of admission are advertised in another column in this edition. After the torchlight procession a hard time social and dance will hi* held. All dancers are to he masked. Waugh’s orchestra from' Kaponga will provide excellent music for the dance. Brizes will he atiarded for the best lady’s and gentleman’s fancy dress. It

A Sydney cable reports that a man was lined £SO each on two charges of attempting to trade with the enemy.

A proclamation has been issued in’ Queensland reducing by L2 2s (id per ton the price of Hour other than that made from imported wheat.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for;—Northerly strong winds to gale and hacking by north to westThc weather appears likely to be cloudy and unsettled. Rain probable. The barometer lias a falling tendency. Hates. Wellington. This morning, under the guidance of Mr Sanford, a batch of boys from the Stratford School erected the first pair of gates on the experimental farm plot in Broadway South, It may be .mentioned that the gates were made by the hoys during the past fortnight.

At the Stratford Magistrate’s Court this morning, during the hearing oi a collision case, His Worship, Mr W . (I. Kenrick. asked a witness it he could judge half a minute. I hi* Magistrate took out his watch and gave the word “go” hut only ten seconds had elapsed before the witness estimated that half a minute had ticked away. , Th drawing of the H.H. New Zealand Clothing Factory raffle was held in the head office oi the firm, Dunedin, on August 2(i. The competition was part of the scheme established to help the Dunedin Carnival Committee raise £IOO.OOO for the Sic kand Wounded Soldiers’ Fund. The prizes were won by the followingP. K. Low. Dunedin. complete man’s outfit, I; M. Whitncit. West Coast, complete boy’s .outfit. 2; Mrs ’l'. Cnnard. Temuka, J ally’s costume length also pair boots or shoes,3: Mrs Wallace, Wellington, handsome travelling rug, 4.

The quarterly meeting of the Stratford District Licensing Committee was held in the Magistrate’s Court at noon to-day. there being present, Mr W. G. Kenrick. S.M. ('chairman), and Messrs •I; IT Richards, W. Hathaway, 0. D. Sole. A. Meredith, and W. Morrison. The application of George Anyon for a transfer Of the license of the Toko Hotel to.Hjchard Smith was granted., Mr J. ,IT ijL l .; iS tail ford ■ appeared efili j support of the transfer. The Chairman said the country hotels should be made to place lights in the .pripaks; jfor t;he convenience of people at nights. If electricity was not available, kerosene lamps should be requisitioned.

A young man who appeared in a judgment summons case at the Stratford Magistrate’s Court this morning was severely reprimanded by the .Magistrate. Mr W. G. Kenrick. Tho mah-said he: had'keen earning ,-*63, <« week, and had been paying off back debts. The Magistrate : said that a young man should not contract debts, and should not procure goods until the money was available to pay them, it ivAJa disgraceful for’! a mah to ‘be sued for the money for his board and lodgings, ft wafs unprofitable also, said Air Kenrick, a s when debts were taken to Court to settle, the debtor bad to pay about 30s for a £T.

A touching incident in the course or a lecture in Sydney by Chaplain-Colo-nel Howe, on the operations on Gallipoli Jen insula, is thus reported by the Sydney Daily Telegraph:—So far as last night’s lecture was concerned, the principal figure was Private Frank Downes—a great, splendid specimen of Australian manhood, with his eyesight for ever gone—who held the audience spellbound in the interval. Ibis man has been shot through the right eye, and his left is permanently damaged. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, in

an unassuming way, “we were going up the hill, and 1 happened on a wounded Australian. He had been shot through both knees.” We bandaged him, and he said. ‘Matey, it doesn’t seem too good a place to lie,’ and f picked him up. But 1 don’t think, ladies and gentlemen, that I had got LOO yards when——-when well, ladies and gentelmen. that’s all I know about Gallipoli.” The storm of cheers which greeted this simple story showed that it had carried the meeting off its feet. Chaplain-Colonel Rowe, when the demonstration had subsided, sadly and modestly mentioned that Private Downes would, no doubt, enter the State Blind 1 nstitntionn. He did not doubt that he would there acquit himself in the same magnificent spirit which he had shown with his comrades in the firing line. Few (concludes tho writer) listened unmoved to the story and his sequel.