LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 10, 10 September 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Lowgarth Dairy Company have decided to send their season's output of cheese, on open consignment through Messrs Henuyhane and Company, of London. ; .. . •

Mr E.B. Welch;, formerly jof Stratford, and now; residing in Wanganui. has received advice from the Defence Ofhce, Melbourne, that his son, William, aged '22, ; was killed i» action at the Dardanelles on 7th August. Trooper W. B. Welch was in Melbourne at the outbreak of the war, and enlisted in the Bth Light Horse, 3rd L. Hi Brigade. He was j wellknown and had many friends in* the Toko and Pohokura districts.

At Christchurch, the Coal Miners Conference carried a resolution protesting against the National Registration Bill, considering that the question in clause 4 impertinent. It submits that the Bill is a form of conscription, and an insidious effort to strike at the liberty of the people. It was further decided that the- Bill would interfere with the sanctity of the home and also permits discrimination.

• Invercargill reports that at a meeting of directors of dairy factories held to-day, 150 fWei'e present,' to >o|isider the offer offyhe War Office to) purchase cheese for'?the Army. The . circular stated that. the *Wai' Office v woidd take 1000 tons' per'moiith, at'QJd'f.o.b." for October to March inclusive; *??ie meeting endorsed the Hawera resolution that the Government be recommended to commandeer twenty per cent, of the output pro rata from every factory at 7d per lb at the grading store.

The "Patriotic Market" being conducted to-morrow in the C.B.A. Buildings by Mesdames Skoglund and Maloiie is a new departure in the way of raising funds for patriotic purposes, which should' commend itself to everybody. A varied assortment of goods will be on sale, -including vegetables', preserves, eggs, flowers, and h'ome'-mnde cakes. Lovers of good cakes will do well to patronise the market. Everything will he sold at a reasonable price, and purchasers will get good value -for their money. There will also he a guessing competition (3d a guess), tlie prize for which will be free admission for three months to the picture theatre, the prize having been kindlr donated by Mr P. Foley.