LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 18, 20 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Governor in Council has consented to the establishment® of the Waipuku toll-gate.

The Home Defence Corps and National Reserve will parade o'clock this evening.

The Treasurer of the Belgian Relief Fund desires to acknowledge receipt of £1 collected at the Catholic Social last Thursday night.

A first offender for insobriety was at the Stratford Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr V. J. McDonald, fined 10s, the amount of his bail.

The Ladies' Patriotic Committee wish to acknowledge the services <>t Miss Norma Ashton and Miss Anita Riern who collected £2 10s s.}d and £2 18s Did respectively hy\ the sale of flowers on Saturday JaSternoon.

At the request of the Mayoress of Wellington, the Ladies' Patriotic Committee to-day forwarded forty-five leather waistcoats' to i Wellington- -for water-proofing and fastening. Thirty others are being made and will be forwarded shortly.

A fire occurred at Donaghy's Rope Works, South Dunedin. on Saturday night, (reports the Press Association). The damage was roughly estimated iit £BOOO. The insurances totalled £l(>.000. A'>f>ut fifty hands were ; thrown out or work., i ;,

Weather Forecast!;—s& indications are' roV southerly strong to ; 'gale sft times./ The' wea'tlWr _ will ' probably prove 'squally ahd ' The "liigh't will probably lie'very'fcoW. 1 'The barometer has a'rising ' teiidericy"'"At 'present.-BatesV\Vefliiigtoii; ' " '' Yj ; i . : ;i i ' ■ u*'-'U ■ '--...1 .1 • '

'TW open ''meeting; of the Stratford Coursing.Cl'ub which was tci'have' been held' yesterday wlis' 'postponed 'to a date to b e notified later on account of the inclemency of the weather: Notwithstanding the rain a large number of coursing enthusiasts witnessed two trial runs before the ground became to sodden iso»raoe on. > ' <"" •■ '■ ''

.Bishop .C'eary , now. .appefim-io be out of da |iger, On Friday, Monsigrior Brndie, of Auckland,..received the following . .ejihle:.,,, '-'Quite satisfactory progress continues.< Then l>atien;t •■> is able, to sit U{|> for a s&Qjrt, time each day, and will perhaps be able to return to Auckland next month, r.lthough a full recovery will take many moiitiis." •> ■'■ I : •"!" ■' " ; :

In the Salvation Army Hall Oil Thursday evening, Brigadier Cannichiit'l is announced to deliver a lecture on "The Salvation Army and the Present War." at 8 o'clock/Cr J. H. Thompson will preside i» the absence oi' the Mayor of Stratford. A Cornish Pasty Supper is to follow, and judging by the gVent success of the former "supper," there should he a great' attendance, seeing it is to lielp the Sell Denial Fund.' I

The results of the Friendly Societies' Art Union held in connection with the Rangitikei Queen of the Carnival, for which many tickets were sold in this district, are as fol-

lows :—';Motor car--Hobb s (Hulls) No. 3Q36; stag's head— N.'Andrews (San don) 9910; saddle—F. Cote (Opawa Road. Christchuich;. 13,458* ift piltMrs Aitken (Crofton); 6105; co,sy—.l. C. Richardson (Wanganui) 10598; set of horns—Fnrquhar (7tli Regiment. Dardanelles); gig—Mrs Harden (care of Mrs Mcßeth, Marton) IvSU; suit Shackleton (Hunteville) 2956.

The "Dardanelles .Market and Re- ( fresliinent Rooms" held in the CB.A. Buildings on Saturday by Mesdames McQuay and Sangster, was an unqualified success. K.-irly in the mortmig "customers" turned up in large numbers, and by 10 o'clock in the evening, nearly £27 had been received J'or the Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The afternoon tea department was crowded all the time it was open, and this accounted for a la rye percentage of the money. In the guessing competition tor the doll, the name of which was Betty, "Sirs Bickerton ami Mr Colsoir put in the right name, and will draw for the prize. Mr Middlemiss guessed the correct weight (81 bs -10/.s) of the leg of mutton, and so was adjudged tlie winner. The promoters of the "market" wish to fhank the memhers of Rogers' orchestra and Messrs Fred Foley and ('has FT. Fox, of His Majesty's Theatre, for supplying the music and helping to make the afternoon tea department such a success.' also Mr McDonald 'Co-operative Store) and Mr C. K. James for the use of crockery, etc. For Children's Hacking Cough at night, ; ' ' Woods' Oient Peppermint Cure, Is Cd, 2s fid