LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 27, 30 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tp til! Wednesday evening, no trace of the body of Mr A. M. MacLeod, w ho was drowned in. the boat fatality last Sunday at Patea, bad been found.

A qualified chiropodist is required for the Trentham Camp for the duration of the war, as, a great number of the men going into camp -suffer from corns. „

The third shoot for the Peattie Gold Medal will take place this evening ,at 7.30 o’clock. For the convenience of shootists, the range will open at 6.30 for practice purposes.

The thanks of Mrs Luke (Mayoress of Wellington), and Miss Sylvia Na-, than (secretary), have been conveyed to the Midhirst, branch of. the New Zealand Nursing Sisters, for the gift of a bed for Trentham Camp. The secretary (Mrs M. Hogg) states that the sum of £6 16s 3d is sfd’ hi hand for any emergency.

i' The Stratford Patriotic Committee have rented a room in the premises lately occupied by Mr F. N. Bussell, and held their first meeting there on Tuesday afternoon. The committee would be grateful for the loan of a safe for holding hooks and correspondence, and some' patriotism may be shown by supplying same.

At the annual prize .distribution of the students of Bourne College, Quinton, the head master said the had Avon a remarkable distinction in having provided the tallest man in the British Army. His height was 6ft 9)in., and the head master jocularly added that a special trench would be needed to ensure his safety.

The shortage of men Avhich the Defence Department are at present ex periencing must be made up at once, and recruiting agents are required. The Defence Office at Hawera invite patriotic citizens gifted with recruiting abilities and enthusiasm to offei their services as honorary recruiting agents. Patriotic men who are willing to give their time in getting recruits can obtain particulars on application to the Deparatment at Hawera.

“The authorities appear to think we are dead, so we are oft' to Sydney to enlist.” said one of a party of thiee young men which left Wanganui today en route for Sydney. He proceeded to say (states the Pi’ess Association) that he and his mates handed in their names here three months ago and passed the examination, but never heard further from the Department. So they had decided to go to Australia, knowing that their services would he accepted there.

The following will represent the A team in the cribhage final to be player at Elder’s rooms on Friday evening:— J. W. Jones W. Clifton. F. Collins C. Stewart, W. Kelly, H. Collingwood, J. Jones, F. C. Stewart, H. Sutton. J. Sharrook, G. Seahright. W. Collins. D. Butchart, and D. McAllmn. Piny is timed to start at 7.30. The B. team is ns follows;—C. Kivell, G. Slight. ]?. Grey, E. Drake, P. dames, G. Seabright, Rickleben, H. Kivell. W. Smith, W. Brown s A. Drake li. Malcolm, B. Fox. T. Lawson.

A resident located a few miles irom Elthatn was leaving Ids home on. Tuesday, and was about to mount his horse, when he was hooted and jeered at by a German and his wife. As the wife was an ally in the matter, this gentleman felt (states tftie Argus) that he could not administer the “licking” which his naturally aroused anger prompted him to do. This treatment was probably meted out to the gentlemen in question because he was in uniform and indeed about to rejoin his regiment at Trentham. The matter has been reported to the Patriotic Committee, who have resolved to take action. A FRIEND IN THE FAMILY. Ts T)r. Sheldon’s New Discovery, the well-known remedy for Coughs and Colds. Price Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at 11. Richardson’s. *

A meeting of the Stratford Belgian Relief Committee will be held in the Borough Council Chambers at 7.30 o’clock to-night.

The most conspicuous visitor at the Native Land Court at Waitara was a Maori lady whose weight is known to be 30 stone. Her dress of bright heliotrope made the vision more startling in her promenades through the streets, and certain pakehas at once named her “Big Lizzie.”

A “Patriotic Market” will he held in the C.B.A. Buildings, Broadway, on Saturday by Mesdames 0. M. Curtis, 11. Dingle, A. Dingle and J. B. Hine when there will be on sale produce, preserves, cakes, and everything that is required for a Sunday’s “patrotic dinner.” The money derived from the market will be utilised to swell the fund of the Ladies’ Patriotic Committee.

The -Midhirst branch of the New Zealand Volunteer Nursing Sisters is doing excellent work, and to date the sum of £3B Is lid has been collected, this being due to the splendid efforts of the following: Mrs D. Blanchard (who handed in £l4 9s). Mrs -J. M. Shotter (£ll 8s), Mrs D. Brown (£4), Mrs George Smith (£4), Mrs C. Keightley (£1 18s), Ladies’ Committee (teas, £2 6s lid). Besides the above, one more list is to come to hand. Collections are to be sent to Miss E. A. Rout, secretary N.Z.V.N.S. Mrs M. Hogg is the local secretary and Mrs T\ eight ley treasurer.

The Stratford Bowling Club held a special meeting last evening to consider the question of liquor being allowed on the green during the season, and after a long but very amicable discussion between file supporters of the respective positions, the motion to prohibit liquor was rescinded, and there will he “a wee drappie i’ the bottle” on the occasion of inter-club matches as usual. The Club open the season on Thursday next, weather permitting. It has been decided to throw the green open to all returned wounded soldiers, who will be welcome at the opening next week or at any time during the season. The green is stated to be in splendid condition, and a prosperous year appears to be ahead of the Club.

The Medical Inspector of Schools. Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, recently visited the Napier schools, and, reporting to the Education Board on Napier West, states that she was rather surprised to find a high percentage of malnutrition, which could only he accounted for by the fact that the school . was composed of more or less undesirable children who had come from other schools. The report raised a storm of protest at a committee. meeting last night (states i the Press, Association), and it was resolved to emphatically demand the names of the children referred to and a- full explanation hj Dr. Gunn of the word “undesirable,” failing a satisfactory explanation, the statement to be unreservedly withdrawn and published throughout .the Dominion, her report having been already published, casting a slur on a populous and healthy j residential poi tion of Napier.

The War Cry has the * following : Letters written by some 200 ’New Zealand school children and addressed: “New Zealand Wounded Soldier, Egypt,” were received by the Military Authorities who handed them over to the Adjutant, saying: “This is your job. Greene.” The letters were delivered with discrimination, and the Adjutant says’ in a personal letter to a friend, that he has known nothing to cause such happiness among the boys. They laughed and laughed and i-ead the letters again and again. The round handwriting and the expressions of girls and hoys, carried them hack to their own juvenile attempts at letter writing. Anyway those 200 scholars have reaped an excellent reward in the effect of their letters.

' The doings of a girl of 15, who was 1 charged at the Hamilton Juvenile ‘ Court on Tuesday with not being under proper control, provided a rather unusual story. Tt was explained by Senior Sergeant Cassells that the girl was found wandering penniless about the Hamilton streets. She belonged to a sect known as the “Israelite House of David,” the male members of which were all known to each other and addressed as “brother.” Last Thursday the girl came to Hamilton in company with a yoAing man, she said, was her brother, hut who was merely a member of the sect, and not a relation. The man, she stated, had induced her to run aAvay Avith him from her mother in Auckland. On arrival at Hamilton the proprietor of a hoarding-house took compassion on her and boarded her till Saturday night, when she disappeared. After her arrest yesterday, the police Avired to her father at Coromandel, giving him details of her apprehension. The father replied that his daughter was capable of looking after herself, and that he had left her in Auckland with her “brother” to teach her the Word of God. The Senior Sergeant described the man as “a nice sort of brother” to take a young girl away from her people in this fashion. Tt was a very peculiar Avay of teaching her the Word of God. Mr E. Rawson, S.M., in committing the girl to an industrial school, characterised the man who had led her astray as a scoundrel. T shior (-bn old. sAve«t songs Which I should sing to-night, Fv" lost my Amice, and Imvn 110 choice, Because of brachial bli<iht; But voi'v soon I’ll ’>rt in tune. •\"d sing them all. he sure. I’ll "banpm rnv uioau s to dulcet tones, Wil 1, ’Winds’ Great Peppermint Cure.

i Weather Forecast.—The indications | are for westerly strong winds to gale at times, with a southerly tendencj. Weather probably cool and changeable with scattered showers. The barometer has a rising tendency, but is unsteady.—Bates. A Christchurch P.A. telegram states: Andrew Fairbairn has issued a writ for £IOOO against the Sun newspaper, alleging libel in critical articles some months ago dealing with reports on the Cost of Living Commission and the Food Commission. - A cablegram from Johannesbuig states that there’have been earth tre- / niors, due to a slipping of -strata at a t depth of eleven hundred yards. Three persons were killed and twenty-seven [ injured in one mine. Geologists fear that the town may sink, or that many skyscrapers will collapse. The Ladies’ Patriotic Committee will benefit to the amount of £6 16s 4d from the “Patriotic Day” held by the Medina Tea Rooms on Tuesday when the whole of the day’s takings were donated unconditionally to the Committee. The amount derived from the tea department was £5 Is 9d and the sweet stall conducted by Mr Barnard, of Eltham. was responsible for the balance of £1 14s 7d. The management of the Medina Tea Rooms are to be congratulated on their response to the call for funds, more especially as “Sale Day, ’ is one of the best business days during the ' week. A grand concert and social will bo held in the Midhirst Town Hall on, Thursday next in aid of the funds of the Volunteer Nursing Sisters, which. , it will readily be admitted, is one of the most deserving institutions in connection with the war. A pro- '* gramme is stated to have been ai ranged, the chief item in which is the appearance of Mr Fred holey, wto will occupy the hoards for <be seconc half of the programme. Midhirstians are indeed fortunate in lecuring the services of such a talented reformer as Mr Foley, and '‘standing room only” will no doubt be the managerial announcement at opening time It on Thursday.