LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 34, 9 October 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three cheese companies in the Bketahuna district have just sold lines of cheese at B.'d net oil the trucks. Tins is believed to be.a record states a Press Association message. ( Good entries have been recojved for the comic singing competition to iic held in His Maj.estrv's Theatre on Friday evening, and Mr Foley has every confidence that the contest will lie a success. Weather Forecast.—The conditions are for variable and strong breezes but northerly moderate to strong prevailing. Expect changeable and showery weather. Barometer unsteady.— Bates, Wellington. At, a meeting held hist- evening, the i Scottish Society decided to hand over, , £IOOO to the Patriotic Committee for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. A further stun is in hand and "ill he disposed of at a later date. ' Stratford members of ;the'Reinforce-| '. moiits who have been spending a fewj days Furlough in Taranaki, returned! to Trentliam by the mail train this morning. The railway station wav a very animated scene. TlU'i'dlv.ds of people lining the platform. The weekly "Patriotic .Market." conducted by the Stratford Ladies' Patriotic Committee, held in the shop lately occupied by -Mrs Brooking, to-. . day, received full support from residents of the Stratford district. A i great amount of produce, preserves. , cakes, flowers, etc.. were on sale and the Ladies' Fund will benefit considerably by the day's business. A new development in educational work at the Stratford Technical School is reported ytb-day when , a class for children out on the Fast Road line was commenced. Boys and girls to the number of -'SO came in" from Whangamomona, Douglas. Huiroa, and Toko to receive instruction in dairying science, agriculture, woodwork, and cookery. ~..,... Miss McLaren, school teacher;., at Ngatunui, thirteen miles from O'torohanga, was drowned while attempting to ford the Makararoa Hiver (reports the Press Association). She was riding with ft' small boy behind her. and when the horse got into difficulties [ the boy's'father, who .lias waiting on 'the bank, rushed into the river, and; saved ! his son, but was -unable to help .Miss McLaren. • I j A disagreeable, case in relation to " the identification of casualties has occurred at Timarji 'states-the, Press Assbeiation). The parents |of Trooper/ R, ■ H: Barton (Otago Mounted Rifles') have had no news whatever of their only sou. and supposed him to he alive and well. This morning a carter • brought to their house a parcel with a i tag attached "Deceased R. F. B. , i)-.-)45." The ~parcel contained a few i persona.! effects, and letters which - the trooper's mother and sister hao I \fmtten to him;. Lacking any P!<T>'i'"- . a'tion, the receipt of the pared y/ith .Lsuchjn tag gave the parents, especial; ij'jv the ntot-hei\ a, greflt shock. | , [ . i 'j . The Midhirst branch of the YolunI teer Nursing Sisters wish to acknowi'h'diie the fo'll6 f wing amounts' Friend £1 Is, Webster, Dobsou and Co". <~\ Is. W. Wilson os. S. Kleeman 10s, A. B Blick Ills, Hector Cray 10s ' (id. W. Hathaway £1 Is. Miss Savage, Stanley Road, collected CI Los, and Mr G. Ferguson £2 lis, to bring the fund account up to BUM), at which figure it now stands. The committee wish to thank Stratford residents for subscribing so liberally to the fund, and also assisting at the concert held at Midhirst on Thursday evening. For the concert -the*committee only contracted 'one debt of 2os, and that amount was subscribed in the ball, so the fund will benefit to the extent of the net takI ings. ; "This war is terrible/'.. writes a resident of London to a friend in I Stratford, and the Londoner coiitin--1 lies: There's no knowing the extent of damage it's doing to business; iu- | dust rial and otherwise, outside the ' tremendous loss of life and the fabulous amount of money it is costing. Still, the only right thing to do as I. see it. is to fight to a finish. ,and in the end we are sure to win. It's -silver* bullets that count in this war, and we and" Franee are much more wealthy, than Germany and Austria, so in the end we must win. Russia is having a bad time now. but you see if the Germans go too far into Russia before winter they'll lie sorry for it. The Russians will most likely cut off their ' line of communications and annihilate them in tl ml. Your New Zealand I troops and the Maoris have made history in the Dardanelles, They" have fought heroically, and you mnsl be extremely proud of them. We are. Little New Zealand, as she is called. has, in my opinion, topped the list for he i- undying patriotism to the ! Mother Country, and it will never be < forgotten. We-are getting plenty of munitions now, and before you, get . this letter, we shall know the result , of it. The South Wales miners are | out again on strike. It's outrageous ' at war time, and some very strict ( measures must be adopted. Compul- , sory training will eonip in this conn- t try and quite right too!"

The Mara ma arrived at Son Francisco yesterday. The anniversary of Captain Cook's first landing in New Zealand was ' celebrated at Cisborne to-day by the laying of wreaths on Cook's monument from the Royal Colonial Institute- and local bodies. . The Press Association states that a cable was received from the Insitute, the London County Council, the Fellows of ethe Royal Colonial Institute as follows:-- "Heartily join in reverence to I the memory of Captain Cook, who opened the Southern Seas for the British race." The proceeds derived from the i military concert to be held in the -Town Mall on Tuesday evening by Mrs • Gray,on behalf of the Ladies' Patriotic - Committee will be devoted to the Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Vocal and instrumental items will be contri- ' buted by well-known Stratford artists, 'i and Mr Fred Foley, of His Majesty's Theatre, will give a novel entertainment quite new to local residents. The orchestra under the leadership of Mr C. H. Rogers' will play the "Allies National Anthems." also a selection ' from "Maritana." Mr J. B. Hine. I M.P.. will preside, and (hiring the | evening, Mr W. P. Ivirkwood will de- | ilver a short recruiting speech. The i Mayor. Mr .). W. Boon, will distribute the prizes to the successful winners in the "ticket-selling competition."