LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 39, 15 October 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The fourth and final shoot for the Peattie Medal was fired Mast night, and the best scopes off the. rifle were : \V. IfrocklehiVnk f>27 Kerby 60. Stewart--60. The best aggregate for three out of the four ,sbooths are;, Stewart, Craddock find Rike 195 ea'ch. Ihe shootoff takes place on Thursday next. A Press Association' telegram from Palmerston North To-day states: —In the Wellington Military District the quota required .for the Tenth Reinforcements is 400 for the. mounteds and 1200 for the infantry. Up to today 252 mounteds and 521 infantry have registered-.' Of this number, only 444 of the medically fit who register in any group Defence Office may go to camp next week. A fire occurred at Levin this morning at 1.30 o’clock in Pringle and Hastie’s building, .in Oxford Street, occupied by SviLadeile,yphotographei, and R. E. Lucas, bookseller and stationer. The building and contents were completely destroyed.. The fronts of the adjoining shops owned by I'. C. Remington and occupied by the Modern Printing Coy and I*,. C. Remington, chemist, were slightly damaged. The insurances were: Pringle and Ha,stie £450, Lucas £375 oil the stock. Laddele £132, Modern Printing Coy £230. The damage is estimated at about £4O. and -on Remington's building £350, <and on the stock £7OO. IKA. : : 7 ; : 'v' : ' v "• ...