LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 41, 18 October 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Sydney cablegram to-day stales that altogether there are eighty cases of smallpox in 11'o Newcastle district.

At tlif recent shorthand examination held in connection with (lie National Commercial ( olleno, Sydney. N.S.AV.: .Miss Kster Fitzgerald. pupil ol the Stratford Convent, obtained a junior certificate with 91) marks. At the Koval Academy Practical Musical Fxainination the two pupils presented by the Sisters tor tile Advanced (jradi< were both successful. I lie marks obtained were:- (■erlittde Mredow !.T> (honours). Barbara Hiera lid.

Arrangements for tin-* holding ol tln> Open Sweepstake Match hy the. Stratford (Inn C’lnh on Thursday next are well under way. The working coininitteo met on Saturday night, and reported progress. It is understood that considerable interest is being manifested hy sportsmen, in the match, and competitors Irom many districts in Taranaki are expected in numhers. Kor the convenience of shootists. it was decided to have post entries. Thel Stratford A. and I s . Associa'tiom halve kindly granted the use of their grounds, where the match fs -timed to commence at Id.dll a.m.'

The Stratford dirls’ (Inild. members ol which for some time post have been engaged in making clothi ii«; for the women and children ol Helginm. on Saturday afternoon entertained about thirty children at the house and grounds of .Mr S. H. .lames, by the I kind invitation oi Mi's dames. Hie I object of Urn Catherine wits to give I some of the children of the triends l ot the {iirls an opportunity to * offer 1 some token of sympathy to their liti tie brothers and sisters of devastated Belgium, hatch of the children ihvited y;jt\«* some small .article from his l or her personal belongings, to be pitched up with the clothing made by the (iujfld members, so that same may ;be forwarded to roach Helginm in time for Christmas. Favoured with line weather a most enjoyable- afternoon was spent, games being indulged in and a fine afternoon tea provided by tile members of the (fuild was pai> J tii ken of. I Private W. W. AVitt writing to his mother, Mrs If. H. AVitt, ol Te Popo, describing the attack on Chunuk Hair say s thiit every man carried two hundred rounds of ammunition and two bombs. Alter piercing the enemy’s outer line, the troops had to climb up a steep hill and rush the trenches on top. -After a short light the Turks were driven hack. During the fighting not a" single shot was fired and the whole of the work was done by bayonet. A Welsh battalion relieved the Wellington men on the Sunday and the hitter then went to reinforce •the Otago men who were being hotly attacked by the Turks. This timely arrival enabled the Otago men to recapture trenches whence' they had been driven. In this tight Private Witt received a bullet in the head which put him out of action for about an hour. He recovered hut lateV was hit again hut this time the bullet grazed his face. Afterwards the battalion was relieved, and Private Witt was transferred to a Hospital Ship and sent to Kngland where he is now recovering from his wounds.

, I’ll,. St ration! Home Defence Corps (Imiiiii tlif past Icrm ol its service lias done inu<■ 1 1 wood work iu assistiiij£ in various public Innetioii.s besides its primary object ol lurnishino a liody ol iiuui ready, if necessary. to I assist to defend tins lair Dominion from our ‘■straftino” enemy in an attack which at tin 1 time of the in--1 eeptioii ol tile National Reserve was not beyond the realms of possibility. The efforts of these intense patriots are. it is expected, to he shortly recognised by the tlovernment and the Reserve incorporated a s a unit Tlr the militarv forces ol New Zealand. This reeoeniiion shows that the Reserve’s work is splendid, ami the result of real patriotism. The Stratford Corps has trained already twelve men who have ottered their services to the Kmpire, and it ts nmieeessarv to add that if needed (lie whole corps would volunteer at once. To farewell Uinoiiiiiii “I’oter” Watkiji this evomnw the Corps will paraile at 7 o’clock, uheti the Commit tee request a record attendance, i

Weather Forecast.—The indit ai e tor southerly winds strong t with a westerly tendency. Iht ther will probably prove cold showery. Barometer rising. Wellington. A Press Association telegram from Hokitika states tiiat a gale had been raging all uigb a cyclonic storm struck HuatapU o’clock this morning, unrooting ier Bros’, mill. it demolished in which "’ere two occupants, tell, shitting another bouse bodi the inmates were unhurt. Debi rarried a mile. The gale cle line of bush three chains aide distance of a mile. There were narrow escapes. Hecruiting versus Conscriptio favorite topic lot discussion martial days. At a function a ago, Mr .1. B. Mine, M.P. for ford, expressed bis disapproi politicians acting as recruiting and traversing the Dominion o a mission, and Jie again retnr the subject on Friday night a farewell to .Mr Charles Bayl.v at He said that when be first met it. he had no particular polith Ids mind, as had been stated;!

wore on similar missions ill parts of the country. But lit siiv he had not altered Ids min had asked the politicians wh {tone to Dunedin how many r they had got, and was told fiv felt that that was misapplied < >}?eehes did not get recruit! politicians would not get sthe His opinion was not altered, i again, hut was more deeply ded. They could have .Mr Isi other men with oratorical powe he maintained the effect wm momentary sway. They con have ihe same effect as a re wounded .soldier with, say an a leg off. That was the nay recruits. “I often wonder,” s Hine. '‘l cannot sway a cron 1 get the votes.” Laughte applause.) If M.TVs want something, they can offer theti I have passed the doctor, hm too heavy and too old. As t scription, I feel it is very prof will haye to come. ! am ver to bring it into operation. T due tiling in connection ■ wii Registration Act that I do no with, and that is there is no cla powering the Government to I into operation if tTpmght ?ie< It would have been a nice trui) to have. The Labor men won! opposed it. no doubt, hut th a , minor quantity. In cmielusi Hint* admitted labor had res well. (>ven better than the ft so that it appeared to him that ease they were speaking agaim own interests.