LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 69, 20 November 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ruahine has left London for Wellington. At a meeting of the Stratford Jersey Breeders’ Association this afternoon, Mr E. Kirkwood presiding, it was derided to strongly protest to the Council against the breeding of grey bulls. Rev. A. M. Ryburn, of,First Church Invercargill, who was. elected moderator of the Presbyterian, Assembly (reports the Press Association agent at Auckland), decided to authorise the committee to make eArj-uines with a view to starting a main boys’ college on a modified basis, and to sell the Manama school farm.

A well-known and respected Douglas settler has a young grand-son with the true British spirit. As the Irish lad told King George, he is “quite a boy” now. but ho wanted to fight for his country, so he ran" away , from home. His parents lost him altogether until a few days ago, when his mother received the following letter: “Dover Barracks, 25th September, 19,15. Dear Father and Mother,—l hope yon are all well. I am sorry I left yon, but you don’t know how I wanted. to go to the front. I walked to Waitara that night, caught the 7 o’clock train to Wellington, and went to the wharves; went aboard a liner, looked all round for a place to hide and got under a canvas cover. The captain sent me down shovelling coal. .1 joined the Fusiliers, and am', getting on alright; will soon lie going to the front, in about Four months. I have learnt a lot since I have been away. I only wish I bad somebody with me I know. I enlisted at Tilbury Docks, passed alright. T said T was 19. T hope you will write to'me.”