LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 100, 3 December 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Tho KuUiara has arrived at London. A Sydney cablegram states that fifteen out of a total of twenty-six City Councillors are pledged to support rating op unimproved values. Weather Forecast.—The indications are for westerly strong winds to gale at times, and increasing haze and cloudiness. The barometer has a falling tendency.—Bates, Wellington. A new regulation gazetted yesterday provides that a sergeant of police may issue the permit required Under the War Regulations in connection with the purchase of firearms and ammunition.

i The ■ Patriotic Mart this week will |j©„conducted by Mesdames Crawshaw, Grant, and Hartley,, in the. committee’ s’ shop, 'Broadway, [To-day, there are on show in the rooms,, a number of dolls for sale [at ; Xmas.

Mire- Pie | i . , • • “A\n S I a shirker ? Am , I sheltering, behind petticoats?” are. two .. trite quljsfiolii 'posted in, a eopspienpus place, an l the ’office of a Registrar of Births,, and Marriages, in , town not 100 miles from Wanganui.

At Mangaweka yesterday, A, K. Coventry E. King, H. Floyd, A. Rhodes', for -not* 'returning personal service forms in compliance with the Defence Act were each fined £5, while Floyd was deprived of his civil rights for three years...—P.A. b

■ The rdhifall at “Riversdale,” Ingle''wood; recorded by Miss N. 'Trimble> totalled-14.60 inches for the month of The highest fall was recorded, on the 11th,, whei) 2.40 inches fell. The lowest fall was on the 9th, when ,62-inclies a ell. The detailed .fall was-as follows;: —3rd 1.32, 4th .11, sth .90. 6th .13. 7 ( th .90. Stir .57, 9th .02, 10th 1.29, 11th 2.40, 13th .96, 14th 1.44, 15th .27, 16th .46, 19th .16, 20th .90, 21st .03, 21th .94, 25th .57, 28th .15, 29th .96, 30th ~10.

“The praises of the Dominions, and particularly of New Zealand, were being sung wherever we travelled in England. At the great recruiting meetings in London and elsewhere the insistent note was ‘follow the lead of the colonies.’ ” The foregoing statement was made on his return by the Makura this week by Mr Charles Bagley, a well-known resident of Auckland, who loft over a year and a half ago on a trip to England and the Continent. Mr Bagley was just.commencing his travels in Europe, accompanied by his wife and daughter, when German precipitated the biggest war in history. At that particular time they were in Norway. “We were fortunate in having a passport from New Zealand,” said Mr Bagley, “for it has always been respected. If there was one pleasing feature in our experiences more than another, it was that we came from the Dominion.”

“No traveller should leave this country for any place further afield than Australia without having first obtained a passport through the Department of Internal Affairs,’* says the Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister in Charge of the Department. “Persons who neglect this precaution under present conditions are making trouble for themselves and the trouble may he of

a • rather* .serious character. Most of the civilised world is at war now, and the conditions prevailing are not those of times of peace. Some people have a f tendency to confuse the passports with the permits required to be obtained by men leaving this country. The documents are not the same. A passport is a document which bears witness to the identity and nationality of the person to whom it has been issued. The new imperial regulations demand that every person who wishes to land in the United Kingdom should have a passport. The rule applies also to Egypt and some other points. The passport is of very great assistance to travellers oven in America. 1 lie. •"if issued by the New Zealand Government to men who are able to show good reason for wishing to leave our shores just now is another thing altogether. A man may possess a pass** port arid still not be rUnwed to leave New Zealand until lie has secured a permit.”

At the Stratford Magistrate’s Court this morning, Mr W. G. Kenrick, S.M,. gave judgment by default for plaintiff in the following civil cases;— Stratford Hospital and Charitable Aid Board (Mr T. C. Fookes) v. Robert Arnold \\ ilson, £ll Os (id, costs 15s; Robert Richardson v. C. T. Thomas, £1 2s 2d, ss. In the judgment summons case, Ellen Mouusey (Mr Macalister) v. F. Bennair, the Magistrate ordered debtor to pay 10s a month off the amount (£4 3s), first payment to he made on February 10th. The War ePnsions Board lias concluded its weekly sitting (reports the Press Association). Fifty-four applications. were dealt with, twenty being from soldiers, and thirty-four from dependents. Nine soldiers wore granted pensions averaging £6O year; eight were granted allowances totalling £231; three applications were adjourned; thirty-three dependents wire granted pensions of an average of £3l;. one was declined; and five cases were reviewed. In the aggregate the annual pensions were increased by £137.

. The largest Dunedin estates upon which probate has been granted recently are those of the late Mr John Sidey (set down at and of the late Mr T. W. Kempthorne <set down as of value under £51,000). Under the former’s will there are bequests of £IO,OOO to Otago University, £IO,OOO to Dunedin Hospital, and £SOO to the Deacons’ Court of the Caversham Presbyterian Church. These legacies are not payable until on and after the death of the last survivor of the testator’s four children.

The following telegram has been received hy the secretary,' Mr J. B. Sim; of the Taranaki Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union from Sir Joseph Ward, in reply to a telegram sent from last Saturday's meeting:—“Your telegrams, embodying resolutions of the Taranaki Executive received. The return asked for is \a simple statement of stock on hand at the beginning and end of year. A note on the form issued ’ gives the taxpayer the option of sending profit and loss account or statement of assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of the year instead of particulars required by • form., I have given instructions extending the time for making the return from, the 4th hut to the 18th inst., but any, ,j further ’ extension in reason, if it is , found to be necessary, , will be considered on individual /application.—J. . G. Ward.’’ . ~ ,-j ,

There was an exciting scene prior i te the departure of the Maknra , for Vancouver mi Wednesday night. It was .reported that a ypung man of ag(i t wasyahoufc' to Ipavp the /country! .' About! thirty, of his fellow employees assembled on the wharf, having obtained an hour’s leave from their employer to see the departing visitor before he left New Zealand’s shores. As h© arrived with his luggage there were loud cries of “Shirker!” A cart containing the wouldbe 1 passenger and his luggage was turned round, headed up the wharf, and was not allowed to return until the khipSvas cleW of the wharf. Meanwhile the so-called shirker had a lively ten minutes. Eventually the jeering crowd accompanied the 'hart and the badly-scared occupant a long way up the street.

A meeting of the Patriotic Committee in Stratford district will be held in the Town Hall, Stratford, on Tuesday next, at 2.30 p.m., to elect a representative on the Executive of the Taranaki Association. Any committee’s not notified are kindly asked to accept the notice as an invitation to be present. x