LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 2, 6 December 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A London cablegram states that the j scores in the Gray-Aiken billiard, match wore, Gray 18,900, Aiken 17,883.

The MilyoV J. W. Booh) is in receipt' of t£2-12$, hein|g part of fhej 1 proceeds from the Senior Cadets U'Ou-; cert held on Wednesday .hist* Ini- the. TehaOco Fund ■htmuhtScrgeHU Betts../j \-i . : o.i kc ■;■ - I i (Another hatch <>f. .inert on furlough, ifnim the Trentlnpp Caipp,,rfltuniecl-by, the mail drain thi,S morniflg. A large ( concourse of people nssemhled on the railway station, am}; an farewell was given the hoys. |

A meeting of representatives of the Patriotic Committees of the Stratford district will he held in the Town Hall to-morrow afternoon, at 2.30, to elect a delegate to the Executive ( ommittee of the Taranaki Patriotic Association.

The hou. sec. of the 1 Stratford Patriotic Committee is in receipt of thanks for and acknowledgment of the sum of £338 12s, being amounts collected in the district in aid of the British Red Cross Fund from Mr J. His]op, Under-Secretary lor the Department of Internal Affairs.

The recruiting for the Eleventh Reinforcements shows a shortage of 557 for the infantry. The deficiency is chiefly in the South Island, where only 213 have been secured to go to camp in December, against the P-h required. The North Island shortage is onlv 93.—P.A.

The Minister for Railways (Hon. W. H. Berries) mentioned on Saturday last that the usual holiday concession ucu'd be made on the railways at Cnristmas and Xew Year, though the rates would reflect the tariff alterations. The excursion fare this year .would be one and one third the single fare, plus tin* extra 10 per cent. Which has been imposed as a war tax on ail railway fares. Previously tlp> excursion rate was the ordinary single fare.

It is stated by fanners in the Poliokura district that wekas. kiwis, stoats and weasels are, rapidly inereysing. Mr H. AlcClnggagb found a kiwi’s nest on Id’s place the other day, and Mr Hint/,, while burning scrub and fern on his property, saw two of the birds run straight into the ihniics. While riding from AVbanga to Poliokura the other day Mr J. AlcC'luggagc saw a kiwi’s egg in the water til'do on the AVbanga Saddle, ft is thought that the increase in the number ol stoats and weasels is due to tbo fact that there is such a plentiful food supply in the form of kiwis and wekas.

A meeting of the Patriotic Committee in Stratford district, will bo held

in the Town Hall. Stratford, on Tuesday next, at 2.30 p.m.. to elect a. representative on the Kxecutive of the Taranaki Association. Any committee’s not notified are kindly asked io accept the notice as an invitation to be present. \

k l As it result of Saturday’s Patriotic .Market, conducted by MesUuute Cr»w*. ( shaw. Hartley, Grant, tli e Ladies* Patriotic Committee’s Fund will benefit to the amount of about LiO Bs.

The building hi course of construction for Mr J. McAllister, photograph-, or. in Broadway -NoVth, is being pusher! on apace, and this morning Mr R. Jackson commenced to install tin* wires for lighting, etc.

Weather Forecast.- The indications are for variable and moderate breezes, but northerly moderate to strong winds prevailing. Expect warm and sultry weather with increasing haze and cloudiness for change. Barometer falling soon.—Bates, Wellington.

A startling astronomical incident is reported to have occurred on Saturday night, and various rumours i<re current of the display, but the following account by eye-witnesses can lie vouched for.: Messrs Fraser and McAloon were riding out to TV Wera at the time, estimated at about 0.30, and while passing the 17-mile peg on the East Road, a meteor fell out of the eastern sky towards the west. It did not appear to lie very high up, and left in its trail a brilliant light several chains long. The meteor as it burst gave a remarkable display of light, and after it passed the atmosphere was decidedly, wanner.