LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 3, 7 December 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

: Mr John Berthumehas been,, passed, as medically' iit for the Reinforcements. SB6/ A young man, who was arrested by. Constable McCowan yesterday.-,,after-y noon, for drunkenness, appeared beifa'W J.P'u at the Stratford Magistrate's Court this morning, and was lined 10s, the amount of his bail. '*' the Kaimata Dairy Company has justj* "turned down" aiV offer for the bal-jj ance of their, season;s mitput-—thei Governnient'bt course Uking 1 Wtfaota I •is required—of 8 1-16 d per lb f.0.b.l BreakwaVerVonlJ about>»fs tiffipev lb< of butter-fat at' the Breakwater. I

A petition to the Borough Council, drawn up by the Stratford School Committee for a footbridge over the Patea at Ariel Street or Cordelia Street, for the convenience of children iwho.' have now to-take the risk of the railway line to and from school; is at i present, lying at Mr. T; HrPenn-'si office, for signature. >

... the.|iir|'C i tors ) of the Strjitford Dairy Company^,find Jjhatf the , tiieir September' gutter-fat; .consigned through Messrs,' SparroWj were!so good* that tliey" pay out? another,:'ld' "per lb'., mailing' with the shilling per lb'."already paid, the great price of 10d!'which is claipied to.' be a record for export butter for the Dominion for September.

After a fortnight's recruiting campaign iu the North and South Islands, the Hon. Dr. McNab is convin-j ced that the real trouble regarding re-j cruiting is one of lethargy. A great! number of people have the idea that' the final result is assured, and con-! sfder .that being so why should they, worry themselves? His whole ob- ( ject is to state the position withoutj exaggeraion. but in the most serious vein possible. He has found that/ once the people realise the position, j they are quick to respond. The tone of all his meetings left nothing to be desired. He believed the real benefit of them would be found in keener or-j ganisation and more spirited ejffori. j

The statutes of the Dominion for the first session of the Nineteenth Parliament are to hand from the Government printer. The nature of the legislation bears a strong flavor of the war. as shown in titles, such as. An Amendment of the War Regu-

lations, Cancellation of Contracts with the Enemy, Employment of Alien Enemies as Teachers, Faeditjes for Military .Manoeuvres, Administration of .Monies collected for War Purposes, The National Register, Pensions to Soldiers and Dependents. Other important legislation embraces Amendments of the Education Act, Land and Income Tax, Local Elections (Proportional .Representation) Act, Native Lands. Provision for the Regulation .of Trade, Public Service Classification and Superannuation', etc. * ■.. - : vr

The following new hooks have been added to the Stratford Public Library —'*The Bronze Eagle" fbaroness Orczy), "The Money Master'' (Gilbert Parker), "Happy Endings" 1T... A. !?• Wylie), "The Romance of » Rod Cros-? Hospital" (F. .Moor.'). "The Pass:o».ate Crime" (Temple Thurston). "Gh> ria" (C. Mansfield), "The Man in Motley" (Tom Gallon). "Out Of her Depth" CO. Stanton ami !f. HoskenV, "Merry-Andrew" (Keble Howard), "The Thirty-nine Step's" 'John Murium). "Guy and Pa-din J ' (Compton Mackenzie), "The MouVu:;uhs of the Moon" if J. Beresford), '-'Salt of Life" i(;. I)e Home Vnizey). "The Ashiel Mystery" (C. Bryco), "Tha' Tunnel" (B. Keltermann), "The Kreelands" (John Galsworthy), "0011-ns and Co." (J. Elliott), "Mr Bro.iPi and his Brothor" (A. Sidgwi k). "Th* Evil Day" (Lady Troubn hv). "The Temple in the Tope" (S. Fuskett).

Shipping: Departures from Londoi lor Lyttelton. the and Annit Larscn. The Maloja ha h ' arrived a Premautle from London

A meeting of shareholders oKfcft Stratford Dairy Co. will be helul ij Stratford on Saturday, when, it is Ua derstood, the directors will ask fci sanction to make a substantia] vol out of the war profits to the Patriot Funds.

The hospital ship Marania does m leave without a.mascot. Miss Spend 3>f Blenheim, had an energetic youj fox-terrier placed aboard. Mr F: Li key, of Wellington, was good er"U)U to present a bugle to the ship, wl four hundred citizens of Dunedin cc tributed to the cost of a Union Jacl

Weather Forecast.'—The indicatii are for westerly winds strong to g aiid backing by west to south at about 21 to :J{J hours. The weat appears likely to be cloudy and settled. Rain is probable. The hi meter has a falling'tendency, but ing after about 21 to 36 hour Rates. Wellington.

At the senior national scholars] examinations just concluded throt out the Dominion, the manual subj' were for the first* time inch amongst those optional, in refer to one of these subjects, the posi taken'by the Stratford School pi was unique. For the subject, n work, there were only five candi< throughout the whole of the Do ion, and the whole of these hailed this School. This is a simple striking indication that, the woi the School is being conducted i the lines of practical, education feried to so often with emphas' 'the Hon. Mr Hanan, Ministe I'klucation, on the occasion of h

cent visit to Taranaki, and it if another instance of the genera to-date methods employed by Headmaster (Mr F. Tyrer) an capable staff.

An -amusing story is told bj poral Maurice Malone of the 6tli i'orcements, X.Z.M.R., in a let ln's brother, Mr Brian Maloi Stratford. To use the - words ; "One of the chaps a:

nigger to get him some ostric thers, but it took a long time t< him uiidersaiidj -'The trooper i's' ed 'By getting down, scratching making a'noise like a fowl, ati suowirlg 1 that it■ was a big birdj nigger 'seemed to 'understand,' the chap's delight, turned 'u; something ; in a sack. On 'ift tion, the sack was found to c'd very thin', long-necked', ' Iqnj rooster."' 'Corporal Malone coi "The rooster hung/about 1 tbl for a day or two, until'! fou brute perched on my bed. T the end, as in a minute or i

neck, was a good deal longer had ever been."

Amongst the business "

Stratford criticism' 1 is" rife f (i.

fact that lid stamps 'are' in . able at the local Post Offic* i .- , ! _ i'p j plaints are prevalent of ser j fetters omitting' ; to affix sit | tlie J value of l'|tl thereon. ; I | cases the pentA*- stamp is- ap" I the *d omif-ted,' or vice'vers; I in either case, makes thc u: liable to a surcharge of 2d qi pectively. Though 1-id sta available at most post offices out the Dominion, the Dej up to the present, has only s j supply Stratford with a verj i number. The Postmaster ( j ton) told an Evening Post I 1 ative to-day that as soon 1 stamps were available they ■ on sale at the Post Office co ' to the present Stratford ha: I ceived a preliminary supply <

postage stamps

The Fanners' Co-operativ ation Society of New Zeal; have received a large entry Elthani sale to be held at morrow. The entry compris store cattle, sheep and pi; of which are given in an adv

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