GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 43, 26 January 1916, Page 7

GENERAL.

During the past month the Hawora inspector of stock has been purchasing horsey for remounts for the Defence authorities, and since January 1 ho has sent sixty beasts from tindistrict to the 'icmy rentoi lit depot ui Upper Hutt, Wellington.

A Masterton telegram says

photograph of the late Captain Anthony Wilding, pre-;. 'iited by tlie parents of the deceased athlete, was offered at auction at the Wairarapa I.awn Tennis Tournament vesterday, i.i aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and realised the sum of t 525.

I The Postmaster states that from the 21st hist, the? postage on books and 'printed papers is to be as follows: id for each two ounces or fraction

thereof up to 12ozs; thence lib. 3d; thence to 21hs, -IJd; thence to 31 bs, Gd; thence to libs (limit of weight for book's an<] printed papers), 7UI. In all instances the half-penny war tax must be added.

In the Kawhia ccmo'ery thoro are several graves of early V'esleyan mis sionaries. The plots are overgrown

and the headstones, some of winch date back to as early as 1839, run the risk of having their inscriptions totally effaced unless some steps are taken to preserve them. The matter would ]>

obably l)e a suitable one tor the Wesleyan Conference to take up (sng •rests the Auckland Star).

A novel excuse for requesting an

, adjournment was made to Mr L. G. Reid, S.M.. at the Greytown Court on I Wednesday. A delinquent young j motorist wrote to apologise for nonattendance, stating that lie was getI ting married that day. His Worship willingly granted the requested adjournment, and smilingly remarked: ."1 hope the defendant saves enough from the wedding jaunt to pay his line."

; The Record Office at Wellington employs about 100 young men, as well as a number of girls, and whilst in the office last week Mr Okey, M.P., observed to the officer in charge that if he was on a recruiting expedition he •would make a call at the oitice. "I do not wonder at you making that remark," replied the officer, "but I can assure you that there is not cue man employed here but who has either been at the front and returned wounded, invalided on account of sickness, Las failed to pass the doctor or is married."

A novel sight in the way of towing | was recently seen in England, when the airship "Eta" went to the rescue Of another airship that bad become disabled, and brought her safely to her hangar. Alter making last to her •to.v, the Eta took a level of 600 feet below it, in order to avoid the danger of fouling the rudder gear. The Eta is of the Parsival type, which has the Viirs -suspended beneath the gasbags. In the Zeppelins the cars are rigidly attached to the framing.

I A .Press Association message from ,Timaru states: Wm. Tiplady, a small farmer of Hilton, near Geraldine, was charged with stealing four sheep from one neighbour, and 14 from another, about the sth inst. The theft appears to have been found out through ac'etised having sold fat lambs, to be delivered with another neighbour's. I When put into this man's yard a double branding was noticed, and others similarly treated were then found on accused's farm. He was committed 'for trial,, bail being allowed.

Returns published in the latest Gazette show the comparative value of exports from New Zealand during the 'years 1915 and 1914. During L9is the value was £31,748,912 (including £818,090 specie exported), as compared with £26,261,447 (including £75*22 specie) in 1914. The exports from the three Taranaki ports were:—New Plymouth, 1915, £886,191; 1914, £,134,591. Waitara, £56*2,190 and £398,684; Patea £1,209,657 and £439,776. Totals, 1915, £2,658,038; 1914, £1,164,051. These figures do not include the produce trained to Wellington and the sheep and cattle brought in and the sheep and cattle bought i" Taranaki by outside firms. With these included Taranaki's products would be worth well over £3,000.000. The ifigures for 1914 are incomulete owing to a portion of Taranaki's produce being credited' to Wellington instead oi Taranaki.