LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tlie latest addition to the Stratford ! Exchange is No. 98, E. S. Rutherford, private residence, Regan Street. - The Taranaki members of the Tenth I Reinforcements now on final leave will | return to Wellington by the special I train to-morrow (Sunday). | The New Plymouth Technical Col- ! lege will begin the 1910 Day Session I on February 7th, and information with | regards to conditions re students will I be found in our advertising columns.] The patriotic market and tea rooms | were opened as usual to-day under I the auspices of the Ladies’ Patriotic I Committee. Throughout the day good business was done and the proceeds should considerably augment the Ladies’ Fund. The road roller which the Stratford County Council recently purchased from Anderson’s, Ltd., has arrived and was assembled yesterday, the roller is at present in Mr B. Harkness’- shop’, “ where a hood is being fitted. On the occasion of the annual school picnic at East End beach, New Plyp mouth, on Thursday next, trains will ‘ leave Stratford at 8.10 and 9.15, re- • turning from East End platform at -5 and 6.45 p.m. Intending passengers may obtain tickets from Bellringer’s. t The Pacific Cable Board announces that from 20th inst. week-end cable messages have been accepted in the , United Kingdom to be posted to Montreal for onward telegraphic transmis- ; sion to New Zealand. These messages will bear date of posting and will be delivered by , post immediately on receipt. The Douglas Methodists held a very pleasant gathering on Monday evening last to celebrate the opening of their new Church in the township. A good ' musical programme was given, and supper partaken of. The Rev. Chap- ' pell (New Plymouth), Rev. Header| ’ (Stratford!, and Rev. Aker (minister, 5 in charge of tlie East Egmont Circuit), gave addresses. The sum of £ll was taken up at the gathering towards the * Church Fund. Tuesday last (writes a correspondent of the New Zealand Times), was the anniversary of Robert Burns, Scot-j land’s national poet, but there was 3 no outward and visible sign that the ■ sons of Caledonia were a aware of the ! fact. Wellington Scotsmen in the past [ have not been backward in celebratingj the birth of “rantin’, roar in' Robin”, in the usual orthodox manner, but tin's year it might almist seem as if 5 “the lad that was born in Kyle” has ‘ faded from the recoil ice ion of his Wel- ’ ling ton kinsmen. One would have n thought that a Scotsman would as soon have forgotten his breakfast as to have ’ let January 25th go past without the indispensable celebration. Aweel! i A commotion was caused during ser- • vice recently at the Methodist Church, Scarsdale, Victoria, owing to a lady who was about to enter the edifice crying out loudly: “A snake! A snake!” ■ Tlie preacher, Mr Jenkin, was at the time discoursing on the subject of ? tranquility, expressing the hope that the new year would soon bring peace for all. The cries of the lady, however, were not in keeping with the theme of the preacher) says the Melbourne Ago, and several persons in the congregation, on hurrying out of ' the church, found that she had been * intercepted on her way to her clevor lions by a black snake, sft in length. I I Mr Charles Merry, Government lift in- ' spector, with a picket pulled from off the fence, promptly dispatched the snake. Peace having been thus re"l stored, the preacher proceeded with his i ’ i sermon. J
Y hen a “two-up” school was raided in Sydney a -few days ago the 34 men who were caught in it stated that they were holding a recruiting meeting. What they eventually “recruited” was a matter of £2 10s each in fines.
Flying sparks and much smoke from the chimney of an institution ;n Broadway caused some excitement on Friday evening. Visions of a fire were dissipated when the display suddenly ceased. Somebody said the officials wepp burning money!
Weather Forecast.—Easterly moderate to strong winds and backing Inca st to north, then freshening. Expect warm and humid conditions, weather clouding over, rain later. Barometer falling.—Bates, Wellington.
The prevailing hot weather has increased the popularity of the river in King Edward Park among the school children. Every morning and after; noon large numbers of happ : y youngsters disport themselves in the cool water, and the measure of their enjoyment is tribute to the value of the Park. The facilities for bathing are not great, as there is not sufficient depth. This could be remedied at. probably, little expense, and ideal swimming pools formed. Stratford folk generally do not appreciate the Park, possibly, because they have never visited it. It is really a beauty spot deserving of more recognition.
An application was dealt with at the meeting of the Wellington Land Board yesterday, in which a young man who was anxious to go to the front applied to transfer, but there was no evidence to show that the transferee, also a young man, was unfit for military service. The board decided to withhold the transferee, and to inform the applicant that, if he desired to serve his country, he would ho granted all exemptions. If lie was lucky enough to return, then he would be able to walk on to his section free. The board also decided to hold over three other transfers until sufficient evidence was shown that the transferees, who were of military age, were unfit for active service. Often, a speaker when he gets excited forgets what he has done. This was demonstrated in a practical manner at the Town Hall last evening when a visitor to Stratford, after delivering a heated speech, absolutely forgot that only a few minutes before he had put his hat on his seat. Luckily,- the hat, was a straw boater, must have been a very expensive, “made in Englfind” one, for the weight of its owner, some 14 stone, failed to make any mark when he sat very gracefully down on the crown of it. During the war period, at any rate, it would pay this “battler” to belong to' the “hatless brigade,” for then he would not have to trouble about hi s “boater” and where he put it. As showing the disastrous effect of the lack of ram in the Shag Valley district, Otago, a Dunedin resident, who has leturnoJ from a h -. day trip to Dunback, states that a southern farmer recently purchased twenty-two head of cattle there at a cost of £2l. Tlie sun has burnt out the grass practically all over the Shag Valley, and in consequence of the lack of grass the small farmers are being forced to kill off their cattle and breeding pigs. Grass-seed that was put down last season has, in tlie absence of moisture, failed to come away, the paddocks being as bare as the clay they were sown. In the Green Valley district there was a good downpour of rain last Thursday, the rivers rising a foot, and a fair quantity of rain fell at Dunback on Friday. These showers will have a good effect on the turnips, but the Otago Daily Times states that much more rain is still wanted. The street urchins of Manchester have taken to understudying the recruiting meetings, and not the least entertaining leature ol their performances (says the Manchester “Guardian”) is their extreme seriousness. Ihe other evening, when one of the main thoroughfares was thronged with people returning from business, up a side street came a company of illkept youngsters beating a brisk march on biscuit tins. Arrived at the corner of the main street, the troop halted, and the leader, about eight or nine years of age, and like most of bis followers, capless and unshod, mounted his biscuit tin and proceeded to deliver a “recruiting speech” with great vigour and volubility. “Come an’ jine the army,” shouted the shrill-voiced orator. “Yer country’s in danger. Come an’ jine the army, and then yer won’t feel ashamed when yer wake up in the morniti’. Come an’ ’elp to drive the ‘Uns out of Beljim. Khaki same day a s yer jine. Come an’ ’ave a fre suit for nothin’.” After much more to the same effect, he stepped down, and picked up his “platfom,” slung it round his neck. Casting a comprehensive glance at the half-dozen amused middle-aged business men who were looking on, he called out, “All yer what wants to jine the army, foller me.” Then, with a realistic roil of kettledrums, the ragged recruiters, solemn as senators, and manifestly conscious of “doing their bit,” marched off to another pitch. Every year at about this time there is the question of new school books, slates, and so on. The wee mite’s slate and the advanced pupils’ books and tablets, comprise one of tlie most important departments in Mr H. J. Hopkins’ stationery depot, and the child’s order receives the same careful consideration as if the parent goes along to make the purchase. x
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