LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 53, 8 February 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A number of returned soldiers left for New Plymouth by this mommy's train to appear before the Medical Hoard. Tlie. government offer of £40,000 for the Township of Taumalnmui was again rejected by the natives, the voting was 20 for 33 against. r l ho body found in the Auckland Harbour has been identified as Boydou S. (Joinder, a widower, who was a visitor from .Nelson and was in Auckland on a holiday. R. A.

Paiiiatua reports ; John Ambrose Bradley, aged 4-3, a married man with a family, a. dairy farmer at Konini, was fatally gored by a bull which he was leading. He received shocking injuries. Weather Forecast.—The mdications are for: Northerly moderate to -treig winds prevailing. Expect warm and humid conditions, increasing haze and cloudiness. Barometer unsteady, with a falling tendency soon.—Bates, Wellington.

The Eastern district school picnic will be held at the East End Beach on Friday next. The Toko School Committee have an announcement in -our advertising columns giving all necessary' information as to the running of the trains to and from Toko on the great day.

A cable from Loudon a fortnight ago briefly announced the marriage of Captain Tabu Rhodes, son of Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes, of Christchurch, to the Honourable Helen Plunket. The Sydney Morning Herald, however, described the bridegroom as “Captain Tahu, a Rhodes scholar.”

A meeting of the general committee of the Stratford A. and P. Association will be held on Saturday, at 1.30 p.m., to consider the holding of a Gymkhana, the proceeds of which are for patriotic purposes. It is requested that all members of the committee attend, ms the meeting is an important one.

The Oh ura Advocate says that Dennis Reardon stoutly denied being drunk on Wednesday, January 26th, and explained to the Bench that of late after the partaking of even water he became intoxicated. Two cups of water which flowed from the Okahu—kura Tunnel caused him to fall down helpless, and last night two bottles of hop beer had made him not quite himself. Fined £l.

At Taumarmmi on Thursday, January 27th, the reserved judgment on the sly grog case heard on December 10th. was given. It will be remembered that Mrs Warren was prosecuted for alleged sly grog selling. The Beneh convicted and fined her £5,0 together with £l2 3s Id witnesses expenses.

The secretary of the Stratford Women’s Christian Temperance Union is iii receipt of the following letter from the War Refugees’ Committee, London : “We thank you most gratefully and sincerely for the splendid gift of clothing that you have so generously sent for the Belgian refugees. Will you kindly convey our warmest thanks to all those who have contributed to this good gift and tell them how much the garments are appreciated. The consignment came with a lot ot other cases from New Zealand just when we were badly in need of help—our stole was very low indeed. We beg to thank yon once more for your splendid generosity to ns in so many ways.”

The paragraph reprinted from the Inglewood Record relative to the pionunciation, or mispronunciation, ol Maori names, should be taken to heart by local residents (writes the Okaiawa correspondent of the Han era Stax), who proceeds thus; 1 do not think that one \in twenty of our residents pronounces Okaiawa correctly. Lven the Maoris themselves have dropped into the pakeha style of mispronunciation, and almost invariably call the township “O-ke-awa,” whereas the correct pronunciation is “O-ki-awa, giving the letter “i” its English sound. A few years ago 1 visited a small township in the South Island healing a Maori name, and when I pronounced the name correctly people stared at mo. Of course, this rather discourages one, and tends to lead one to adopt the common, if incorrect, style of pronunciation.

A resident of Devonport who lives in the vicinity of the North Head, had complaint to make on Saturday morning, says the Auckland Stai, about his slumbers having been disturbed by the sound of German festivity. He states that in the militaiy barracks at North Head there are fourteen or fifteen German prisoners interned, and on Friday evening the.' apparently made merry to celebrate tin' Kaiser’s birthday. Whether or not they had the wherewithal to toast the health of the notorious Wilhelm, the deponent knew not, and the par-

ticular words of the noisy singing that at first entertained and then irritated the residents near the barracks bv its loud continuance all the evening were German to the complainant. But he suspects that the “Watch on the Rhine” and the “llvum of Hate were being hurled lustily into the British atmosphere ot Hevonport, as much from illwill towards their cantors as from good-will towards the Kaiser. At any rate, the nome aggravated a number of the residents, who are eonvineed that such behaviour on the part of British prisoners in Germany wouM bring speePy and painful reprisals.

An appeal lias boon lodged by flic defendant in the case of Dneg v. the Rahway Department a claim for

Tf ,J 1 damages for personal injuries icceived as the result of a collision

"*fh a goods train crossing the level crossing near Xgaere. It will be remembered that Doeg was awarded AT E 17s as special damages and £452 3s general damages.

W bile cranking liis motor car yesterday morning Mr Y. J. Leathern, of Kaponga. iiad the misfortune to break t»o hones in his hand and sprain Id’s wrist, Mr Leathern bad been repairing the ear. and after adjusting the comutator, he gave the handle a turn and the engine back-tired, striking Ids band. The local doctor who

was on a trip to the mountain was telephoned lor. and the injured man had to wait from 10.30 to 2.30 p.m. heiore his hand received medical attendance.

A runaway in Broadway yesterdav afternoon occasioned a good deal of excitement. A trap driven by Mrs Freer and containing a couple of young children (lad and girl) was left by the driver for a moment outside Mr S. H. James’ premises in Regan Street. and the animal taking fright at a passing train bolted down Broadway, turned into Fenton Street east at Newton King’s corner, and then up Miranda Street. By this time a big crowd had gathered, and they witnessed Mr J. Thacker pluckily gallop after the runaway and seize one of the reins, being instrumental with the help of others in bringing the runaway to a standstill. It was well done, and earned the appreciation of the spectators. The children in the trap remained cool, and were fortunate in escaping as they did.