LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 5, 8 April 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of tho Midhirst Sports Club will be hold on Wednesday evening. The Johnson-Willard fight pictures will be shown in the Town Hall in* stead of His Majesty's Theatre as previously announced. The cinema plant at the latter hall will be.trans-r, ferred to the Town Hall for the occasion and the electric, light appliances are being improved. At the Stratford Magistrate's Court yesterday judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following civil cases:—Robert Richardson (Mr C. Wright) v. W. Butler, £1 12s 2d, 7s; Frank Hitchcock (Mr E. S. Rutherford) v. H. Marshall, £1 16s; Mary A. Calder (Mr P. Thomson), v. Wm. Cooper, £1 2s fid, ss; State Advances Office v. John Levandoski, £3O 14s 4d, £l.lls; David Steven (Mr Thomson) v. Frank Warrender, £5 ss, £1 6s 6d. Sir, Joseph Ward questioned at Christchurch regarding a report that the Budget would disclose a surplus of over a million, said he could not say what the surplus would be, but it certainly would be large. New Zealand should be in a strong financial position at the end of the year. However, no matter how large the surplus might be, every shilling of it would be needed to meet requirements.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states: An interesting collection, comprising a series of portraits and historical material relating to the Maori wars, has been obtained from Mr W. F. Gordon, of New Fly-1 mouth, and yesterday it was thrown open for inspection at the Dominion Museum. Hon. G. W. Russell, addressing those present, referred to the Mitchell library in Sydney, and to the efforts already made at Auckland and Cliristchurch to secure collections of material connected with provincial histories. He thought there should also he a National Collection Board of Science and Art. He proposed to find space for one in the new museum. The collection now displayed was the nuc-j lens of this national exhibition. Mr Russell also presented the King's; medal for Polar exploration work to Mr H. Hamilton, of the Museum' staff, who was the biologist with the Mawson expedition.

There was quite a big muster of members of the Croquet. Club on the green on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the re-erection of the pavilion, which was unfortunately damaged m the recent cyclonic storm. The gathering was also held to mark the official wind-up of the season and advantage was taken to present the trophies won during the year. Games were indulged in during the afternoon The trophy presented by Mr and Mrs Ordwell, of Wellington, for the most points iu the "A" class was won by Mrs X. ■). Ivmg, and in the "B" class the broach presented by Mr It. Dingle, was gained by .Mrs Marshall. The games trophy in section "A"' was won by Mrs Moon, and in the "B" class by Miss Hogg. The trophies were presented by the president (Mrs Dingle). The Club has had a very successful season, and after years of hard struggling would have been practically out of debt had it not been for the damage done to the pavilion. The building. which is costing about C3O to be reelected, will be greatly improved.

The weekly Patriotic Market ami Tearooms were conducted as usual by the members of the Ladies' Patriotic Committee to-day. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that a warrant'lias been issued for the arrest of an employee of the City Council named. William Francis Bert Dunn, charged with that during the last few days he received the sum of £9lO and failed to account for same to the Council. Dunn has been missing since Tuesday afternoon. Re got off to arrange his affairs, as ho was to leave with the Fifteenths on Wednesday, but he did not parade, and does not appear to have enlisted. The City does not stand to lose, being protected by a fidelity guarantee. Friday was the last day of the Council's financial year, and heavy sums were received for rates, and tha amount was short banked.