LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 11 April 1916, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. McAllister was unanimously re-olhcted Chairman of the Stratford Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard at the meeting of the Board this morning.

NnrSo Finn, who has passed her final examinations, has been appointed to the nursing stall' of the Stratford Hospital.

A social will be hold in the Tuna Schoolroom on Friu.iy next to farewell “essrs E. Jones and T. Henderson (old boys of the Tuna School), who are going to the front.

Weather Forecast.—-The indications are for northerly moderate to strong winds prevailing and freshening. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weathei, with increasing haze and cloudiness. The barometer has a falling tendency. —Bates, Wellington.

The estimated population of local districts included in Stratford Hospital district as at April 1, 191(3, was: Stratford County 6115, Stratford Borough 3087, Whanga County i 960, Maori population 51, total 11,213. Last year the total was 11,173.

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that William Francis Dunn, charged with the theft of £940 from the Christchurch City Council, was remanded to appear at Christchurch on April 18. No bail was asked for.

A store and dwelling at Rongotea, occupied by J. Proctor, was completely destroyed by fire last evening, nothing being saved, the occupants escaping in their wearing apparel only. The building was owned by C. Dahl, Palmerston, and was insured for £SOO in the. Northern office. The stock, which was valued at £2300, was insured in the Commercial office for £I3BO, and the furniture was insured for £165 in the Commercial.—P.A.

At the Hospital Board this morning a letter was received from a Ngaere resident stating that he had forwarded the Board’s account for hospital treatment to the Lodge to which he belonged. The latter part of the letter was responsible for a smile on the faces of the members present. The letter stated: “I shall keep 2s 6d back, as the boy went in with a pyjama suit, and was sent home with only a coat, and the nurses omitted to put the trouser part of the suit in 1 sent twice to the Hospital for them, and they said they knew they were there, but could not land them. I cannot afford to lose them, so 1 will keep 2s (id back to pay for what was kept of mine at the Hospital.’/