LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 51, 3 June 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A conference of. School Committee's will be held in the Stratford School on Monday next.

The annual meeting of the Eastern Districts Sub-union will be held in the County Hotel, Stratford, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

The following were elected members of the Hurimoana School Committet: —D. Wildermoth (chairman), H. Spear (secretary), J. Wilson, R. Schaffer, M. Cronin.

The annual conference of the Tar'anaki School Committee's Association, will be held in the Borough Council Chambers, New Plymouth, on Thursday next, at 1.30 p.m. j The patriotic market tea rooms was ; opened as usual to-day. The shop was well filled with produce, etc., and the promoters, members of the Ladies' Patriotic Committee, reported, that , gooS dof* throughout the day. ', fi ..'./,. ~.•,, f f -~ i The rainfall for the "taonth of May,, 1 at "Riversdale," Inglewoo'd, is' ; supplied by Miss Trimble, observer, as follows:—lst .01, 2nd .06, 7th .82, 10th .39, 12th .04, 15th .57, '22nd .13, 23rd .34, 24th .20, 25th .79, 26th .27, 27th .60, 28th 1.85, 29th 1.74, 30th .50, 31st .34 ; total, 8.05. ; | "Anti-Shouting" is the subject for discussion at a mass meeting of citizens to lie held in the Town Hall, Stratford, on Sunday evening, com-. mencing at 5.15, under the auspices of the No-License League. His Worship the Ma.vor (Mr J. W. Boon), will preside, and Rev. Howard anil others will deliver addresses.

The railway working account for the four-weekly period ended April 29th shows the following figures: Revenue. North Island, £236,354; South Island. £186,305 total, £422,659. Expnuliaire.— North Island. £112,052; South Island, £93,21,1— total, £205.2(>:5. The percentage of revenue expended was 48.56, compared with 61.28 a year ago. The "Swandri." for riding or walkin;.' i- r-iii only coat on tin- market lhafc i- jibx.lint-ly u;.t. rproof. Mad.- of woolh'i. i:;iiw< . it i- always warm and comfnrtr,Kb' to v ;.r. dries in a few miniuv?. and n wr cracks. GuaraiiV'fd waterproof two ycar«'. Sol" agtju.s, Kgmojit Clothing Co. x

The New Zealand products entered for export during the last week were valued at £851,000, including dairy pioduce £117,199, meat £373,966, hides and skins £58,305, kauri gum £20,447, wool £185,292. The Stratford Borough Council Office observed to-day as a whole holiday in lieu of Monday, on which date it is intended to remove the office from the Fire Station to the new Municipal * Buildings. \ An election will be held on Monday, 19th June, to fill the vacancy on the Whangamomona County Council caused by the resignation of Mr Athol Meredith. Nominations close on 13th June at Strathmore.

1 The Ladies' Patriotic Committee are holding a social and euchre party in the new Municipal Buildings on Thursday evening. As the proceeds are in aid of patriotic funds, it is anticipated that the attendance will far exceed the number of people who have purj chased tickets up to the present.

I A party of motorists had a very unusual experience when Hearing Toko ; on Wednesd iy. The car was being driven along at a medium pace, when a pig ran in front of the front wheel, and the shock diverted the motor from its track into the bank afc the side of the road, with tehe result that the I front axi was broken. But the pig : survived [he shock. Xow, it is a dani gerous proceeding to ask the Toko resi- ! dent ho his ear came to be stranded od the "iud side!

The ' utford Co-operative Dairy Co. intend .:> close down for about a month irom uie 13Ji inst., when they will instal a new 40 h.p. Murray (Wanganui) boiler. The old boiler of 20 h.p. has seen nineteen years' service, and is now too small for the work. The milk supply is at a very low mark at the present time, and members of the staff are taking the advantage of the position to completely overhaul the plant. Two new chill rooms (24ft. by 10ft.) will also be erected in the interval. • . ."

A social gathering of Stratford Senior Cadets was held last evening in the Medina Rooms for the purpose of winding up the military year. There were over 100 Cadet's present, and Lieutenant Gray was voted to the chair. After the lads had partaken of a hearty supper, addresses ~were delivered by Lieutenant Gray,, Lieutenant Howard and Lieutenant Oxley. A number of musical items were rendered, and an enjoyable evening concluded with the singing of the National Anthem. * . • .

The members of the card club spent a very enjoyable time at Smith's rooms last evening, when a euchre match was held between A. and B. teams. The B team was \'ictorious, winning by nine games. The following are the scores, the A team being mentioned first: —J. W. Jones and T. Wilson 8 v. Baker Green and R. Anderson 8, W. Smith and H. Callingwood 5 v R. Gray and P. G. Brennan 7, A. Russ and W. Collins 4 v. F. Collins and R. Bird 8, W. Kelly and G. Seabright 3 v. A. F. Wilson and J. Neal 7, Nelson and Sharrock 4 v. W. Brown and R. Kivell 3. A return match will be played next Friday evening, when all members and new members are invited.

Charged with trespassing while in pursuit of game and not being a holder of a license, a lad of fourteen years appeared before Mr W. R. Haselden, at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. The boy walked up to the back of the Court quite unconcernedly—it might have been thought he was attending a theatre, so pleased did he look—and in answer to the Magistrate stated his age, and said he worked for a farmer at Mid hirst, but was not in receipt of wages. He pleaded guilty to the charge of trespassing. The Magistrate looked kindly at the boy and asked him if his father was in Court? Receiving an answer in the negative, Mr Haselden said: "You look a bright boy. Could not you induce one of these legal gentlemen to take you into his office?" The lad smiled, but did not reply. The Magistrate had no option but to enter a conviction, and the boy was ordered to pay costs, amounting to 7s. A man whom the police described aa a Belgian naval reservist, and who wished to go and fight for his country, but oould riot receive his pajgeM, a» they were in the keeping bt ttmx*nU in appeared bfituffltr W. R. Hauelden, B>M., ">t th» Stratford Magistrate'• Court yesterday, afternoon to answer a charge of #ke*Siit» drinking. His wife, who laid the information, said her husband would not work, and when he received a position he would not stick to it. He, now owed her £7 under a maintenance order. When stranded down Foxtonway recently, he went to the police and asked for Bkl with which to send a telegram to her asking for his fare home. This the police did, but she did not send him the money, as she had to go out to work to keep herself and child. The defendant said he had been away looking for work and it was untrue that he. would not work if he : found a position. He gave the money 'he earned to his wife. "Me no more live with Missus!" said the defendant. The remark was answered by the police, but was quite inaudible at the pi ess table. The defendant is now liable to he imprisoned if he fails to comply with tin- terms of an order of the Court. "Old friends are best." —Selden. \fter being before the public for over fifty vears and increasing firmly in demand'all the time, Baxter's Lung Preserver can certainly be called an 'old friend.' Its reliability as a remedy for coughs, colds, sore throats, or iii fact all chest and bronchial troubles, has been proved beyond doubt; 1 arid'it* value as a tonic is indeed won-derful-just what an invalid requires. Get a bottle at Is 10d from your i Chemist or Storekeeper.