LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 54, 7 June 1916, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Dunedin Press Association win states F The;' inen who arrived ,by th'--Maunganui and Tahiti left for tin north' at been previously acclrded a-Asivid beception and entertained at luncheon. ’i »T£Jll aii, • r: i' -y • The Dunedin Chamber of commerce IfcfeolyepC to address; a;|»*ter,|tojthajSo.ir-erh-rhehi-uvgiiig that, in the* event of a, war loan being floated in the Dominion-, provision, be made, for the acceptance of debentures or stock in payment of death duties. —P.A. The Mayor of Wanganui (Mr C. E. Mackay), has wired the Mayors of ah towns suggesting that Saturday week, L7th June, be observed as- :Ul ‘Bailors' Saturday,” and that street collections 36. taken; up in aid of the widows |md 3i’phahs bereaved by the natal battle. — P;Aii Mr Kirkiflaa, slate -ipanager of .the Stratford Dairy Company, and now: manager: Af .the- Pukekohe Dairy Fac r tory (New* Zealand Dairy Association), (vho had an output of 1800 tons for :he : season, Wasthe winner, with .the dgl®"Cavifage;; of 93.06, of the Wed , dell Cnp, a competition open to all exporters .of butter in the Auckland province. The heavy hand of the censor is noticeable on all communications reaching New Zealand from our men in France. Many people state that gj-eat ; portions of letters received have been erased. One of another class, however, with erasibns, but with neat brevity, has been received by a member of the staff of the “Stratford Evening Post.” Numbers of readers will remember the signatory,,.who was in the literary department of the Post before enlisting. The, missive reads: “April- 13, 1916.' Dear -C.— I am quite well. Remember me to friends.—Che s-; Stuart Kelly.” (Censored,- W. Kirkley). , .