LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 57, 10 June 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Exports of New Zealand products last week were valued at £358,428, including dairy produce £42,038, meat £130,551, and wool £88,399.

Tiie arrivals in Now Zealand from overseas during May numbered 1521, compared with 1572 last year; dopai times totalled 2190, as against 2496 in Mav. 1915.

At"the Bank of New Zealand meeting yesterday the report and balancesheet were adopted, and a resolution was passed expressing the shareholders’ profound regret at the loss which the Empire had sustained in the death of Lord Kitchener.

Mr Lawrence (cliairman) and Mr Hficker, representing the Tariki Patriotic Committee, waited on the Chairman of* the Stratford Committee today, and announced that Tariki had decided to amalgamate with Stratford, and would, at their next meeting, appoint a representative to the Goncial Committee.

A memorial service for the late Lord Kitchener and for the Admirals, Officers, and Men who lost their lives in the recent North Sea engagement, will be held in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford, on Tuesday next at 10:1-5 a.m. Particulars of the service will be found in our advertising columns.

In order to make the new freezing works at Smart Road more efficient to serve the district, from which satis- ; factory support has been promised, '• the directors of the Taranaki Farmers , Meat Freezing Company have decided '.to increase the cool storage accommo- j Elation my >SO per cent. j

Mr J. Payne (Grey Lynn) drew attention in -the House yesterday to the intelligence published regarding the North Sea fight, and suggested the advisability of prohibiting the publication of any news except it came through the High Commissioner, width was always accurate. The Prime Minister said he would consider the suggestion.

A child, three years of age, wandered from its home on the Pembroke Road late last evening when the occupants of the house were absent for a few moments. The child got out ot bed, and unseen by the members of the household, strayed out 011 to fho road. A search party was organised, and after the district had been completely scoured■ the child was found safe and happy in a neighbour’s house

'Writing to his friends in the DomJiuon a New Zealander of high milijtafy' rank now,; in France says:—“l have been out Ball day picking up the lay of 'the land- and seeing that the men are comfortable, dhoy aie all quite happy, billeted about the farms. The Taranaki men, appropriately enough, are mostly in lofts above the cows and get quite keen at milking time. A lot of the men are helping about the farms.” Some of the Taranaki boys would almost think they were at home again. In any case it will comfort their friends to know, that after the experiences of Gallipoli they have reached such comfortable, quarters in a friendly country.

“The process of separating honey from the comb without destroying the comb was discovered in a very simple way,” said Mr 0. R. Rostock during his lecture on bee keeping at Palmerston. Like many other useful discoveries, continued the lecturer, it was found out in a simple way. A boy taking homo a can of honeycomb one day commenced to swing it round his head and on reaching home his father discovered the comb to be quite empty, | and the honey collected in the bottom j of the can. The boy’s father, noting j what had happened, sent for a second: can, and swung it round in the same] way, with the same result. This led j to the manufacture of a machine! which would do this work, and now machines capable of handling large quantities of comb at one operation wore in existence in every country. '

The’ citizens of Stratford are reel nested to attend a church parade at the Town Kali at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday when the service will take the form of a memorial for Lord Kitchener, it is understood that the authorities have arranged for a universal service throughout the Dominion at 11 a.m., hut owing to local clergymen being unable to fall in with the plan, the afternoon service has been suhsth luted. Captain Wilson, Stratford, has received instructions from the Defence Office, Hnwera, on the matter, and all Territorials and Senior Cadets are ordered to parade, falling in at the Drill Shed at 2 p.m. sharp, dress, drill order. Members of the Home Defence Corps. Detained Soldiers. Veterans, and all local bodies are invited to attend and join in paying a tribute to the late Commander-iu-Chief. Chaolain C. W. Howard will conduct the service.

The evening service at the Salvation Army Hall to-morrow will take urn form of a memorial service to the late Lord Kitchener. Suitable hymns and addresses will be arranged. The patriotic market and tea room, conducted by the members of the Ladies’ Patriotic Committee, was opened as usual to-day. The shop was well supplied with produce, etc., and Loin appearances, should prove one of the best that has been conducted for some time past.

The weekly dance was held in the Parish .Hall on Wednesday evening, when there wore about forty couples present. The floor was in good order and he music supplied by Mr A. Pichardsoi! loft nothing to ho desired. The supper arrangements were in the capable hands of Mr E. A. Cramer. All present were loud in their praise of the very enjoyable evening spent. The next dance will be held on Wednesday evening.

The “Massey (lonian Stretcher,” published in connection with the New Zealand No. 1 Not Zealand Stationary Hospital, in its issue of April Ist, records the transfer of the hospital from Salonika to Egypt. The unit left Salonika on March 6th, and arrived at Port Said on March 19th, entrained at that poi't for Ismailia on March 20th, and an ‘ ■ I at its present camp the same evening. Captains Wills and Marshall and Chaplain-Captains Burridge am, Coursey have joined since the hit's arrival in Egypt. The editorial am -aicemeut of this change states:—“l.. ' is much that we miss in the land ..redonia besides the local conditions, as we all had many friends among the wonderfully wellorganised British troops on that front; the aeroplane and Zeppelin raids, too, although not very pleasant at the time, had a certain fascination about them, and lately we have longed for a few German Taubes to appear, and the witnessing of their being given battle by the Allied machines and anti-aircraft guns of the Salonika type. However, we are willing to lorego it all for the reunion with our brothers from New Zealand. For miles around our camping ground there exists a regular New Zealand away from New Zealand. There have naturally Leon some very pleasant meetings. Follows whom we never expected to see leave New Zealand are here bright and smiling, just waiting for the time to come when they will be quite prepared to do ‘their little bit.'

States the Taranaki Herald; Mr James Wade has just received .a very interesting letter from Mr Monkhouse.v who will ho remembered as a member of the Education Board, representing the Stratford district. Mr Monlihouse has'for the last few years resided at Broadway; Worcestershire. lie writes: “My elder son is in Moscow, very busy making instruments of war for the ■Russians. He lias had. very many interesting experiences, not only in connection with his work, but in connection with his voluntary work of helping in the administration of the Polish Relief Fund. The former took him recently to Archangel, where he had (to endure Bodeg. of frost and visit I sundry, battleships * that were all fro- [ zen* in the ice. Ho makes certain I classes of instruments both for the I Black Sea and the Baltic Fleets; In administering the relief funds, he met I the .millions of wretched refugees who j are fleeing before the Germans. They | came into Moscow in open, trucks, m deadly weather, mostly almost 1 dnsenl.siblo with cold and hunger ; (some 1 dead), and havins: to be revived with hot drinks,, etc. There are over a million of them in Moscow alone, and nearly all the Englishmen there are -working in spare time helping to feed them, etc. One sad thing is that there are thousands of children who have lost their parents and have come from no one knows where, too young to tell. % They are building huge orphanages' for them and putting them m charge of the different communities. They sort the children by holding a crucifix before them. If they cross themselves in the Greek Church fashion they are given to that church orphanage as Russians; if they cross themselves in the Catholic manner they arc Poles and are put in that orphanage; and if they can’t cross themselves at all they are regarded as Lutherans and handed over to that community. The Russian Government is building and keeping these orphanages.”