LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 69, 26 June 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Saturday at New Plymouth tho High School team defeated Tlv Ante Native .boys by 9 points to 3.

Adjutant Cook, of the Salvation Army) desires to acknowledge receipt of £1 from Mr J. Brown, of Cardirt, for Army work among the New Zealand Forces.

The following are the results of the guessing . competitions conducted at the Patriotic Market on Saturday:— Forequarter of mutton (donated by Mr T. D. Colson) Mr S. Ward, trinket set (Mr Tichbon) Mrs Walters, bunch of violas (Mrs Walters) Mr R. Masters.

A speaker at the Ayrshire breeders' meeting referred to the behaviour of some aliens in New Zealand. "It is quite a well-known fact," ho said, "that when the first news of -ihe recent naval battle came through and distressed us, somewhat before the full details became known, numbers .. of aliens in South Taranaki, allegedly of Swiss extraction, celebrated the .German 'victory' with hysterical jubilation. Tho same thing happened' When the death of Lord Kitchener was reported. This behaviour still goes on and no effort is taken to check it,'.'

Notwithstanding the very wintry weather, there was a good attendance at the Salvation Army Hall last evening, when "The Floral Cross" was rendered. A most ! devout feeling prevailed as one by one young girls robed in white took their places on the platform, and, repeating appropriate verses, placed varied coloured wreaths upon the Cross. Suitable hymns were sung in keeping with the subject. At the conclusion Mr W. Milnes sang effectively "They are nailed' to the Cross," and Adjutant Cook read th-> 53rd chapter of Isaiah, and briefly commented upon it.

During the discussion of the Postal arid Telegraph Estimates in the House of Representatives on Friday,*Mr. W., T. Jennings (Tauniarunui) /gave his experience of the ..penny ~iri-slot telephone machines in Auckland. "When I was up there recently," he said, "I found the people were up in arms, and thirsting for the gore of the man who introduced the system." (Laughter.) "And I don't wonder," he added, "1 myself put eight pennies in one niacin vie without achieving the desired result." (Renewed laughter.)

A Napier recruit recently found him-! self face to face with a difficult problem, which he soon solved to his own entire satisfaction. When he reached Trentham he was asked to nominate his next-of-kin. He did not have one! "Have you not got . some relative?" asked the recording officer. "No," lie replied. "Not a friend? You must have a next-of-kin, you know." The recruit did not even have a friend to see him out of his trouble, but on be-l ing pressed to name somebody to lie anxious about him, the aspiring soldier, added, "Oh, put down Vigor Brown;. he'll be good enough for me," and down went "Vigor Brown." !

The obsolescence of the pint pot is not the only shadow that impends over the horizon of the man who takes ( stimulant in bars (states the Sydney Daily Telegraph). The "nobbier," too," is threatened. Possibly the end will bo the institution of set measures such as are used in other parts of the world and in many clubs; or it may be that the bar-tender will be instructed to keep a vigilant eye on the customer's glass as he pours out his nip. Already in some city liars, it is said, the man who goes "over the pretty" is liable to be told about it. , j

To give an idea of the enormous quantity of khaki required for the war 191(5 for uniforms, overcoats, working-shirts, and pantaloons, the report of the Munitions and Supplies Department states that the total length of cloth aggregates about 530 miles, or enough to reach from Wellington to Auckland and 100 miles to spare. It if estimated that between 80 and !)! per cent, of the combined output of the New Zealand woollen mills will be absorbed by the production of goods for military purposes during the months January to August this yw. From September to the cad of this year, the reduction in the output cf goods for military purposes ...:n the woollen mills to devote their attention to-the execution of their ordinary trade orders.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for moderate to strong southerly winds, squally at times. The weather will probably prove cold and showery, and the night will be very cold. Barometer rising slowly.—Bates, Welling-

"The Maoris have the finest teeth of any race in the world," said Major Pickerill, at the Technical College, "through their teeth being smooth on the surface. The modern tooth of the white man is developing ridges on the surface, and these ridges allow the acid causing decayed teeth to have greater hold."— Lyttelton Times.

A correspondent of the Journal of the American Medical Association, writing from London, says a striking illustration of the great shortage of physicians in consequence of the war has just been given at Leicester. Guardians required a resident medical director for their poor law infirmary, he said. The applicants were a

Welshman, a Japanese, a Belgian, an Indian and a Chinaman. The remuneration is £250 yearly, with house, coal, gas, rations, and attendance. The Chinese candrdatc, Ping Wing Lam, M. 8., Edinburgh, whose English name is William Phillips, was appointed. He had excellent testimonials, and created a favorable impression on the guardians.