LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 77, 4 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

English mails, ex Rivevina, at Wellington, are due to-day.

A Hobart cablegram states that the Tainui has arrived from New Zealand.

Notice of intention to make rates is given by the Stratford County Council.

A meeting of the Taranaki War Relief Association will be held in Stratford at 9.15 a.m. to-morrow. i

The Anzae Minstrels are making arrangements to give their full Christy entertainment at Cardiff next Tuesday evening in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

Freight rates are hitting wine and spirit merchants very seriously. The Otago Daily Times states that one merchant recently received an invoice for goods valued at £538, on which the freight amounted to £2(fe. In prewar days the freight would have been about £SO.

The Borough Council workmen are busy at present forming the/ portion of Regan Street between Miranda Street and the Foresters' Hall. The side channel has been-constructed, and the work is a credit to the Borough Engineer (Mr T. D. Sullivan).

The following will represent the Stratford Senior Cadets in their match against Inglewood, at Ingle wood, on Thursday :—Crpsson, James, McAloon, Kivell (2), Sharrock (2), McCullough, Lehmann, Collins, Shottcr, Vickers, Neal, Clemow, Chard. Emergencies: 'Dudding and 'Simmons. Players will leave by the midday train.

It should be generally known that the postage rate on correspondence addressed to members of the Expeditionary Force, whether they are in camp ill the dominion or abroad, i§ still only Id. The value of this concession, states the annual report ot the Postal Department, is £12,000 a year. ■ ■ - - ;

While! .driving a motor car with a disabled ear in tow on Saturday* Mr Jack lining, employee of Newton Ring?,S(i.Stratford, branch, got.,one o| his fingers Hjarnmqd >in brake. Though; isome i M u™ from Stratford, at the tone, he, : plueluly completed his ,task, ancl .in conse-. quence, did nqt receive medical attention until arrival at town.;,,-' •; .

- The Stratford Gmi Club -Jiold a i club shoot on Messrs Nelson and Green's property; East Road, on t Thursday, commencing at 1.30 p.m. A ; special two-guinea trophy Resented by Mr W. Lovett, and .to be shot for on points, is reserved for; novices,. After the shoot, a meeting of members will be held to: consider' t he-r proposal to hold« a £IOO shoot next month.

"I . borrowed £2OO a year ago to) start the Whitehead Aircraft Company," said Mr J, A,, Whitehead at the first birthday celebrations of the business. "The first week's wages weue under £7;, this week .we paid 400./liands nearly £1000.". The facitorV is now, a: Government-controlled establishment, and \ah unlimited ,order ; ,has been given. fo» .every machiner.that can be .turned out.

The unusal course was taken' in the 1 House of Representatives last week of asking the Speaker to direct that the Hansard staff should make a full report on the committee si age of the Land and Income Tax Bill. It W some 17 or 18 years since this was permitted by Mr Seddon, but his experience of its encouragement of the oquacity of members was he vowed he would never repea: the experiment. The course was adopted on this occasion because + of tie m portant proposals in relation to the mortgage tax.

Says a southern newspaper j-The Press in the Dominion is under a severe censorship, to which, it j,**ft patiently submitted from a sense of national duty. It is high time that the House set up a censorship of its own to prevent members from bringing before the public anonymous and repeating irresponsible t:ttle-ta-tle with the inevitable eftect- of discouraging recruiting, encouraging a spirit of mutiny among the troops, and otherwise aiding and abettmgthe enemies of our country.

An interesting programme is being prepared for Thursday evening, when a series of tableaux, recitations, aumbell and wand drill will be given by the young people of the Salvation Army Corps, at their Hall in Feiiton Street. Mr W. Milne, who has a high reputation as a reciter, will give one or two of his humourous pieces. Jjttß Building of the Cross," "The Allies, "Faith, Hope, and Charity," are among the tableaux to be given, and for which lighting effects are bemg provided.

The Stratford premises of Messrs Newton King and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company will be closed all day on Thursday.

. There would appear to be very little drunkenness in New Plymouth at; the present time (states the Herald). During last month, for instance, no arrests were made on this account, and the total for the quarter ending June 30 was only seven.

Judge Wilson, who has just returned to Whangarei from Russell saw some remai-kable fine sport in deep sea fishing while he was there (says the Northern Advocate). He just missed seeing a rod catch that landed a 3501 b swordfish, after 3£ hours' play; but he saw two kingfish landed, weighing 701 b each, and two bapuku, one at 701 b and the other at 1101 b. He met a man who has journeyed from Home every year for 12 years, in order to avail himself of the fishing facilities at Russell.

Speaking to an employer of labour on the war bonus (which ranges from 7i to 10 per cerit. on wages), a Christchurch employer was asked how it affected him. He replied that it meant? a loss of £3OO per i.nnum to him, and though he employs mostly girls, he stated that he did not think any more than a very small proportion gave themother or father, with whom they lived, anything extra for living expenses. He add'd, bitterly, that his business was being taxed, not to meet the extra cost of living, but in far too many cases r imply to provide additional spending money.

"A German in iWrSigamii who is ceiving sxiperannuation from the Government told me himself that he had annually sent to the Fatherland money as a contribution to the German navy funds," said Mr Ti B. Williams afc the Anti-German League meeting last Monday (reports the Herald). He went on to say that he had himself brought the matter under the notice of the local authorities, but no action had been taken.' He expressed the opinion that the ladies would have to come with loaded pistols at the heads of the Government to get it to move in such matters.

During a coursing meeting at Nelson on Saturday (says the Colonist) the, name and ,pedigreeL. of, r ,Toi> Note were I qu'esiiOned'bylnt>agV {Mr H. M'Artney), and, after making careful inquiries, he decided that the dog was. u JSiigle Call, a,., throughout New' Zealand. As it happened,. ,Mr .M'Artney, Call,' so that when' he saw Top Note he,, recognised his ..; importation. The dog was purchased by his present owners from an advertisement, and they are quite innocent in the matter, which will be dealt with by the club. -:

In the course of a bankruptcy"case-% at Christchurch on Tuesday last, the ' bankrupt, a naturalised German, remarked that anti-Gernlan feeling since the war had been in a great measure responsible for his failure. When the war broke out he was the owner of a boot business in Palmerston North, but owing to his being of Germain extraction trade became very ba'd^'so he sold out and went to Napier". "Here he found that from the frying j&ti *mffy' , ifiM l nr<|? and in tliree weeks liW' Totai'-wsiheSr consisted of the sale of one paii l of boots. After three months he was compelled to discontinue business altogether.

At the Dominion Show in cheese, Taranaki factories won practically all' the prizes, Kakaramea being the most successful, with two first prizes, three trophies, two seconds and two thirds. Cardiff (Mr Don Cameron, manager) secures two firsts, a special and a second, whilst Haweraobtains a first, a special, two seconds and a third, and Riverdale obtains 'a first and a third. Belvedere (Wairarapa), with a first, a special, a second and a third,, is the principal outside factory to csore. Cardiff has won the Taranaki championship twice in succession. Butter is also of excellent quality, there being a remarkable evenness shown. Levin repeated i last year's performance by winning in the three open classes; Kairanga has two seconds; Ballance a, second and third, and Te Aroha and North Taranaki each a third. /In the class for Taranaki only, Moa wins the championship.

Despite the boisterous weather a large number of people collected at the Tariki Hall on the night of Friday, June 23, to bid farewell to Privates A. Long and F. Prujean, of the loth Reinforcements. During the first part of the evening games and competitions were arranged, in addition to the usual items. The programme was as follows—A glee; recitation, F. Lawrence"; song, Mr Hancock (encored); recitation, Miss Isabel Therkleson; song, Mr Williams; song, Miss Strauchan; reading, Miss Jemison; a glee; recitation, Mr Williams (encored) ; song, Mr Hancock; glee. After a very suitable speech, Mr Eason, on behalf of the local Patriotic Society, presented each of the departing soldiers with a pocket-book. On behalf of the Ladies' Patriotic Guild, Mrs Eason presented each with a bag of useful things. Supper was then served. After supper dancing commenced, and was continued till the early hours of the morning;