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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Information has boon received in Wellington that the 12th Reinforcements have arrived at their destination.

The Victoria Lake was drained yesterday afternoon, and the work of construction of a permanent overflow. has been put in hand.

To-morrow (Thursday) evening, a Church Social will be held in the Par-, ish Hall. Cards and musical items- will occupy the evening', and refreshments will be served. !

The nett result of the entertainment supplied by Mr F. Foley at His Majesty's Theatre last week in aid of the uniform fund of the School Drum and Fife "Band was £2O Is. It is fifty-one years ago to-day since, William Booth stood alone on Mile End Waste, in the East End of Lon-! don, and there commenced what ia now known as the Salvation Army or-, ganisation. A grand programme of tableaux, recitations, and drill is announced for tomorrow night by the Salvation Army,j and judging by the practices and the' amount of labor put in by those having' the arrangements in hand, it should be a most successful and pleasing event. ', ■ ■ < !

During the screening of "My Old Dutch" at His Majesty's Theatre to-j night and to-morrow, the management have arranged for Albert Chevalier's world-famed coster song to be sung in the third act. This innovation, fol-j lowing the practice, in the cities, will serve to considerably enhance the effect. |

A Wellington Press Association message states: The insurance authorities state that the rise in marine insurance applies only to goods shipped via Panama to the Mediterranean, and via Suez to the Allied countries in the Mediterranean. As far as New Zealand is concerned, there will Jie no rise in the rates for goods shipped via Cape 1 Horn''to Great' Britain. n

>fl Addressing flie 18th Reinforcements, Colonel* Potted co'mm&ndanit at Trentham Camp, said he was opposing the gig ptoock ; cios&g m ifew kM#J would mean prohibition for the j men. ("Wo- have not asked for it, and-do not want it,?' ho added, and he appealed to the men by their behaviour to support his contention that New Zealand soldier's are capable of looking i after themselves.-i-Press Association.

What the bell told! An Australian writing from France says:—"There is a very old bell, in Paris.,; During the Napoleonic, wars it fell,, and in three months the War was over. "The samo thing happened during the FrancoPrussian ■ war, and the bell was again refixed. , A few weeks ago the same bell fell again, and did not break, and jf omens mean anything, and a. person is.at-all superstitious, the war will i sqon- be oye,r»'' , ; , ' '''fine of the profitable crops that can be grown by the farmer, J; is, the ►mangold. It >as a much higher food content, tlian' the swede, and:,!?, not liable to blight or to taint; the milk. . That great crops, of mangolds can be grown in Taranaki is well known, and Stratford district is not behind the rest of the province. Mr Newton King has on view a sample oi Jerse-v Queen, grown by Messrs McDonald Bros., on their Warwick Road property. This splendid root tips the scale at 381bs, and is a perfect type.

The election of officers for the Loyal Oddfellows' Lodge at Kaponga, for the ensuing half year, resulted as fol r lows:—G.M., P.G. Bro. Dagg; \b:&*i Bro Bartlett; V.G., Bro Walker; elective secretary, Bro. Shepherd; H.fe. to N.G., KG. Bro. Bates; L.S. to N G Bro. Liston; 8..5. to Y.G., Bro. A. Harris ; L.S. to V.G., Bros. Sparks ; Guardian, Bro. W. Harris; Warden, Bro. West. The elections caused considerable interest, there being several nominations for some of. the positions, P.G Lecture Master Bro. Allen duly installed the newly elected officers in their respective chairs.

A well-attended meeting of the Ngaere W.C.T.U. was held at Mrs Morison's on Tuesday afternoon. Large parcels of bandages, etc., for Be<t Cross work, and clothing for the Bel? gian Boor, were handed in. It was reported that over three Hundred signatures in favour of six o clock closing of hotels had been obtained by members. The resignation of Mrs Kennington, as President, Mas accepted with deep regret, and she was made a life member of the Ngaere Union. Mrs Tichbon was appointed superintendent of the Cradle 8011. ft was decided to hold a Bod Cross social «t Bird Road.

The Stratford Druids hold another popular social on Friday, July 7th. A Xew York cablegram states that a census shows there are twenty-one million men in the United States of military age. Weather Forecast.—The indications are for easterly moderate to strong winds and backing by east to north, freshening. Increasing hazo and cloudiness for change. Barometer, falling shortly.—Bates, Wellington.

Prior to the Taranaki Provincial War Belief Association meetings this morning, the members made a tour or inspection of the new Municipal Buildings in company with the Town Clerk (Mr P. Skoglund). They were greatly interested, and were most eulogistic in their remarks of the structure, especially in regard to the arrangements of the Council Chambers.

Inspectors Ballautyne and Whetter, of the Taranaki Education Board, aro ' in town to-day, taking training classes with the pupil-teachers of the district. Their work will be finished to-morrow afternoon. The inspectors think that great benefits ere cbr'ved by the young teachers from these classes, and consider that they have been the chief factor in raising the small Taranaki schools to a very satisfactory standard of proficiency,

The Secretary of the Ladies' Patriotic Committee wishes vo acknowledge the following donations:—Collected by Mrs Grant and Mis* Leete, £1 10s Gd; Mr T. i). Olson, 5s 6d; sale of raacrome bag by Mrs R. H. White, 4s Gd; sale of cakes by Mrs Crawshaw, £2; bag of coal by W. Smith; Mrs J. Anderson (East Road) for Sailors' Fund, 10s 6d.

"Wimble's Reminder" a quarterly magazine published for the printing, bookbinding and allied trades, is an Australian production of the highest standard. Perfection in letter press, art-color work and illustration is as nearly reached as it is possible'to attain, in its pages and in every other respect the production is worthy or the high name the famous Australian type-founding firm of F. T. Wimble and : Co., Ltd.'f. "iof Sydney and Melbourne, has gained by its enterprise, courage and thorough Imperialism. In addition *%6 much that is useful GfteT«eiWaV§ litany* goo ! d literary features in the Mav issue, pi, .the "ReMinder''' 'lately to'hand. "

The war cartoons of Louis Raemaeker, the Dutch artist, are worldfamous. Everyone ought to see them and they may do so now as supplies have been sent to local bodies in all districts for distribution. They depict with force and undeniable truth what any country may look for should German arms prevail, and %hes%ep t ict in "soul-stirring" manner what the eligible manhood of this Dominion is called upon to protect the women and little children of this country from. It has been well said that "Raemaeker more than any living man succeeds in stirring the souls ■of his contemporary men and women 'bv-'this terrific pictufisation of the fate that the Kaiser has been permitted ; to let' loose upon the world. These T cartoons will harden the'hearts of "every one who sees them, to ap"'pe&ls*- from Germany for peace, and will sharpen the : craving for retribution."

Trooper C. J. Pierce, writing from "Somewhere in Sinai," to a friend in Stratford, says inter alia: As you probably know, our Mounted Brigade is operating on the Sinai Peninsula,but the infantry are in France. We would much rather be there too, as the heat here is terrific. The temperature the other day in a big Indian marquee was 120 degrees, so what it must have been in the sun I don't know, but we were out all day in it from two a.m. with only a bottle of water, and by the time we got back to camp we were all black in the face and nearly mad with the heat and thirst, and the horses we're dead beat. The Turks are operating here only in raiding bands, i and we have a big job to round them up on their camels. They are very bold and enterprising, and don't hesitate to follow our patrols in right to our outposts to pick up our position. They surprised the Yeomanry on Easter Sunday with field guns, and massacred them in their camp. We have been over the site of the affair, and it is a veritable shamble. The horses are still on the lines as they were caught by the guns. We arc rounding up all the Bedouins in this district and bringing them in, as they cannot be trusted. The other day I was out with a troop and we got fourteen men, women and children, and about seventy goats. It is said that the Turks bandaged up the wounded Tommies and left water with them, but the Bedouins came along and took the water and tormented the wounded. We have a deuce of a job to get them to ride, and the women always begin to squeal and cry and make themselves a nuisance. Some of the goats we got were in milk, and as we had run out of water our boys milked the goats to get a drink. They are gentle little things, and the little shepherd boy, about six years old, kept them quiet during the operation.

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 78, 5 July 1916, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 78, 5 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 78, 5 July 1916, Page 4

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