LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 30, 2 September 1916, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

. Mr W. F. Clemow, of Brecon Roa'd, advertises twenty acres, with dwelling house, etc., for sale or to lease.

The Press Association reports that tlie tofal value of tlie War Loan certificates issued now exceeds £700,000.

A Cr.awttt> Extraordinary orders the enrolment' of the Second Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve within" fourteen'days.-'-Press Association. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. I). C. Rates) .reports;—Tlie indications are for southerly moderate to'strong winds with a westerly tendency. The weather will probably become cool and changeable. The night will probably bo very cold. Barometer unsteady. The Minister of Defence cabled to the High Commissioner as follows: "Please reply to The Times that it docs not understand the situation. It is evidently ignorant of the fact that, in /addition to the reinforcement drafts,' wo keep a reserve of'approximately 100O 1 men for contingencies." —Press Association. Lieutenant Gray stated this morning that quite a number of the men re-jected-as medically unfit could be made lit for service, by undergoing slight operations. A number of men, who have been eager to see active service, have undergone operations to make them medically fit and have left with reinforcement drafts.

In connection with the payment of ( war bonus to school teachers, the Minister of Education states that legal, difficulties have arisen with reference to the payment to certain teachers and-others not under the control of education boards or of the Department. The matter will be considered by the Cabinet at its next meeting—Press Association,