LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 32, 5 September 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Catlr-olic social will be held ;n the Town TTsjill on Thursday evening, for which an i interesting and varied proife being arranged.

Many amusing incidents arc recorded concerning the new anti-shouting regulations (says the New Zealand Herald). At one of the largest bars in Queen street three commercial men each called for a drink. Two tendered £2O notes, and the other a £lO note. 1 After considerable difficulty the correct change was secured. In each case recourse had to be made to the hotel safe, but the barmaid had her revenge in that she gave each customer £1 worth of sixpences. ■ At some future time when the railway is linked tip with Stratford, it is' quite probable (states the writer of I an article entitled “Ohura to Te Kuiti,” in the Ohura Advocate) that a branch lino will connect with the Waitewhena coal seams, and probably Aria, and thereby supply with coal all the towns from New Plymouth southwards, the supply of which is at present railed from Huntly, via Mar-, ton. Mrs A. W. Pudge, the lion, secretary of the Stratford Ladies’ Patriotic Committee, acknowledges with} thanks from the Kiore Ladies’ Pat-1 nolle Committee the sum of £7 Gs Id,! together with a bundle of clothes for the Poor Children of Cl real Britain, consisting of 12' petticoats. I!) -bloomers, 12 bloomers, 12 chemises, 12 hoys’ shirts, 10 boys’ pants, y nightgowns, one pair of stays, 17 print dresses, and six bovs’ tunics.

Enrolling the fighting man-power of New Zealand is practically the task of the Government Statistician. His work is twofold. He has to obtain the names and addresses of men of military age; he has to ascertain what the man-power is and where it, is. Every Reservist is under tory obligations to report any change' of abode. A heavy penalty may be; suffered by a Reservist who fails to, give information as to his new place| of residence. It should be noted that a post-office address is not sufficient place of abode must be furnished. : On Sunday last, Miss Bradley, j who is leaving Whangamomona with i her parents for Hawcra. was present- I ed by the local Presbyterian Choir j will) a leather-bound hymn book, with music, as a mark of appreciation of her devoted and efficient services as church organist. She was also the recipient of a book of missionary biography from the scholars of the Sunday School, who, through their senior scholar (Miss Rachel Moore) voiced their regret at the departure of their organist and teacher. The “Pose ’ correspondent continues: The Brad-, ley family will he much missed'in the district. *Mr Bradley, during his , thirteen years residence in Whanga- j momona, has held a very prominent place in all municipal affairs. The, residents are giving him and his fani-| ily r. suitable farewell on Thursday evening. “I am confident that whatever has to ho done to win the wary the-people and the Press will be behind me,” said Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister of t!u» Commonwealth, at a luncheon j tendered to him at Sydney a few days j ago by the New South Wales Instil-j uto of Journalists. The Prime >!•’> is tor’s reply to the toast of bis health wa< largely made np of reminiscences of his literary life, and how no advoc it ted Labor ideals in a journal opposed to them. Then in impassioned words lie turned ins attention to due -object of the day—the war. He said d eloquence would not help, it should be anathema. If literature would not help—it must go. If politics would not help they must he brushed aside. If science would not help-vit too. must

go. There must IX* one common cause in one great fight for liberty. Iheie wore only two alternatives, one to go forward and win, ami the other to sit idle and perish. The people of the British Empire were banners-beare: s, and they would have to go forward and win or see the nation wiped off the map. In addition to the Papal. Cross bestowed upon Mr I). L. Poppelweil. of Gore, it is interesting to note (reports the Otago Daily Times), that a simß h;[■ honour was conferred by tbe Pope, through Archbishop Cerretti (the apostolic delegate), upon Mr -1. A. Scott (of Dunedin), editor of the New Zealand Tablet. For some years Mr Scott has taken a prominent part in Catholic journalism, and his friends throughout the Dominion will ho gratified to hear of the especial marl; of Pontifical pleasure and the distinction he has earned. Mr Scott is a graduate of the New Zealand ITniversity, and had a distinguished academic career. Winning first the Mostland and then the Otago provincial scholarships, he became dux of the Otago Boys’ High School in ISS7, and as a student at the Otago University, gained the Bowen essay prize—in a competition open to undergraduates throughout New Zealand and the Maeandrew scholarship in political economy. Mr Scott afterwards graduated B.A. and M.A. of the New Zealand University.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for westerly moderate to strong winds, with a southerly tendency. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather. Barometer unsteady.—Bates Wellington.

A lecture which is bound to prove interesting to all farmers will bo given at the Midhirst Dairy Company’s factory, Midhirst, by Mr H. G. Sergei, Agricultural Instructor, on Thursday evening next, at 7.G0. .Mr Sergei has earned a good reputation as a lecturer on agriculture, and it is anticipated there bill be a large attendance.

In addressing the Grand Jury at the opening of the Napier Supreme Court, the Chief Justice (says the Dominion) urged' people to give more assistance in connection with the reformation of prisoners, and dwelt on the good that had been done since the Act had been introduced allowing convicted persons to be allowed probation. Fully 80 per cent of these he said, had been redeemed.

Certain sturdy young New Zealanders have not to-day any obligation to enrol under the Military Service Act, but in the near future, when they attain the age of twenty years, the Act will have for them the statutory duty now proclaimed for men of military ago. This statement also applies to new arrivals in New Zealand, men of military age who become members of the Reserve by the fact of residence in the Dominion. At the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, in a case against a boy who was charged with kissing a little girl against her will, Mr Cunningham, who appeared for the defendant, said (reports the News) that while it was a most reprehensible tiling to kiss a girl against her will, yet there were none in court who had not kissed a girl at some time or other.—(Laughter.) Mr Cassidy interpolated; “There’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.” The bench, however, considered if the boy had been older he would not have regarded it as anything but very serious. Mr Cunningham said it would teach the hoy’- a lesson for the rest of his life.

The local police were engaged on a case against a juvenile of a rather serious nature to-day. The lad, who has developed some wild notions, left home on Sunday eight and gained en trance to a friend’s house by breaking one of thewindows with an axe. As far as can bo ascertained, the hoy did not steal anything from the house, but merely' played a tune on , piano! It is understood that a by, who noticed the lad forcing an entrance to the premises, and knowing the tenants to be away from home, notified the police, but by the time the arm of the law arrived, the boy had made himself scarce. He was not heard of,again until.last evening when he was seen under a hut, giving as the reason that he was looking for a dog which he wanted to give to a friend. To-day, however, a draught horse, and it is believed a set of harness from the premises are missing. The police have this matter also in hand.