LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 60, 7 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A wireless message has been sent from San Francisco to Japan, a distance of 5800 miles. A cable Irom Neu York states that this is preliminary to the inauguration of a wireless commercial service.

With the Belgian Flag flying and every evidence of activity, the'Stratford Ladies’ Patriotic Committee opened their flower and lolly stalls in Broadway this morning.

Some excellent snapshots of incidents on the Stratford Bowling Green on Thursday' afternoon were obtained by Mr F. Foley, of His Majesty’s Theatre. These were screened last evening at the pictures, and elicited applause as the various players were recognised by the crowd. ’Hie views will be shown in to-night’s programme.

The University of New Zealand ha’s received a cable from the secietaiy of the Rhodes Trust authorising the selection committee to select an additional Rhodes scljolar at the next election in December. This is to fill the vacancy caused by the death «of Lieutenant A. Hudson, who was killed in action.

At the Stratford Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr Haselden, S.M., the following civil cases were, heard and' judgments g-iyejinjgr ,the plaintiffs as follows: W. Elder v. Hill, £ll 6s 4d and. costal 6s; Stratford Printing and Publishing Company v. G. L. Hutt, £2 16s and costs ss: Rooney and Co. v. D.Sefton, £8 2,s 7d and costs 13s; Rooney v. E. Keoley, £6 6s lOd and costs £1 Is; A. W. Rawles v. J. Dodd, £2 10s 5d and costs ss; Alexander Tosh v. 0. G. Northcott, £l9 2s Id and costs £1

A promising three-year-old Jersey heifer has been purchased by the well-known local breeders, ,Messrs Ranford Bros. “Satisfaction of Meadowbrook” is by the imported bull “Silverlocks Duke,” out of that fine cow “Duchess of Lavington,” who, in addition to her splendid showyard record, put up the magnificent performance of GOOlbs of butter-fat. This animal was purchased from Mr H. E. B. Watson, the well-known judge and breeder of Tap Tnpu, ■ ■ Canterbury, and Messrs Ranford are fortunate in obtaining for the district such a highly-bred beast. ,

Tlie Havvera Star reports: Mr H. E. Candy, of Manaia, lias secured some results from a small holding of 12J acres which will take a lot of beating, and which demonstrates once more the possibilities of the best qf the Taranaki land. Half an acre of his section is cut out for house, garden and orchard, thus leaving 11J acres for dairying purposes. On this ho ran nine ordinary Jersey cows, and they returned last year £246 for milk and butter, and he had in addition £4 10s for pigs. The cows were fed on nothing but what was grown on the place, and the total cropping amounted to half an acre and two acres of hay.

The fact that no census of the cattle in the dominion has been taken since 1911 was commented upon on Thursday by the chairman, Mr S. J. Ambury, at the annual meeting of shareholders in the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company (says the New Zealand Herald). He stated that in the year named there was only a very moderate increase in the number of cattle over the previous census. Four years ago the numbei of cattle killed by the company was 898 head. For the year ended June 30, 1916, the number killed was 47,864. Did not tire shareholders think that they, as farmers and graziers, would 1)6 justified in requesting the Government to have an annual census of the cattle taken at the same time and by the same enumerators as those who took the sheep census, so that freezing companies in particular would have data to guide thorn in making provision for dealing with the fat stock when it was ready for the market? Shareholders Hid not discuss the question at the meetmg.

Mr R. Masters, chairman of tire Education Board, has received notification of a grant of £325 towards the Pukengahu school, in the Xgaere district.

Weather Forecast.—The indications are for easterly moderate to strong winds and backing by east to west and freshening. Expect dull weather with much mist and fog in parts. Barometer unsteady.—Bates, Wellington.

In Allen’s Lolly Shop, Broadway, is now being shown, a Fez and Belt taken from a Turkish officer on Bth August, 1915, at Gallipoli. These mementos of that unfortunate campaign were kindly lent by Serg-Major Mahoney.

The Midhirst Soldiers’ Farewell Committee will hold a farewell concert and dance on Thursday next in the Town Hall, Midhirst, to say au-revoir to Messrs R. Hamblyn, F. Bryant, W. Hughes, G. and F. Trebes, and J. Winiki, who are about to leave for Trcntham.

The secretary of the Taranaki War Relief Association has received tire sum of £241 15s from the secretary of the Taranaki Bowling Centre, New Plymouth. This amount, which has been subscribed by the clubs affiliated to the Centre has been handed over for the purposes rf the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund.

The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Bacon and Meat Parking Co., Ltd., commences operations on the 16th inst. This concern was recently formed to take over the businesses of Messrs W. Dimock and Co., Ltd., The Waikato Farmers ’Co-op. Bacon Co., The South Taranaki Baeon Co. Ltd., and Auckland Bacon Co., and will be run in the interests of the farming community. The Company will extend to its shareholder-suppliers the principles of co-operation. The new concern should do a great deal to establish the bacon industry on a sound footing, and there is every indication that the presence of the Farmers’ Co-op. Bacon Go. will be instrumental 'lit doing good.