LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 70, 19 October 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The executive committee of the Stratford A. and P. Association moot to-night at 7.M0 sharp. The adjourned mooting of tlio Ho main Board takes plan* to-morrow at •1 o’clock ■

“Whore do the ducks come from i See Fred Foley in Ids new illusion at the Red Cross concert to-night. You’ll ho in time at ten o’clock.

At the Stratford Building Society meeting on Tuesday evening, the winners of the respective ballots were—Mr J. Pearce, Croup 1 (£300); Mr S. G. F. Haim, Group 2 (£400).

Despite the somewhat boisterous weather , there was a good attendance at the Salvation Army gathering last night to listen to Major Toomer, who delivered an impiessing address.

There are twenty-five civil cases for hearing at the Magistrate’s Court to-, morrow, three being defended, also three judgment summonses. There is only one criminal case, alleged failure to attend drill.

Adjutant Cook desires to acknowledge with thanks the sum of £lO from the Huiroa Patriotic Committee for transmission to the Salvation Army Headquarters for assisting the dependents of fallen soldiers and sailors.

As the result of police inspection at Paluatua, two small hotelkeepers,] Edward John Knapman and Frederick Paget Jones, were each fined £2O, the minimum penalty, for having certain labels on whisky bottles not containing that particular brand. Defendants pleaded guilty, an I were allowed a month in which to pay the fine.

When the Engineer at yesterday’s County Council meeting referred to the fact that 7000 yards of metal had been crushed by the crusher since April last, he added that the work everywhere was now very much up-to-date.” Cr Walters: “Yes; so are we very much up-to-date with om bank-book.” The Councillor in question had been looking at the passbook and regarded the financial position of the Council as being rather serious. In reference to the address of Mr Girling-Butcher at the War Relief Association meeting yesterday, the speaker emphasised the fact that, the Catholic Soldiers had an equal claim with the Y.M.C.A. and Salvation Army, for a grant from the Patriotic Fund, as the Catholic Field Service Fund had been established to give special attention to the wants of Catholic men at the front, in hospitals, and on transports and hospital ships. When Cr Smith was asked by the Chairman at the Stratford ‘County Council meeting yesterday if he intended to bring forward his motion (that a vote of censure bo passed on Cr Christoffel as- referred to at the last .meeting of the Council) Cr Smith rose and said, “I beg to withdraw the motion.” He said the matter had been sufficiently ventilated, and that he did not wish to say anything further. The Chairman remarked that he thought perhaps he would be holding a sword in his hand, Cr Smith, amid sihilos, then sat down. The matter has evidently been buried.

At the concert at the Town Hall to-night in aid of the lied Cross Funds, the programmes will he sold at sixpence each. They will be numbered, and the holder of the Programme with the selected number will receive half-a-guihea in cash, which has been kindly donated by Mr S. Spence. At the conclusion of the concert, the winning number will be announced by the Mayor (Mr J. W. Boon). Sympathisers in this laudable object are reminded to attend early if they wish to secure a good seat. The programme is a capital one, and the prices of admission have been fixed at the low figure of 2s and Is.

The time for your “straw boater”— the hat of hats for summer wear is at hand—and the hat you want, together with your Spring Mercery, is aA the Egmont Clothing Company. Call and got it.' x