LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 73, 24 October 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Zealand Veterans Association received advice from the Commissioner of Pensions that the number of Maori War veterans in receipt of pensions is 1275, number died during year 112, and died up to date 370. The Association set up a committee to make representations to the Government to secure the old age pension in addition to the war pension for veterans in need.—P.A. The Stratford Ladies’ lied Cross Committee acknowledge donations towards the Fund as follows: Mrs Lyford os, Mrs Guppy os, Mrs Alger 2s fid, Mr T. C. Fookes £1 Is, Airs A. W. Reid £5, Mrs L. Lacey £l, Cardiff Ladies 10s, Mrs llivett os, Mr H. Dickenson £l. Mr G. Morrison 10s, Mr Hyndman os, Anonymous os. Mr Brooks 2 ducks, Mr C. E. .lames 1 book and 3 vases. The following were the collections and the amounts received in their box collections Miss K. Taylor £o, Miss Rowe £5 8s 6d, Miss Paynter £2 2s Id, O. Masters and S. Jones £2 12s Id, 1. Boon and J. McLean £6 10s. Miss Freer and Miss Fitzgerald also worked untiringly. A list of the articles donated to the Stratford Red Cross bund and the winners is as follows: Marble clock (donated by Mr J. Petrie) won by Mr Campbell Jackson; farthing (donated by Mrs A. I ( . Wilson) auctioned by Mr Lamason, realised 225; three months’ ticket (donated by Mr Foley) won by Mr Ronald Healey ; bag of flour, won by Mrs W. H. Robinson; eggs and bacon (donated by Mrs O’Rilley) won by Mrs Uniackc and Mrs Budge; supper cloth (donated by Mrs Dingle) won fly Mrs W. H. Robinson ; Xmas cake (donated by Mrs E. A. Adlani, Croydon Road, Waipuku, and iced by Mrs J. Olliver) won by Mrs C. S. Gattan, weight guessed 111 b Joz, correct weight lllbs 20z..