LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 111, 1 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Gisborne resident statoo that he has been informed on gone authority that ox-Captain Knyvett has been offered an appointment in th } Chinese army. At tlic special meeting of the Borough Council to he held on Monday evening to consider loan proposals, the question of bridges will be gone into. Following are the vital statistics for Stiafford for the month of June, the figures for the quarter ending Juno bQth being given in parenthesis; Births 20 '(55), deaths 5 (17), marriages 9 (18). Mr James Spence Lyons, dental surgeon, who has entered into partnership with Mr S. B. Hunter,- arrived in Stratford last night with fair family, and will commence practice on Monday next. At Hawera on Wednesday evening Mr. “Jimmy” Hunter, the wellknown “All-Black,” was, with Mrs. Hunter, the recipient of a handsome silver tea and coffee service, a presentation from his old football friends. The Dunedin braoich of the Nov Zealand Labour Party on Wednesday night adopted Mr A. R. Barclay’s motion expressing unqualified condemnation of the practice of grant mg titles for political services in a democratic country like New Zealand The question of school buildings used for the purpose of amusement being insured was considered recent ly at the Building Committee of the Canterbury Education Board, and the committee at its last meeting recommended the Board to require com mittees to insure against lire. Mrs Blamires (Sister Annie, of Lon don, Leicester, Dunedin and Welling ton Missions) will give an evening’, l stirring recital in the Town Hall to morrow at. 8.15. The subject is in foresting, “Sunshine and Shadow o' Slum Life,” and the speaker capable His Worship the Mayor will preside Visitors from all over the southern portion of the North Island were pre ‘lent at the Sheffield Choir’s concert in Palmerston yesterday, which wa; highly successful in every way. Di Harriss, conductor of the choir, liar promised to give half of the proceed: of one of the Christchurch perform ancos to the local coronation memorial fund. The judgment summons caso A. J Stockley v. James Hodge and Wil Ham Robertson was- called on in tin Magistrate’s Court yesterday after noon. Mr. Spence appeared for judg. incut creditor, and Mr. Malone fo l judgment debtors. Mr. Spence an non need that there wofild bo no ap poarancc, Hodge having paid over tin sum in dispute, Robertson being mere ly a nominal defendant. There is at present quite an exodur going on among the people of Altoi and Manutahi districts, says the Pa tea “Press.” The Kneohone family of Alton, are moving to Stratfon and were accorded a send oil’ in tin Alton Hall on Wednesday evening. Tin Connolly and Stanford families ol Manutahi arc both leaving the dis cricts while the Scowns and Kerri sh: of Manutahi are about to leave for the Main Trunk.

At Inglewood yesterday the death occurred of Air Benjamin Nicholls, one of the best known and most wide iy respected residents in the district For many years lie was manager of the Moa Co-operative Society, but he' afterwards bought the society’s interest and carried on the business in conjunction with his sons. He was \ citizen of the strictest integrity 1 , 1 generous to a fault and full of pnblk 1 spiritand his death will he regretted hy a large circle of friends. When the mail train arrived i£it Stratford last night one of the passengers, John McLeod, was in so int-oxi cated a condition that he was put oli the train hy the guard and arrested ■by Constable Bleasel. Ho appeared at the Court this morning before M' S. B. Hunter, J.P., and was fined 10s and ordered to pay cal) hire, 4s. A first offender who was arrested i: a drunken condition in Page Stree at a late hour last night was fined ss' Mr S. G. Millington, gaoler at H.M. Prison, Wellington, who die? on Thursday, was a native of Devon; shire, and joined the Justice Depart merit in 1878 as assistant warder at Lyttelton. Ho became principal warder at Mt. Cook in 1882, and chief warder at Terrace Gaol in 190. S Three years later he was transferred to New Plymouth as gaoler, and i 1908 was made manager of the prison reformatory in this district. Mr Mil liagton was appointed gaoler at Wellington in 19091 ,He leaves a widovd and seven children. A Maori who was on the head, just south of the mouth of the Waiha< liver (Canterury) on Tuesday after, noon ,ou the lookout for frost fish discovered a human foot enclosed i a laced hoot. The grnssome find wasbrought into the police station a! Waimatc on Tuesday evening. Tic police considered that the boot belong ed to Mr James Robbins, who Jeff iiis home at the Hunter about May 23rd last, and had not since been-; semi. The police sent the hoot to Mr; Robbins for identification , purposes. Mrs Robbins, however, stated that tin hoot was not that of her husband His hoots were without nails, and the one found was heavily nailed. The police are at a loss to account fo: tiro discovery. It was a Stratford lady who had her arm cut in the railway accident or the Main Trunk railway on Thnrsda;night. She was sitting with her arm on i the sill of a window and the force of the accident pnshcel her arm through. The passengers were loft in total darkness, and were without heating, the boat on the train being supplied from the engine, and as thu was derailed no heat was available if the carriages. However, some of tin gentlemen pssongers made the best o things by making a bonfire at tiro sick of the track. The railway official; were courteous ami considerate, ano N lid all in their power to improve the lot of the passengers. Taranaki residents travelling on. the train were fortunate enough to connect with the special Sheffield Choir train, whirl arrived in Stratford about eleven o’clock last flight. To Kanwhata whore the accident occurred, is a small station between Mercer and Unfitly. .