LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 132, 27 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Forty horses wore sent to India from New Zealand during Juno, and nineteen to the Pacific Islands. Inspector Wilson, in charge of the Wanganui police district, who is at present'on an official visit to Taranaki, passed through Stratford by last night’s mail train on his way to New Plymouth. |)r. Jlakgill. Health Officer, condemns the use of deodorants in connection with the sewage.tank system, as they have the effect of stopping the action of bacteria, noon which the success of the tanks depend. It is understood (says a local paper) that' prosecutions against the directors;' manager, and secretary of a company formerly doing husiners in ]ih iihcini are about to he initiated, in which the penalties may run into thousands of pounds.

Albeit burton Clark, of Stratford, printer, has iilee! a declaration of in nr, 1 voncy. We understand that stops wi'l shortly i>c taken to reform the local Cricket Club, says the Paten “Press.” It if expected that the Club '.'. ill bo able to place a fairly strong cloven in the lie id during 'the coming season. Tiie address to have been given in the Town Hall to-morrow afternoon by Mr. Ellison, representative of the National Dairy Association, has been postponed indefinitely, as Mr. Ellison has boon called to Christchurch in connection- with the illness of his bro-ther-in-law, Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.P. At the meeting of the Toy Scouts last night the scoutmaster gave an address descriptive of a trip from New Zealand to South Africa and back. On Saturday next the troop will fall-in. at 10.30 a.in., and will thou hold a fieldday. The boys have made' good progress with their ambulance studies, and on V. odnesday next Dr. Paget will review the instruction lie has given in his recent lectures. During a cross-examination at the Petone Police Court, a witness, aged tittsen years, was asked if he was able to tell when, a man was intoxicated. Ho replied that he could. Dr. .McArthur; “You are sure of that;-” Witness: “\es.” Dr. McArthur: “Well, you would !)o a useful associate to the Chief Justice, because he can’t. You are positive,” he continued, “that you can tell when a man is under the influence of drink?” ‘Witness: “Yes.” “Intoxicated?” “Yes.” “Drunk?” “Yes.” “Well, you’re a budding Chief Justice!”

The price of butter is perhaps lower in Invercargill than in any other town in the Dominion at present, says the Palmerston “Standard.” The wholesale price there for best pats is la 3d, while in Dunedin it lias been Is Tld, in Christchurch Is sd, and in Taihaps the ruling wholesale price war Is 6d. Strange to say, practically the whole of the Invercargill supply is drawn from Taranaki, so that the Southland capital is further from the source of supplies than any oilier town in New Zealand.

As plucky act stands to the credit of a Lyttelton telegraph messenger. Jhe Maori was casting off from the wharf at the Southern port last Saturday, night, when a boy, selling newspapers, accidentally tumbled into the sea at the after-end of the vessel. The messenger divested himself of his coat and effected a prompt rescue. Apart from the fact that the night was piercingly cold, the res oner’s action is all the more praiseworthy seeing that at the time he took the header the ship’s propellers were in motion. As a result of the advertisement for sixty cats of any breed, Air. J. ■Loyd, proprietor of the Unelumga Zoo, secured a large number of tiro feline species, mostly of the mongrel typo. One or two miserable specimens Mr. Boyd was glad to shoot as soon as the late owners had got out oh hearing. On one occasion a private detective visited the Zoo, and threatened Court proceedings unless a cat valued at £3 IDs was immediately restored to its rightful owner. A "hurried glance over the collection, however, was enough to convince him that none of the animals were wort a 3s. The travelling correspondent of the “Dominion” writes as follows, after a ride |through the Waiouru district:— Mr. Chapman (of Waiouru) told mo that there are a good many , \yiJc{ horses on the run, and on the slopes of Iluapehu. Ho also told me there are some very good creamy .ponies on the mountain, and that, some time ago, a couple wore run in with a mob, brokon-ia, and sold for sixty guineas. They were a perfectly-matched pair. Then, some short time afterwards, I was speaking of the matter to a farmer near P.aetilii, and ho said that he knew the man in Auckland who now owns the ponies, and he wants one hundred guineas for them. Every now and then these wild horses require thinning out, so a number arc shot. The only parts of value are the manes and tails. In a communication to Mr. Pearce, M.P., who had written to the Ministei of Railways covering the objection of the Ha worn Chamber of Commerce to any alteration in the departure time of the morning train from Hawera to New Plymouth, the Hon. Mr. Millar says: “J have the honour to inform you that this question has been fully ,enquired into and considered, and it is found that the existing service cannot be altered, owing to the inconvenience that would be inflicted on the district generally. There is, moreover, not sufficient business to justify the running of any additional trains art

the present Juncture, and in the circumstances the request for the alteration referred to has already been declined.’

It is with deep regret that we have, to record the death of our popular townsman, Mr. J. W. Emrnersoa, which took place this morning at the New Plymouth Hospital, at the comparatively early age of 16, says tin. Waverlcy correspondent of the Patea “Press.” For many years Mr. F.minorson has been resident in Waver loy few persons being more generally, known or better liked. He was a member of the Town Board and a keen advocate of progress. He had tin

courage of his convictions, and his fearless and unbiassed opinions won for him the respect of his coafrjios and the ratepayers alike. As secretary of the Waverlcy-Waitortara Rae ing Club and the Waverlcy A. and P. Association h.e was well known up and down the coast. In the field of spent ho was conspicuous, in his earlier days being a prominent player in the then famous Waverlcy Football (Tub. being a member of the team which victoriously toured Hawke’s Bay i" the early nineties. Tp to the time of his death, he continued to take a keep interest in all branches of sport, and especially in connection with 1 ewlmg. being secretary of the local club as well as one of the best -players in n. The deceased loaves behind him a wife and family of five children. Te. Kiri and Opunake residents will learn with regret that Mr. Fred Collins died in Sydney last week, says the Opunako “Times.” Fred ba,d been for some months’- past in declining health, and had been an inmate for some weeks in the sanatorium -at Auckland. A few, months hack deceased paid a visit to Opunake, and although lie was not looking the same in health as the “Fred” of the jovial days when lie was the front-ranker of the Opunake football team—the season the Opunake Club won the Southern Cup, ho did not appear to be so near tbe Great Divide. Deceased was a merry hearted fellow some eight or ton years ago, and was always the singer at tbe country lads’ social gatherings. As a bo.v ho'wont to school in Opunake, and Intel' on with Jus parents took up the “white man’s burden’ ’in pioneering at Te Kiri and Awatuna, and mar.;,: of the boys of those days will remeir.-

her the hard toiling days and tho jovial days .when Fred was a centr'd personality.' llis old club mates will road with regret that he lias “cross-: cd the line!” Tho body will bo brought back to Taranaki for interment.

A reminder is given of the Noliconse social to bo held in the Foresters’ Hall tin’s evening. A social as a compliment to the ladies who worked so hard at the recent bazaar will lie held in the Toko Hall this evening. The annual meeting of the Horticultural Society will be held at the Borough Council Chamber this evening. . Professor Marshall, of Otago University, in a lecture at Waimate last work, predicted a violent outbreak from Mount Ngauruhoo before very long, saying, that he had watched the volcano for years, and the indications were in the direction of his prediction. “Shoemakers are always the worst shod.” It was in strict accordance with this ancient saw that an elocutionist at the recent Masterton competitions, who was advised by the judge to have his teeth attended to in order to improve his enunciation, should prove to be a dentist. At the Dunedin Police Court recently a woman was convicted and discharged for a breach of a Prohibition Order. It was stated on her behalf that she took the order out against herself to obviate the necessity of going for drink for her husband, and she was doing that when the offence was committed. It is believed in well-informed circles, says the “News,” that the Hon. I. -Mackenzie will succeed Sir Win. llail-J ones as High Commissioner in London, and that Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., will be given the Hon. Mackenzie’s portfolios or the portfolio of Lands. A few members of the local Druids’ Lodge met last night for the purpose of making a presentation to bro."’Evans, who leaves this evening on a trip to America, bro. G. Pugh, Arch Druid, made the presentation, consisting of a handsome travelling rug, and fid and other brethren wished Bro. Evans bon voyage and success. : A collision with a bullock on the railway lino was the cause of the 4.20 p.m. train from Now Plymouth being delayed tor a few minutes near the Dudley Hoad crossing beyond Inglewood last night, the train reaching Stratford about a quarter of an hour behind time. The bullock was very much mangled, but no damage was caused to the engine. the staff of Mr. Newton King’s local office assembled this morning to bid farewell to Mr. W. Heighway, chief accountant, who leaves by this droning’s mail train eu route for America, where he intends to gain experience. On behalf of the staff Mr. L. Hie ra presented Mr. Heighway with a cheque. Air. Heighway, in acknowledgment, said he had always enjoyed the best of companionship with the rest of the firm, and hoped that wherever he went he would meet a similar class of men.

■ At the conclusion of the sitting of the Education Board yesterday the members of the Board and the office staff assembled to make a presentation of a handsome framed photograph of the Board to Mr. James Ancle, chairman, who has been a mem>ef since 1882. The presentation was made by Mr. G. A. Adiam, the oldest sitting member with the exception of Mr. Wade, and appreciative speeches were also made by Board members and officers. Mr. Wade feelingly acknowledged the gift, and afterwards entertained the company at.luncheon: A meeting of dairy factory employees, practically representing the whole of; Taranaki, was held in Hawera on Tuesday to consider the question of I the adoption of a uniform rate of pay to employees. The meeting was in camera, but a “Star” reporter was authoritatively informed that a uniform rate of wages was agreed upon, and that a bonus would he given employees at the end of the season. The new scale means a material rise in the nresent wages, the agreement bordering on the old Taranaki award. Hitherto many of the factories have been paying a different rate, and it was considered advisable that one uni-

form scale should.-prevail throughout the province. It was this desire which hrompted the convening of the meet-