LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 64, 11 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Foreman Wilson returned to Stratford on Saturday evening, after attending the United Fire Brigades Conference at Rotorua. . The next theatrical event due at Stratford is the l performance of Mr Ldaschech, a monologue entertainer, ti>e Town Hall being booked for March Mst. ‘ \ Constable McGowan, of Christchurch, arrives, in Stratford next Saturday to fill the vacancy on the local staff caused by the transference to jnristchurch of Constable Mackintosh, who leaves Stratford on Thursday. Mr. Samuel Hill, an American expert on roads, who has just returned .0 New York after extended travels in Europe, says that the finest roads in the world are in England. As to the American roads, they are about on a level with those of Turkey and Armenia.

How many apples did Eve and Adam eat? The old version says: Eve f and Adam 2. (Eve ate, and Adam, too.) Total ten. This is what certain American newspapers have to say about it:, Nebraska “Herald”; Eve 8 and Adam 8; total 16. Mississippi “Gazette”: Wo don’t see this; Eve 8 and Adam 82; total 90. New York •Screamer: Our contemporary is entirely wrong: Eve 81 and Adam 812; total 893. Ohio “Advertiser”: We reason like this; Eve 814 herself, and Adam 8124 Eve; total 8938. Illinois “Telegraph” ; Eve 8112 know how it tasted, and Adam 28142 see what it might be like; total 36,248. The last letter .written by Rev. Mr. Lock, one of the victims of the drowning tragedy on the West Coast, shows that he was aware of the dangers of travelling in his extensive parish, and i pathetic interest attaches to his references thereto. He says: “But some may say: What about the tracks and rivers! They have indeed a bad name, and before I set out I was stuffed with all manner of warnings and advice; but though I have witnessed—l ala told—some of the worst weather that has been seen on the Coast, yet 1 must say that the picture has been pa nted to me blacker than I should paint it. . . . The rivers rush down from the mountains, and in the summer, when the warm rain soon melts the snow, they rise very rapidly. In odd times they defy both horse and rider, and to bo delayed is an experience of quite common occurrence. However, they go down as quickly as they rise, and by waiting an hour or two it is often possible to cross them. In bad weather there is always a happy uncertainty about them, which, to say the least, is most refreshing, and the excitement which they afford helps to break the monotony of the journey'. .But with a good horse—and mine is most satisfactory, for she ran a distance of about 200 miles in four successive days without apparently feeling tired—and in favourable weather the journey does not seem monotonous 1 , but the mile-posts are passed all too soon.”

A meeting of the Liberal League will be held on Wednesday evening. Mr. F. Tyrcr, Superintendent of the Stratford Technical School, notifies that a class for students preparing for proficiency certificates will be opened oil Tuesday evening, and that classes in dressmaking, millinery, drawing and art work will be opened if sufficient inducement is forthcoming. Particulars are published in another column of this issue. The car which -was utilised by Maunier and Franz, the strong men of Barton’s Circus, on Saturday evening, in their “bridge of death” act, was owned and driven by Mr A. A. Davison, of Broadway South. The act went off well, the athletes supporting on their backs the whole weight of the car and some six or seven passengers. • According to the almanack summer or early autumn is now with us; taking occurrences which are observable by the naked eye, it would appear as if we were just getting through a piece of last winter, or making, a premature start on the winter set aside for tnis year. At any rate, those moving about at the time report a fall ct snow in Stratford at 2 a.m. yesterday, and the fall of hail in tho afternoon was much in evidence. Mount Egmont caught a great deal of the snow, of which the supply seems to have been greater than tlie demand yesterday, and this morning he appears with his regular winter overcoat on. Notwithstanding this, a few Stratford residents visit6d the East Mountain House.