LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 70, 18 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Harvest Homo Ball is to lie held in the Tariki Town Hall on Faster Alonday. Alajor O’Sullivan, Director of Eqniment and Stores of the Defence Department, is on a visit to Stratford. A final reminder is given of the Catholic social to ho hold in the Town Hal! to-night. A good evening's amusement is promised. Stratford members of the New Zealand Army Medical Corps, who have been engaged at Seatoun, Wellington, on a week’s training, returned by the mail train on Saturday evening. Captain Curbery remaining in Wellington for a few days.

The Inglewood and Stratford Tennis clubs are trying conclusions today on the local club’s lawns.

The Midhirst dairy factory’s cheques to be issued this month toted £7OOO.

On Thursday, March 21st, the Radnor Road School sports will bo held in Mr. John Vickers’ paddock. The gathing 'should bo a most enjoyable one. Mr. Newton King has received the following cable from his Sydney agents re lodes :—Heavies Jcl higher, others unchanged.

As the weather does not hold out any prospect of being line at an earlj date, the Swimming Club has decided to abandon for the present the afternoon carnival which it was intended to hold recently. Mr. N. Melville, lately of the firm of Lamason and Melville, has bought an auctioneering busaiess in Devonport, Auckland, for which place lie leaves towards the end of the month. Constable and Mrs McGowan arrived in Stratford by the mail train on Saturday evening. The new officer is the successor of Constable Mackintosh, who was transferred at his own request. To-morrow evening at 8 o’clock the Primitive Methodist Church will further celebrate its Harvest Festival by hoteling a fruit-salad and jelly social. A capital programme has been prepared, and a large attendance is expected. The first stage of the match between the Gun Club and the Rifle Club will be fired on Thursday at the rifle range, the conditions being ten shots at 200yds and 500yds. Shooting will commence at a quarter to two. Lady friends will provide afternoon tea. The Wanganui River steamer service notifies that special trips will be run from Wanganui to Pipiriki during Faster week, leaving Wangamr Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, and Easter Sunday, at 7 a.m.. returning the following days, Saturday excursionists returning on Easter Monday. Excursionists may stop ovei a.t Pipiriki for any time to suit theii pleasure. The return fare is only 20s for this splendid two or more days’ outing.

The introductory film that has boon thrown on the screen at His Majesty’s Theatre lately as a hint for the fair sex to remove their hats (some of them Merry Widow ones) so as to en able patrons at the back witnessing the screening of the pictures, took the desired effect on Saturday evening. As the picture was proceeding the bald head of a gentleman behind who was smothered by a lady wearing a Merry Widow hat, bent down and produced on his cranium “Ladies kindly remove your hats,” and when this had been done, another baldheaded man bent forward and produced the lettering “Thank you.” The picture caused a good deal of laughter, and ladies could be seen in all directions removing" their hats of all descriptions, sizes and shapes, and when the interval came on, and the lights were thrown on, only one lady (with a big hat) could he seen, who had not taken the hint. Perhaps after a further hint or two even this lady will retire from her position of unenviable exclusiveness.