LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3, 1 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To protect game from the inroads of poachers, and to secure, if possible, the sport of license holders, the btratford Acclimatisation Society has h.act for some weeks past rangers employed. License-holders will very materially assist rangers in their duties by carrying their licenses with them, and bv producing them on a demand being made by the officers of the Society.

Everything points to the social, which 'is to be hold in the Town Hall on May 21th under the auspices 01 the Taranaki Provincial Scottish Society, being a huge success. At-a meeting of the ladies' committee held yesterday) there was a very large attendance,' and {rreat- enthusiasm was displayed. Offers of practical help have been freelv given, and it is not anticipated that there will be any difficulty in disposing of as many as- oOU tickets. ■

A special committee of the Stratford District High School Committee was held last evening to selectfrom the applications received an assistant lady teacher at the school, in place-oi Miss Butler, resigned. On the motion of the Chairman it was moved that Miss Florence Neilson, M.A., 8.2, be appointed (subject to the Board s approval), and failing this teacher accepting the position, Miss Elizabeth Tooman, 8.A., be asked to accept the vacancy. Miss Neilson is at present assistant teacher in the Riverton District High School, and is an old girl of the Wanganui Collegiate School.

Eight years of patient work in hybridising'gladioli have resulted in Mr C. P. Alkemade, a Dutch bulb grower, of Noordwijk, near Lcyden, making a small fortune with a new and beautiful form. He has sold several single bulbs for sums varying up to £23, and lms just disposed of 21b of bulbs for £IO6O. The new gladiolus, called Glory of Noordwijk, is of a rare hue of soil'light yellow, with twelve flowers on one stem, measuring from live to seven inches in diameter. !u a Police Court in Brooklyn, New York, recently., a counsel engaged in a. case was grabbed by the Court officers, and, at the request of the Magistrate, hurled bodily through the front door. This action, followed. a heated argument, in the course of which counsel was several times warned by the Magistrate to behave respectfully. When counsel finally declared to the Magistrate, "I don't want any interference from you," the Magistrate said to the Court officer, "If this lawyer butts in again, take him by the scruff of the neck and kick him out." Counsel was not to be repressed, ami so, in response to a nod from the Court, two officers grabbed the offender, dragged him through the Court to the doorway without ceremony, and threw him out. Counsel, regaining his feet, half opened the door ami shouted, "1 protest!" This was the signal for the appearance of the policemen, who again grabbed the struggling and now breathless lawyer, carried him roughly to the door opening into the street, and tossed him down the steps. The case was then resumed without counsel's assistance and promptly settled.

Supposing railway tracks were laid along the Thames Embankment from Blackliars to Westminster and public protest against such a dangerous proceeding, you would say, writes tlio Now York correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, that the railway company which was allowed to flout the public and endanger life and limb had a "strong pull" somewhere. That is precisely what New \ orkers have been saying for years about the New York Central's track along Eleventh Avenue, usually called ''Death Avenue," because of the large number of victim-', eliii llv old people and little children, killed by the trains. Nobody disputes that the New York Central bad a "strong pull somewhere," and the other day Mr. Clan nee Shonrn, counsel lor the people versus the New York Centra], in applying before the Log : slativj Committee' at Albany For the removal of the fatal tracks, declared that this pull was the result of the payment of £IO,OOO yearly for many years bv the New York" Central to Tammany Hall, the corrupt political organisation which largely controls the Legislature of the State of New York, aad to some extent the judiciary of the Slate. Mr. Siiearn's statement before the Legislative Committee produced a mild sensation. He declined a request to withdraw the allegation, and said that his information came from a dir?ctrr of i!:- ***■ York Centra!.

The list for Friday's sitting of the Magistrate's Court includes one judgneut summons, five civil summonses, u information for furious riding, one i.reach of Borough by-laws, and one in—ormation for obstructing a train by nterfcring with the Westinghouse irake. Applications for space at the Taraniki Agricultural Society's Winter Show have come in so freely, and so mieh in excess of anticipation, that •lie committee lias decided to enlarge :he present building so that 70,000 ei c of floor space shall be available, ustead of 30,000 as originally protosed. A meeting of the executive of the ICltham-Opnnake Railway League was held on Monday evening. After a conversational discussion, it was decided to appoint Messrs. Parrott and Syme to give evidence before the Railway Commission, it being arranged that they should consult with the delegates from the Eltham Borough and County Councils. It was also resolved to take steps to collect and collate the necessary data and information generally for submission to the Commission in favour of the old reserved route. "They ought to send their photographs," said a member of the Stratford District High School Committee at a meeting held last evening to select an assistant teacher for the school. Another member suggested that a kinematograph film, so that they could see the teacher's movements, would help them to make their pick. The originator of the remark, however, had in view the insight into character that was gained by having something more than paper to go by, and did not make the suggestion in any flippant spirit. The date is not yet fixed with regard to the Hon. Geo. Laurenson's address to be delivered in the Town Hall. Mr G. E. Wilson told a "Stratford Evening Post" reporter this morning that either the Bth. or the 9th would he the probable date. The Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald will also be present, and the two ministers will leave for Whangamomona immediately to attend the complimentary social to Mr. Joseph McCluggage to bo held on May 10th. Jnglewood we understand, is likewise clue for a political function, and the ministers have consented to be present. Some time ago the Stratford County Council was seriously considering the necessity for taking legal proceedings against an Eltham contractor who had failed after his contract had been concluded, to leave one of our County roads in its normal condition. As a result, however, of a conference between the Eltham and Stratford County Councils, the matter was left in the hands of the two bodies' engineers. Mr E. C. Robinson informed a representative of this paper this morning that an amicable settlement had been arrived at, the contractor having to pay a certain amount to repair the damage done by him in carting heavy materials over the road. Poultry lovers will learn with great interest that a big show of birds may be looked for at the Rational Dairy Snow, 25th to 28th June next. We are informed that a special and enthusiastic committee of the Manawatu Poultry Association, working in conjunction with the Dairy Show Committee, have gathered in many "specials," and reports from all over the Dominion indicate a large number of entries. Special accommodation is being provided by the Dairy Show Committee in anticipation thereof. A separate dule covering list of classes, special prizes, | and judges, is being prepared, and anyone desiring one should communicate with the secretary, Mr.' W. T. Penny, Palmerston North.