LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 76, 22 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Parents should take notice of the fact that under tho legislation of last session, tho time for registering births has been shortened. A social and dance is to be held in the Strathmore Schoolroom on Friday, December 6th, in order to raise money for the school funds. The total estimated population of the Dominion on September 30 was 1,102,719. Exclusive of Maoris, etc., it was 1,0-10,277. “if 1 was an employer of labour,” said Mr. Konrielc, S.M., a Territorial case, “I would not employ any fellow who tried to get out of his drill.”

The date of the annual shooting meeting of the Taranaki Rifle Association has been fixed for Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31, 1913. The patent rights of the non-re-fillable bottle invented by Mr Clarence Davy, a resident of New Plymouth, have been acquired by an Australasian company with a capital of £IO,OOO.

“If s very inconvenient,” explained a defaulting Territorial at the Court this morning. “Of course it is,” replied Mr. Kenrick, S.M. “But you could do it, just as well as I did 20 years ago, and it was a two-hour chill then.” Iho Ashburtpn County Council had a very poor season as far as receiving birds’ heads was concerned.' Yet the total number received was 101,074, and the amount expended by the Council about. £316. Judgment was given on. Wednesday by Mr. Kenrick, S.M., in the action Russell v. Barleyman, a share-milking case in which damages wore claimed by defendant on the grounds that he had not received a notice that his contract was being determined. Plaintiff was non-suited, with solicitor’s costs, £2 11s.

Mr E. Mason, of Stratford, was very successful with his horse Zanzibar at the Hawera Show, securing six first prizes and a champion ticket. It is understood that Zanzibar has been sold to a Wanganui lady, who will take possession after the Stratford Show fixture next week. The figure is stated to be in the neighbourhood of £75. While hearing some cases of alleged breaches of the Licensing Act in the New Plymouth Court yesterday, a witness gave evidence that there were about sixteen drinks in a bottle of whisky. With lively recollections of an Awakino case tried some time ago here, the Magistrate exclaimed: “But that does not apply to Awakino—they drink it out of. the bottle there.” “Why did they send some fellows notices and not others?” complained a Territorial, when his case was called at the Court to-day. “You didn’t go and ask the Department that question, did you?” queried Mr. Kenrick, S.M., immediately grasping the fact that this was a case where accused was more pleased than sorry at the notices not reaching him. “I met Mr. Barlow at the corner. I said ‘Good-day, Bill,’ and he returned the compliment.” Thus, a by-law breaker commenced his explanation at the Court this morning. It was a good explanation and the Magistrate merely recorded a conviction. “Next time,” said Mr. Kenrick, “don’t say.‘Goodclay, Bill,’ because, you see, he has returned the compliment with a summons.”

It is reported from an authoritative source that the discovery of a Rotterdam farmer is likely to make, a, revolution ui cheese making. Cheese must lie preserved many months before it can be placed on the market, but the Dutch farmer has found that by passing an electric current through the cheese blocks they can be “matured within twenty-four hours. Recent ex periments in Switzerland have been very successful. ‘‘Hello! Bill!” whispered the “wild man from Borneo,” at the Hawera Show yesterday, to a- well-known Stratford resident who nightly appears before the footlights, and continued: “I’m pullin’ out me whiskers now! See you later!” The two beefbones that hummed at the tent-door

fairly shook with the humour of the

situation, thereby interrupting the /feast of Hawera’s flies, which were out junketing, like the people. Bill blusli<ed to the best of his ability, and acknowledged the greeting! Payments as follow were made for hutter-fat for the last three months by the Oakura Dairy Company, with the figures for the corresponding months of last year in parentheses : —August, 1912, £269 7s (1911, £174 18s 2d); September, £782 19s 6d (£520 3s 7d) ; October, £1374 10s 8d (£B2B Is 3d). For butter-fat supplied for the month of October the Rahotu Dairy Company distributed £1441 Os 7d to its suppliers. The Omata Company paid out £699 9s 3d. A Police Court is not a very sociable

place for anyone under the influence of liquor to visit, but the other morning at Christchurch, while Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.M., was busy meting out punishment to people, who get drunk, and. do other things not-in sympathy with law and order, a man, obviously intoxicated, wandered into the Court, and sat down on a bench, He was quiet, but when he was preparing to sleep it off he was aroused and removed from the Court, and led into the street, where he was arrested for drunkenness. Three Waitara hotelkeepers were

fined yesterday for having sent liquor into a prohibited area (Awakino) — “then having reasonable ground to suspect that such liquor was intended to be sold within such area.” Mrs.

Jury (Club Hotel) was fined £ls on one' of three charges, a ' conviction merely being entered in one case, while the first information was dismissed. John Harrington (Masonic Hotel) was fined £ls, with costs £2 IGs, on one charge. Two charges were preferred against Alex Kerr (Waitara Hotel) and in the first case a fine of £lO was imposed' and on the second information a conviction merely was entered. The costs amounted to £2 13s lOd. Last night the crushing plant hired by the Stratford Borough Council from tiro Eltliam Borough Council arrived in Stratford, being conveyed by Mr. .]. Tarry’s traction engine, and has taken up its abode in Juliet Street. This will be the third attempt to crush the boulders lying on the side road in the vicinity of the station rmid. The first attempt was made some months aup with the Stratford County Council’s plant, and everything went well until the crusher met with a mishap, and by the time repairs were effected, it was needed for their own work, and operations had to be abandoned. Another start was to have been made a few weeks ago by Mr. Tarry, but on entering the town the axle of the waggon that was conveying the crusher broke, and things came to grief in the middle of the road, some portions of the plant reached the scene of operations, but no start could be made. It is to bo hoped the third attempt will prove a little more successful.

A Wellington telegram states tl at the wholesale distributors .yesterday reduced the price of butter id lb. The wholesale price now is Is 2d for first factory brand, and Is Old for secondary brands.

“There is too much of this,” said Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.AI., at the Christchurch Police Court in dealing with a number of maintenance cases. “If men don’ t keep their children they Will have to go to gaol.” Dan Walsh (says the ‘Standard’) “took a trip to Chinatown,” at Pa.iiatua on Saturday last, and got into trouble. Visiting a laundry ho commenced to throw parcels of washing about and used vile language, widen neJNsfcitated the presence of a constable, who described him as “the wildest man ever I had anything to do with.” Dan was ordered to work for the Government for six months. A record amount was gathered at the Catholic bazaar at Timaru, which concluded on Saturday last, when the gross takings were £2338. The various stalls contributed to this amount as follows. —Mrs. Armagh’s £664 18sJ)d (probably a record for one stall in New i Zealand); Miss Ward’s £504 12s. Old;! Mrs. Lynch’s £425 18s 9d; St. Anne’s Guild, £421 17s 6Jd, It is estimated that the expenses in connection with the bazaar will be.well under £3OO, leaving a net profit of more than £2OOO. i

By wireless this cypher message was received locallySalamonto—Oura— Quadro Fortissimo Vomisire Spankoruru Lamptoniana Avoanothre “Grimston.” Translated into the language-of Stratford, this reads: The officers of H.M.S.'Turtle expect to land in Taranaki on Tuesday, proceed to Stratford on Wednesday, to assist in production of “The Geisha.” Practising on main deck at seven bells, everything going well, but had to spank middy at eight bells, refused to leave steps in dance. Hope fraternise Cap’ Dampen and officers “Our Regiment,” before leaving lor Europe. Grimston, Lieu. At the conclusion of the performance of “Our Regiment” at New Plymouth on Wednesday evening the members of the Stratford Dramatic Society were entertained to supper at the Kia Ora Dining Rooms by the New Plymouth Operatic Society (states the Herald); After the supper, Major F..T. Bellringer thanked the visitors, on behalf of the New Plymouth Territorials, for the splendid evening’s entertainment and for their generous efforts towards the Territorial funds here. Captain F. H. Dampen replied on behalf of the Stratford Society, and at the same time thanked the Territorial Committee and the Operatic Society for the reception tendered them. Mr R. N. Remind (conductor of the New Plymouth Society) spoke of the good results that | must necessarily follow the happy relations that existed between the two kindred societies, and complimented the Stratford players on the excellence of that evening’s production.

A six-hour journey by sea from Marokopa to Kawhia in a 14ft. racing dinghy is a feat not everyone would venture upon without serious misgivings, so that the following from the ‘Kawhia Settler’ will be read with interest:—Last Wednesday morning Mr P. W. Bell, accompanied by his brother and Mr. J. Forbes, again accomplished a feat which his previous successful attempts have, to some extent, robbed of its abnormal character, but it is none the less a further instance of daring seamanship. Leaving Marokopa .River about 6 a.m. in his racing 14ft. dinghy “Goblin,” which has already taken part in a regatta here, a light leading wind i;p the coast brought the intrepid voyagers to the rocky bluff off Harihari Hun. Here the boat, was completely blanketed by the high coast land, and oars had to be resorted to, to. make an offing. Having gained a good • seaward position during a flat calm by dint of an hour’s rowing, a freshening breeze sprang up, which enabled the tiny craft to make Kawhia safely about noon, encountering nothing beyond a slight* joggle oft Albatross Point, to nuuce the trip anything but an enjoyable one.