LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 35, 11 October 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The animal meeting of the Stratford Lawn Tennis Club will be held in the Borough Chambers next Friday evening. At the Court this' morning, Mn A. W. Reid, J.P., being on the bench, a first-offending drunkard was fined Scottish friends send in the following:—The Scotch folk o’ Stratford tire having a meetiu’ in Mr B. Fearou’s office on Tuesday nicht tae Lae a chat aboot the affairs o’ the Scottish Society. We want a’ tae come alang an’ gie ns the benefit o’ their advice. Dinna forget the nicht—Tuesday, 14th. The monthly meeting of the Domain Board was held yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs G. X. Curtis (chair- ! man), T. H. Penn, P. Thomson, R. McK. Morison, W. P. Kirkwood, and G. I). Hunter (secretary). The business, purely routine, was disposed ol quickly.

On tlio motion of IMr P. Thomson, it was decided at yesterday’s meeting of the Domain Board to place two seats in King Edward Park below tin bridge, two in Victoria Park on tin south side of the lake, and one in the Borough reserve in Fenton Street, the work to be done as funds permit. Mi Thomson said the north-east portion of King Edward Park was a nice sunny spot and would bo very pleasant on a fine afternoon.

At the conclusion of the hearing o' the charge against Daniel Warren at the Court yesterday, Mr Rutherfurd on behalf of accused, brought up tin question of bail. The S.M. said it wa not a case in which bail could be al lowed—the charge amounted to on of murder. Mr Rutherfurd, while ad mitting this fact, argued that as i was almost certain that accused woulc be found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, and as the next sitting of the Supreme Court would not be till March next it would be a hatdship bn accused .to keep him in custody. After further argument the S.M. refused bail. : : r ‘ 1

Mr Kirkwood brought up the quest tion of noxious weeds on reserves al yesterday’s meeting of the Domain Board. The chairman (Mr G. X. Cur tis) said that in the past it had beer found a great deal of trouble to set that tenants cleared the weeds am the Board had decided to do the worl at its own'cost. Mr Mori son expressed the opinion that tenants should be called on to clear weeds, and failing then doing it the Board to do the work a the tenant’s expense.. He thought this would be a fair arrangement, a the rents were very reasonable. Xo motion on the matter was passed.

The New South Wales AttorneyGeneral refused to file a hill again s’ a lad of 14, Edmpnd O’Sullivan, win was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, in connection wit the shooting of Elsie Catherine Gil lespie, aged 15, at Duhho, on Septem her 20. Sullivan, while handling ;

Winchester repeating rifle, pointed i 1 at an infant, and snapped the trigger He also pointed it at his mother, hid in neither case did the rifle go off He then pointed it at his cousin, Elsie Gillespie, when the weapon exploded The girl was shot in the body, am died shortly afterwards.

A team representing Stratford journeyed to Denbigh Hoad last night and met a jocal team in a cribhage match, the visitors winning by the narrow margin of one game—29 to 28. The results at the different tables were as follow, Denbigh Road players being mentioned first in each case;—F. Hill: and J. Kelly 2, J. Jones and W. H. Bennett 10; J. Kilpin and J. Walker 3, C. Kelly and C. L. Grant 5: J. Brown and E. Prince 4, J. Harston and D. F. Pederson and A. Meads 6, J. Donald and W. Collins 4 ; J. Casey and W. Brown 7, I) McCallum and W. Yardley 3 ; 1). Walker and H. Huckstep G, J. Tocker and L. Sharrock 2. After the play was finished a dainty supper was partaken of. A return match is to be played in Stratford next Friday evening.

Seventy-five years ago an honest preparation, composed of the essence of the Italian juniper berries and select barley, was first made and put on tho market; this article was Wolfe’s Schnapps. And to-day in Australasia it enjoys the proud distinction of having a larger sale than any other single brand of spirits. Imitations of it spring up ami die out; but our readers are requested, in liter own interests, when purchasing "Wolfe’s Schnapps, to particularly look for the name “rdolpho Wolfe,” so as to ensure receiving the real original article, which is sold in large and small bottles. Wolfe’s Schnapps has many good curative qualities, the qualities o'a which its 75 years’ reputation has been built.

A very fine locally-grown wether was on view to-day at Messrs Cannon and Co’s, butchery, The Bridge. The carcase weighed 10 libs.

Opinions on Stratford’s future are always interesting. A recent visitor to the Empire City returned delighted with the remark of one of the Dominion’s most prominent politicians, viz., “Stratford must shortly go ahead with leaps and bounds.” And so say all of us!

At the special meeting of the School Committee last night, it was decided to apply, to the Education Department for a Xew Zealand Ensign, notification having been received that a hundred of these were available for distribution to schools which were without them. The school previously had an ensign, but it was destroyed in the fire. The Wanganui Collegiate School is undergoing a unique regime, in that it | is the first institution of the kind in t the Dominion to bo under military control. During the past week the ordinary work has been suspended and the headmaster and staff have given way to Major Tomperley, officer commanding the district, and six officers and instructors; A camp and barracks conditions prevail, and the course of training embraces a very wide range of military tactics.

At the close of the hearing of an indictable charge in the Police Court, the usual procedure is for the Magistrate to ask accused if ho has anything to say, and then to ask how he .pleads, whatever he may say and his plea being written down on separate forms and signed. At yesterday’s hearing at the local Court, Warren was asked if he desired to say anything, and made reply that he pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence, a fact recorded in the Post’s report of the proceedings. A legal gentleman points out that in the case of a charge of murder accused is not called on to plead.

The clock in the Borough Council Chamber was the cause of a subdued smile at the Domain Board meeting yesterday afternoon. The members present were discussing the question of whether or not a start should he made with the meeting, and after sundry examinations of various watches and a comparison with the clock, members hazarded the opinion that the clock was something from two and a half minutes slow to seven and a half minutes fast, all except one believing that the clock showed four o’clock, the time of meeting. , This disbeliever questioned if the clock was actually showing four o’clock, fearing that if it did bis eyesight was leaving him or playing queer tricks with him. This caused a general close inspection of the clock face, when P was discovered that the hands stood at eight o’clock. Further investigation showed that the clock was on holiday or on the sick list—it was stopped. The subdued smile was indulged in by those members who, after casually looking at the clock, believed it was going' arid that it showed four o’clocji. hI ■ ■ j |4f

Speaking of the slums of Sydney, at a recent sitting of the New South Wales Anglican Synod, the Rev. S. 1). Yarrington said he felt that the clergy (sometimes lost sight of the great need of the slums of Sydney. The great strategic point of the Church to cover here lay in the slums, where they had a great battle to fight. Last year, in Sydney, some 25,000 men and over 6000 women were arrested for drunkenness. In New South Wales over 86,000 people were convicted of certain crimes last year, and the majority of these cases came from the heart of this city, in their city mission zone area. He could bring before them a procession of 1500 young single girls who gave birth to illegitimate children in the mission zone area last year. These girls had a claim upon the Church. And what about these little children Was the Church going to overlook them? They knew they had a divine responsibility concerning fallen men ; at the same time they had a sacred responsibility in regard to home mission work. (Applause).