LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 88, 13 December 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At an early date there will make its appearance in King Edward Park a notice board reading: "Cycling an paths in Park prohibited." -At yesterday's meeting the Domain Board agreed to erect the notice, members 1 being agreed that cycling in the Park was very dangerous. In a butcher's shop in Palmerston North last week there was exhibited . what is claimed to be the heaviest four-tooth wether ever killed m Manawatu. The sheep was a Leijoster, bred by Mr M'Eae, of Stony Creek. When killed it turned the scale at 1811 b. The Domain Board yesterday decided to place a sign-post in King KJward Park showing the way to the | meeting of the waters. Mr Thomson said the spot was very pretty, but not many people continued on and saw it. Mr JVr.n stated that he understood that the sign-post in Broadway had been the means of sending a lot of people to the Park. lie was rich (remarks the Svdnc\ I Daily Telegraph). If you saw lum passing with his horse and vegetable cart, so dirty and miserable was the turn-out, you would not give more than 80s for the lot. and then you would j be ashamed to own it. It may well bo that some people bought from him, because he seemed so poor, but he was rich, presumably. They took him int.hospital a few days ago. ami when j they stripped him for the necessary I wasli they found .£.'lloo about him. His garden was at Cucumbla.

That very popular annual gathering, the Whangamomoila sports, is to take place on January*Bth, 1914. A splendid programme has been drawn up and there is hound to he a large response to the call for entries, which close on Saturday. December 20th, with the secretary. .Mr A. McMeekan. Particulars appear in another column, and intending competitors should note that [ in addition to the prizes in the separate events there is a points prize for j the 100yds, 220vds, 400vds, and SBO ! yds.

Vcceptances are steadily coming to

hand for the chopping and sawing events which are to be held at Eltham on mail having accepted, which

speaks well tor the handicapping. Pretty writes that he is in groat form and asks for a large cheque to be drawn in his favor, while the veteran axeman ('. Hut ton writes that he is well satisfied with his chance, and stating that lie has. got three of the best

axes- he has ever had. and if given good timber will show that a- man of '3:') years of age is not altogether done.

In its October issue, "Xight and Day," the quarterly magazine of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, has much that is of genera] interest to tell about the rescue work in which it deals with. The Honorary Director, reviewing progress during the eight years that have elapsed since the death of Dr. Barnardo, the founder of the work,"makes out an excellent case for continued and enlarged ' support during the coming winter. It is clear that these homes have done, and are still doing, much to keep down pauperism rates and prisontaxes. Under their care to-day they have over 8000 children,' and their total rescues, number 78,000.—The magazine is excellently illustrated from photographs, and it is full of realistic . tales of- rescue. The contents : include an appeal for sympathy by I Mr Owen Seaman, Editor of Punch.— j A copy will be sent gratis to any apj plicant who will write for it to the j Headquarters of the Homes, IS to 26, : Stepney Causeway, London, E.

The secretary of the Cricket Club wrote to the Domain Board yesterday, asking that a concrete pitch be made on Victoria Park. The Club now played on the showgrounds, which was too far away to allow of regular practice. The pitch would be covered over with turf at the end of the season and football would not be interfered with.—Mr Kirkwood said he would need to he assured that the; turf would grow.—Mr Thomson said the Club might practice on Victoria Park and plav matches on the show-

giound.—Mr E: i Jackson and Mr J. J". East waitedi on the Board, and explained the 'position, illf there: Was. a concrete pitch bmthe Park the:Club wijl.i be resuscitated. —Mr East s.iiJ he .had played football en the fngtewoo'.l ground, and it was impossible to tell that there was a concrete pitch iwdSr it.—Mr Jackson said that if there wws ■n- .concrete, pitcli on the Park it might revive cricket in the schools.—The Board finally decided, to

grant the request, provided inquiries made in Elthatn and IngUwood are satisfactory. ; The matter was ieft in iTi ■■ hands of the ehaifmnn Jwitli power

Advices to hand' from Colombo contain particulars of j» remarkable wireless "incident" that has created more than .ordinary interest, and in shipping: circles, has demanded an ur-

gent and exhaustive inquiry. On November 1 the steamer Saldajiha reached Colombo from Australia.u ports, and the captain reported that earlier in the week the wireless operator bad notified him that he had received this message:—''Cabin tilling, can't last five minutes. M.0.K." "M.0.K." is the code of the B.M.S. Omrah, which reached Colombo from Sydney on Thursday, October 30. all well, an:! resumed her voyage to London on the evening of the same day. On the captain of the Saldanha receiving the message he cruised around in the vicinity looking for boats or wreckage, and was delayed for 21 hours. At the time the message was received the Saldanha was ahead of the mail

steamer, so the vessel's course was turned accordingly. On reaching Colombo the matter was reported, but the Saldanha's commander was in-

formed that the Omrah had arrived and departed as usual.on her regular i mail contract day. j -SS3 Hitherto in Australia wireless tele- [ graphy has been confined to the coast ! line, and for the. most part business I hns been restricted to ' ships at sea (says the Melbourne Age). In the near future residents of the country districts are to be given the privilege of sending and receiving messages by this up-to-date method of communication. The expense of erecting poles and lines has prevented the linking up of a number of out-back places with the telegraph system, as much as £-2000 or £3OOO being involved in such a comparatively short extension as 100 miles. On the other hand. means of communication could be provided over the same distance by wireless for £2OO. The Federal wireless expert has assured the PostmsterGeneral that the system could be operated in the country just as economically and efficiently as the telegraph, and Mr Wynne lias decided that future small extensions shall be made by wireless. Some difficulty is anticipated at the outset in obtaining trained operators, but this is expected to disappear gradually.

At the Auckland Show Mr Newton King's King Fayno Regis 11. was awarded the championship ribbon in the class for Holstein-Friesian bull.

A gentleman who claimed to be aide to speak with some authority informed a Hawke's Bay Tribune reporter that Mr Robert McNab would be the Opposition candidate for the Hawke's Bay seat at the next general elections. It is stated that Mr McNah was interviewed when he was in Hastings, and viewed the proposal in a favorable light,

The voung people's anniversary to be held in the Salvation Army Hall to-morrow" and Monday night will be Of a* interesting character. The children Aiave gone through special tram/ing'for some weeks, and bright singles and action songs, drills, and recitations will be the leading features of the meetings. All are cordially invited.

A passenger to Sydney from New Zealand by the Union Company's Steamer Maunganui stated that the o'row presented an unusual appearance on the voyage, owing to the fact that some of the seamen were clad in riding breeches and gaiters. There were lawvers, doctors, and merchants in the* stokehold. When seasickness overtook certain members of the crew, volunteers were called for, and among the passengers who offered their services in the stokehold were Messrs Kennerlev Rumford and W. Murdoch.

Mr H. K Williams, caretaker of the East Kgmont Mountain House, reports that despite recent rains, the track to the House keeps in excellent condition. The hroken weather has, to a great degree, interfered with his work'on the track, but he is making arrangements so that in the first spell of fine weather the work can he pushed on quickly. On Sunday last Mr and Mrs Williams went through to Curtis Falls and were well rewarded for their trouble, the scene with about twice the usual volume of water coming over the falls being a remarkable one. ' >

.The tender for the erection of the new Parliament Buildings has been let to Messrs Hansford, .Mills and Hardy, of Christ-church, at illaVsls. the work to be completed by December 12, 1915, the material to Le used to be brick, faced with Coro'uond-'l granite up to loft, from the ground, with grey, and white- marble from Sandy Bay, .Nelson, for the ie?.t of the structure. The portion included in the contract, i 5,228 .feet long -k..d 247 feet broad iand' the height vmh's from 52 to 64 feet. The other tenders were, J. A'. Moody,. Auckland, £162,371;.- F. IW. Lyddrs,ll Dunedin". £l79,oss;iMitchell, King and • • Gordon, Sydney,' '£197,667 j J. and G. W. Jamison, iChristohurch -£200,654. P.A. - !c) " i " li •■"■ ; •"■ '

Railway and Stratford Town teams last night met again at euchre at Elder's rooms,-and spent> a* pleasant evening, the Railway winning by four gamos—oU to 46. A look at the scores indicates how close the contest was at each table. There were, four draws ana three wins each!, with no great margin on either side—with the exception of table 8, where the score was 11—3, and tke Town players feei sure that in addition to brilliant players they had exceptional cards to deal Avith. If a tally had been kept it would perhaps have been shown that the winners at this table pulled off a record number of lone hands for an evening's play. There were twenty players on each side, and but for the special arrangements made, the crowd at supper wotdd have been a crush. Af; it was, a nice supper was provided and was done full justice to. Each side has now registered one win, and, as would be expected, a challenge for a deciding game was issued and accepted. Following are details of the play, Railway ' men being mentioned firat in each instance:—Thome and Milne 4. v. Grant and Groombridge 4; C. Johnoon and Hassett 6, v. Gredig and Tho mas 5; Whittington and Butler 2, v. McGregor and Sullivan 5; Buchanan and Brown 4, v. .Donald and Collins 4; "Warreiider and Gayton 4, v. Handley and Harston 4; Findlay and Kerr 5, v. Gollop and Tocker 6; Campbell and "Douglas 5, v. C. Kelly and Jones (Capt.) .3; Jenkenson and Stewart 11, v. Sole and McAllum, 3; Nolan and Murray 4, v. G. Kelly and Yardly 6; H. Johnson and Xeal 5, v. Kivell and Sbarrock 4.

In the debate in the House of Bepresentatives last night on the Labor Disputes Investigation Bill. Sir Joseph Ward dealt with what he called the attack winch had been made on him for his attitude in tbe strike. At the beginning of the trouble, he said, the Liberal Party had met and had decided to assist in keeping tho ports open, and to assist in settling the trouble, and ho regretted that r political party had attempted to maki capital out of bis utterances, whirls were directed against tho strike. H< had hundreds of' telegrams from all over tho country, asking him to do something to settle the strike. He had received one from Port Chnlmer? that afternoon. Some of the telegrams wore from supporters of M" Massey. Ho had never supported syndicalism, and he never would sup port it. He had been fought by Ho Federation of, Labor at tho last elecbut Mr Massey had supported the Federation, and had counselled his supporters to vote for its members. Mr Massey was the only Prime Minis tor in the history of \e\v Zealand wh< bad ever supported syndicalism. Ii conclusion. Sir Joseph said that, hut! he been in Mr Massey's place at the inception of the strike ho would have gone down to tho wharf among the men and would have had a heart-to-wnii tail: with them.

The monthly meeting of the Domain Board was held yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs. G. N. Curtis (in the chair), T. H. Penn, P. Thomson, and W. P. Kirkwood. The business was oi a routine nature.

I It has been decided that the sewing machine, which was the first prize \\vl the bullock-guessing competition at 'the Show, and for which four persons 'tied, shall bo put up to auction, the proceeds being divided.

At last night's meeting of the executive of the A. and I'. Association notification was received from the Defence Department that the Association's offer to let the showgrounds for drill uses on wet days only had been accepted.

The recent Borough Council discussion, on Show matters has not been without result, as the executive of the A. and P. Society decided last night to call tenders for 100yds or more of pit metal, to be delivered before the end of January. 9114, the same to be used in making the track from the front gate.

The ceremonial swords carried in the procession of Freemasons, at Auckland on Saturday, by the District Grand Tyler, are of historical interest. The sword carried by the former officer was the dress sword which was worn by W. Bro. the Right Hon. Sir George Grey when Governor of New Zealand. The sword carried by the District Grand Tyler was that of the late W. 8., Colonel Thprne George (father of Bro. the Hon. Seymour Thome George), formerly of the 4th Light Dragoon Guards (now 4th Hussars), who was present with his company at the charge of Balaclava.

A' feature of .the devotion of the Fortv Hours' Adoration, which concluded at St. Mary of the Angels, Bouleott-stroet, Wellington, on Tuesday morning, was the beautiful decoration of the altar, the effect adding considerably to the impressiveness of the various ceremonies. Special appropriate sermons were preached at the various services on Sunday and Monday and on Tuesday the devotion concluded with solemn High Mass. The celebrant was the Rev. DP. Geaney, S.M., and his assistants were the Rev. Father Bartley,' S.M., as deacon, and the Rev. Father J. Tymons, S.M., as sub-deacon. '