LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 55, 6 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The eleventh annual show of t! Tariki Horticultural Society will I held in the Tariki Hall on March 12 c!

The Flounniilers’ Association has ad vanced the price of flour by 10s per ton, states a P.A. message from Dunedin.

At Masterton yesterday, polls on the proposals to raise loans of £16,509 foi water extension, and £IO,OOO for municipal buildings were taken, both bein'.

carried, the former by a large majo

There is money in the airman’s art it would seem, judging by one of Ai Harry G. Hawker’s experiences. On afternoon in Sydney Mr Hawker mad seven ascents, each time with a pat senger, and earned in two hours tl; tidv sum of £l4O.

According to the Jewish ClirouMe Rev. Isidore Harris, ALA., in the cur rent issue of the Jewish Year Book states the number of Jews in tin world is now 13,053,846, made up a follows:—Europe 9,950.175, Asia 484, 359, Africa 104.836, America 2.194,061 Australasia 19,415.

Said Mr Cooke, SM., in the Men Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday : “1 often wonder what those people who ride cycles and drive traps after dark without lights think of tli mis<'lve.s. If they were to run into a,' old man or a child and cause a fata lit a they would have no defence to a charge of manslaughter, it may be interes.ms to he able to say that they have beaten Mr Tippins again, but, after all, that *-s a very paltry way of looking at it." —Nows. Cnr own correspondent writes:— \V hangamonl'ona can non boast of an up-to-date Finnic Missionary. Tin Presbyterian Church has now sent along a representative, who is agony horseman, and apnears to oe able to stive a good exhibition of practical Christianity. I understand that we are to have our first service in Whang a on Sunday evening.— There has beyon exhibition at Mr AV. Harris’ s'or lately some lettuces grown hv Mrs R. I- Scott, the specimens being of extraordinary size, and more like drumhead cabbage than anything else. TRorfUiEl) WITH SCIATICA. Pet PJIKIWIO cun l you! Tr lias cured others. The positive assurance ot Air -lames A. Capper, Wellington, should convince you. Air Capp r writes;-—‘d was much troubled with Sciatica pains, and at times I could get no sleep. Following the advice of a friend I tried a bottle of RIIEHMC, and tliat bottle drove away the Sciatica pains. That was three months ago, and they have not returned since, it they do, I? M Kl’AiO is the medicine I shall go for.” Air Capper’s confidence comes from experience. Sold by chemists and stores at 2s 6d and -P 6d per bottle, 7c

A Sydney cablegram states that iere is a great public outcry against ie Government proposal to raise the am farce. Something over £2OOO lias now been described towards the Radium Inituto at Palmerston North. In con nod ion v. itii the Fire Brigade, arden Fete. n has been decided to a end the entries for the decorative asses till Monday, the 9ih inst. Knics are coming in very v. t'il for tiie iirse competitions, and judging by 10 number of horses competing these imilil be very interesting. Judgment by default was given in ie loliowiug cases at tin* Court this loi'iting;—Archibald V,. llawics v. eorge 11. Thomas, £1 5s 7ci, costs .is; Alexander Fergu son v. Arthur i filet St, £1 Ids lOcl, cos;, os; Smart a os. v. John Ba.rwise Alnrray, £2l os d, costs lb 11s. 'l’lie monthly meeting of the W.C. 'll’, was held on Thursday afternoon > the Broadway Methodist Church. . good number of laities were present, nd two new members were enrolled, t paper was read by .Mrs Phillips (secretary). and .Mrs Birdsall. entitled ‘Tim Mothers of Men, by Daniel A. ’oiling.” The quarterly meeting of the Stratord Licensing Committee was held at moil to-day, when there were present: F.cswrs G. \V, K. Kenrick, S.AI. chairman), A. .Meredith. J. Therkle■on, I. Masters, H. ]J. Curtis and \V. Morrison. Permanent transfers were printed of the Empire Hotel from John ’itzgeraid to Robert H. Campbell, ■.nd ot the Stratford Hotel from Annie Abbott to F. W. Whittle. This was ill the business before the committee. During the four weeks ended Janu:irv 31 the railway revenue totalled :3£2.2l9—North ‘ Island £198,917, datitli island £153.271. For the corresponding period of last year tiie Nor til Island receipts totalled £IBO,- ’ '■■">, and the South Island £148,255. lue expenditure last January was £224.555—£125.785 North and £98,77(1 South, as against £122,969 and £99,551 respectively last year. 'The percentage of expenditure to revenue was 73.27, against 63.44 a year ago. There were a good number of ladies at the swimming bath yesterday afternoon, when tiie girls’ swimming events in connection with the annual school sports were got off. The results were; Beginners’ race: I. Henry 1, E. Leech 2. Senior Championship (50 yds); CL Songster 1, O. Paget 2. Junior ■ Championship (50yds): M. Let cli 1, O. Freer 2. Neatest Header: 0. Fagot 1, 1. Boon 2 .Swimming on Bark: 0. Paget 1, CL Songster 2. Life Saving; O. Paget 1, M. Leech 2. Relay Race: 2nd year form 1. (M. Leech, CL Songster, G. Bredcw, E. Anderson), 1; Ist year form If: (J. Boon, O. Freer, V. Sangster, A. McDonald), . A: the Court this morning the ease Joseph Sharrock v. J. B. Murray, commenced at the previous sitting, was continued. Mr Rutherfurd, counsel for Murray, said there was about ££>o due to Murray from Mr Newton King for the job of concreting the Douglas yards. It seemed that all the men who were working with Sharrock were saving a race to see who could first get t share of the money duo from Air Aiug. Considerable evidence was taken, plaintiff and his brothers being xamined to establish that they wore ••orknig for wages and were employed by Murray. Mr Rutherfurd applied ■ w a non-suit, but the S.M. said he wes satisfied that plaintiff had made •id a case to be answered. No evidence was tendered for the defence, ’2d judgment was given for plaintiff for £l7 Bs, with costs £4 6s. An lor was granted attaching the money held by Air King to satisfy the amount jf judgment and costs. The Hon. James Borthwick, recently from London, paid a visit to Stratford Lust evening. In discussing business matters with Air Hugh Good (Messrs - u.- o. Borthwick and Sons’ local repre.mi alive), Air Borthwick, who had y.ist visited Vv’aitara, stated that it had been decided by the firm to immediately put in hand the work of extending the Freezing Works, an undertaking contemplated for some time past. With present accommodation Waicara could deal with from one thousand to -welve hundred sheep anti lambs and ■i hundred bead of cattle per day. The extension proposed will enable the works to put through 2509 sheep and lambs and 290 head of cattle per day, >r exactly double the number that can •mv be handled. The ilrm consider -his will provide. ample facilities for h aling with all stock the district can Iter for some years to come. Plans, tc., have all been prepared, and the ( re Infects have been instructed to have hie work completed by December next. At the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday the Government Cruder (Air J. Johnston) proceeded against the Okato and Puniko cooperative Dairy Company. Ltd., for attempting to export one box of butter containing more than 16 per cent, of moisture.—Mr 11. Peppered!, secretary of the company, pleaded guilty to the offence, and asked ior lenient treataent. He said the company was en.vrely in the manager’s hands in this matter, and the directors had given the manager instructions to keep well within tiie limit of moisture allowed, i bey had passed a resolution to this (feet in November. 1912.—Asked by bis Worship if he bad anything to say, dr Johnston said this was the first offence against tiie company, although it had been named earlier in the season. .In this ease there was more than - per cent, in excess of that allowed. G.-nreriog farther ouestinns from the Magistrate, the grader said it was some in-vantage to tbe manager of a factory to include as much water as lie could in his butter, as it gave him a bigger overrun and so delighted the suppliers. —His Worship said be could not treat the matter leniently, and fined the company £ls and* court costs 7s.