LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 100, 21 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The School Committee meets this evening. Tiie Mayor of Christchurch received the following telegram from the Hon. H. D. Bell relative to the voting powers of Territorials in camp:—"l have further inquired and consulted the law officers, and it is impossible, as the law now stands, to establish booths in the camps to enable Territorials to vote at municipal elections." When His Worship the Mayor opened the Mayoral campaign at the Town Hall at 8.9 last night, there was an estimated attendance of 300 burgesses, the dress circle holding quite a hundred ladies and their escorts. Before the close of the address, however, at 9.25 the numher must have been nearer ■IOO, showing clearly the interest being manifested in the contest. Mr Kirkwood was accorded an attentive and appreciative hearing. The interjections were not numerous and of a character distinctly friendly rather than hostile, although members of the latter party were present in considerable force. The fact that the meeting had concluded by 9.30 is evidence of a saving Mayoral grace of brevity, which is said to be the soul of wit, although it cannot be doubted for a mom. cut that His Worship was not in deadly earnest from the start to the finish of his remarks. "GREAT SHIPS REQUIRE DEEP WATERS!" Bad coughs and colds call for quick remedies. The most stubborn case finds certain relief and speedy cure in Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. The medical profession endorse its efficacy. Chemists and stores, Is tkl, 2s 6d, 4s 6d

The word "County" has been deleted from the heading of the Patea paper, which will in future be known as the "Patea and Waverley Press."

Members of the Scottish Society are to meet in Mr Fearon's office at 8 o'clock this evening to make arrangements for the social to be held on June 4th.

A visit to the Mouraahaki State farm, under the auspices of the local A. and P. Association, will be held on May 7th. The names of those wishing to make the trip should be handed to the Secretary.

Mr J. B .Hine, M.P., has received notification from the Minister in Charge to the effect that a voucher has gone forward for the payment to the Whangamomona Medical Association of £IOO, which was promised recentlv.

An order issued by Lieut.-Colonel Malone, Officer-Commanding the XL Taranaki Eegiment, in connection with travelling to the forthcoming encampment at Takapau this month, states that all railway refreshment rooms are placed out of bounds fof troops.

The fight for municipal honors in Stratford is fairly keen as these things go, but there can be no doubt of the friendly spirit existing between the two candidates. This was finely illustrated at the meeting in the Town Hall last evening in a remark by Mr King to His Worship the Mayor, who was busy on the platform referring to public matters: "Don't be frightened. Will: go on, old fellow!" The audience appreciated the position and laughed and applauded loudly.

Yesterday's rainfall was an exceptionally heavy one, and 3.2 in fell between 9 a.m. yesterday and 9 this morning. The greater amount of this fell in the heavy downpour at 5 o'clock in the evening, when the rain teemed down, and Broadway was a series of miniature lakes. To-day the atmosphere was saturated* with moisture, as was shown by the wet and dry thermometers at the school standing exactly equal. TEis is of rare occurrence.

"A man cannot serve two Masters!" The well-known Bib ; cal ■juoiation was a peculiarly apt expression of His Worship the Mayor when dealing with his opponent and the electric light subject at the Town Hall last' night. "We've heard that before," ejaculated Mr X. J. King from the third back seat. The speaker did not fail to drive home to his hearers the wellaccepted meaning of the words,but that the full significance of the phrase was not grasped by the majority of the audience seemed evident by their impassive countenances.

Those of our readers who are interested in Sheep Dog Trials are reminded of the competitions which take place under the auspices of the Tarata Club on Thursday and Friday. Excellent entries have been received, all of them being good trial dogs, and some first-class sport is guaranteed. It is hoped that the weather may clear up somewhat, so that the function may be the success anticipated. Mr F. L. Street, the Club's Secretary, will be glad to supply any information to visitors or intending visitors.

A distinctly unfavorable appearance has been given to the interior of the Town Hall by the improvised blinds on the windows, devices which, it is understood, are necessary for the fine production of cinematograph pictures in the daytime. But surely something better than extra heavy colored wrapping paper and old pieces of stage canvas, tacked up in any old way, could be found. At any rate, there does not seem any reason why, on oc- * casions such as last evening's, the material should not be taken down and re-erected when necessary. The hall need not be sacrificed entirely for a picture show or for any other mercenarv motive.

I There was quite a rustle and signs of amusement among the audience at the Town Hall last evening when His Worship the Mayor referred to the local Post Office as "Noah's ark!" "I only wish," said the speaker, "that the Prime Minister and the Postmas-ter-General would come along to the Office when it is full of people, so that we could put them behind the waiting customers and let them wait their turn. We would soon get a Post Office, then, I am sure," continued Mr Kirkwood amidst applause. "And after all," he concluded, "a new Post Office is only a matter of convenience that Stratford is entitled to." "Look around and you will see wholesale murder nf children going on," said Archbishop Kelly, of Sydney, in warning his people against race suicide. "Herod was cruel when he murdered the infants in their mothers' arms," pursued his Grace; "but what so cruel when mothers murder their little, ones before they are born ? They say it is the wish of their husbands, but in the sight of God ! say that for a husband and wife to agree on such ■i course is a conspiracy to murder. The blood of little innocents massacred after conception cries to God for retribution." Dr. Kelly remarked also that if women had a real sense of respect for themselves they would not be dressing themselves as they did to-day.

The announcement was made at the Napier Hospital Board meeting (states a P.A. wire) that Mr J. N. Williams had made an unconditional gift to the Board of a valuable property in the Auckland district.

The Napier City Council warmly approved the suggestion of the Minister for Defence that conscientious

objectors he employed on road work i in preference to heing sent to prison, states, a Press Association telegram to-day.

A man named Phillip Serrell, from the Whangamomona district, is at present an inmate of the Stratford hospital. He dropped down in the street in front of the Stratford Post Office. Dr. Cameron ordered his removal to the institution, where, with Dr. Steven, a consultation on the case was held.

The sitting of the Court on Friday should not be of long duration. Eleven civil cases are set down for hearing, two being defended, and two judgment summons cases will he dealt with. The only other business before the Court is an information for driving without lights.

Harry Gray, of Midhirst, is suffering from a severe lacerated scalp wound as the result of being thrown out of a trap on Saturday on the Beaconsfield Koad. It is stated that the traces broke, and the horse bolted. Dr. and Mrs Cameron, who were driving a gig, were passed by Gray and another, and some distance further along the road, the doctor's horse shied, taking the vehicle almost into the ditch alongside. Then Gray was found lying in the middle of the road with a deep gash a couple of inches in Tengfli in his head. It was a fortunate happening that Dr. Cameron followed so soon after the accident, as from Gray's position on the road, he might quite easily have been run over and killed. Gray was unconscious'for some time after the accident, and is not yet out of danger.