LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 52, 23 June 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A good number of Stratford residents will go to Hawera to-morrow to u>e the football match tetweeu Taralaki and Wellington. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P. for The Hutt. addressed a large meeting in the Dannevirke Hall last evening and revived a good hearing (staies the Press Association). He was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence in the Liberal Party. There was some dissent to the motion, which, how»T«r, was carried by a good majority.

To-day being the Prince of WaW birthday, flags were flown from the public buildings in Stratford.

An incident occurred the other day which shows the suffragette element is not confined to the Old Country (remarks the Ohura Advocate). The man responsible for daily bread being supplied to one of our back-block townships, for refusing to give credit to a lady, got a blow a la J ack Johnson on the. jaw from "the fa' ~:ie." In* stead of credit it is now

At last (states an exchange) the recalcitrant heir to the German Throne has done something which has won the approval of his august father. He has invented a new collar stud, which effectually eliminates all bad language from the mornin§ toilet.

We (Ohura Advocate) are surprised to hear that work at the State brickyards, 14-mile, Ohura Road, has been suspended. Gf>6 ugly rumor is that the bricks ..3 no*, satisfactory. What! after all £&8 testing we were led to understand that the clay was subjected to—and the alleged pronouncement that it v-as the best in the Dominion for bric'\making purposes.

In a letter to his manager (Mr G. Bird), from London (states the Waitara Mail), Mr Beckbessinger states \

lie visited a shop where some New Zealand lamb was being cut up for sale. It looked quite equal to the English lamb alongside, being quite dry and of good color. Mr Beckbessinger adds that it would be difficult to tell the difference between the two. The lamb was marked "Canterbury grown."

Speaking of the manufacture of bvHter, as compared with cheese, Mr Denham (Deuham Bros., Sydney), remarked at the opening of a new factory recently, that it took 2£ gallons of average milk to make a pound of butter, whereas one gallon of average milk would make a pound of cheese. Therefore, comparison of the average price of b A th products would clearly show waieh branch of manufacture placed the m"- 1- money in the sockets of the milk supplier.

A considerable amount of money mi'°t have been spent by visitors to Dunedin during Show Week. Two instances of very large "takings" have come under the notice of the Otago Daily Times. It is stated that one leading Dunedin tea room disposed cf several thousand pies during the week, and that about a ton and a-half of mutton was required for the meatfillings, while a fish shop, situated in the centre of the town, is credited with taking over £2OO for the seven days.

What the harvest for the hotels must have been can only be a matter for conjecture.

Some Territorials are not lacking in impudence (remarks an exchange). A young man named Charles David Fee, who failed to attend the Takapau camp, was summoned by the Department! and his case was to have been heard at the Patea Court last week, but as he was unable to attend he sent a telegram to Sergeant-Major Bill, asking for a week's adjournment. He added insult to injury by making the wire "collect" and spinning it out. to such an extent that when delivered it cost over a shilling. When the master was mentioned in court, the Magistrate said he had never heard of such impudence. The offence, combined with failure to attend camp, cost the delinquent £3 and costs, in default 14 days' military custody.

An amusing, but unpleasant, experience happened to a well-known Waimahaka resident. Having arranged to be away for a few days with his wife and family (says the Southland Times correspondent), he m»d» his house secure, as he thought. A large pig (just about ready to kill) was let out of its stye, so that it. could forage for itself in the garden. On his return some three days later he" was surprised to find the pig anxiously waiting for him in the front room. With his two front.feet on the window sill, he was peering out between the curtains, ready to welcome his master's return. The pig must have forced open the door, and then closed it again, and during his stay amused himself by chewing the bottom out of a couch, eating half a bag of flour, half a bag of sugar, sundry door mats, linoleum, etc. It is needless to say that the pig had a warm reception on his owner's return.

The Ohura Advocate says :—The newly-installed daily mail service which commenced on Saturday (13th inst.) was marked by a rather peculiar accident which befel Mr T. Moore, coach proprietor. It appears that one of the letter bags was left behind by the coach on leaving Matiere, and Mr Moore was proceeding with the bag on horseback to Ohura when the horse stumbled and fell near Bennett's Hill, pinning the rider down in the deep mud. the animal refusing to budge. In about half-an-hours time he managed to extricate himself, and duly arrived in Ohura, a sorry spectacle, all plastered in mud and minus his boots, which fortunately were unlaced at the time of the accident and lost in the mud. After all these years of struggling with bad roads (continues the Advocate), what a shocking indictment it would have been against the Roads Department if Tom Moore had b«»n ■mothered on the Main Road.

A caßlegram from Suva states that Messrs Marks and Scott, were elected to the Legislative Ccmncil.

The wool production of Queensland last year was 152,183,1141b5, being an increase of 17,305,544, states a cablegram from Brisbane.

A reminder is given of the meeting of the Scottish Society to be held this evening in Messrs C. and E. Jackson's office.

A meeting of the Beautifying Society b to be held in the Borough Council Chambers this evening to make further arrangements for the coming Queen Carnival.

A special "Walkure" number of the Budget and Taranaki Weekly Herald has been issued from the Herald office, New Plymouth. In addition to readable letterpress, it contains some fine pictures of the big cargo steamer at the wharf, including one of the vessel steaming to her berth.

At the Borough Council Chambers this morning a meeting was held of the provisional directors of the proposed freezing works company, when a satisfactory advance was' made in the movement, it being decided on the motion of Mr McCutchan, seconded by Mr W. H. H. Young: That a select committee be set up, consisting of Messrs A. W. Budge, Chas. Young, and E. Marfel, to appoint and confer with an expert as to the selection of a site for the freezing works, and report at a future meeting of the committee. . 7