LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 82, 28 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tenders for the installation of an electric tramway system in New Plymouth closed last night. The News states that the tenders, which were very numerous, will he investigated fully hy Mr Black, consulting engineer. who will make a report to the Council before any tender is accepted.

The Midhirst Dairy Co. must be in the good hooks of the powers which regulate the rain supply, as it was stated yesterday as a remarkable face that for the past nineteen years the annual meeting has been held on a fine day.

The Geraldine (Canterbury) school has been closed for a fortnight, two fatal cases of spinal meningitis having occurred ,in the town, and two mild cases are under treatment. The deaths occurred within 48 hours of the children being stricken.

The Borough Overseer was last night appointed the Borough Council s inspector in respect of licenses for storage of dangerous goods and explosives, the Act laying it down that before a license is issued an officer of the licensing body shall inspect the premises.

“In order to compete with margarine, said Mr T. Cuthbert at yesterday’s dairy meeting at Midhirifc, “we must supply good, milk and the suppliers cannot send along good mdk.if the cows are fed on buttercups and daisies.” This is a favorite topic of Mr Cuthbert’s, but yesterday he did not enlarge on it.

A meeting of the general purposes committee of the Clydesdale Horse Society of New Zealand was held in Dunedin last Thursday at 12 o’clock noon, when the following applicants for membership were duly elepted; R. J. Stanley Wilson, “Fairfield,” Ashburton, - Youngson Bros., Kiversdale; Griffiths Bros., “Lansdale,” Hilton, Geraldine; Thos. King, Mandeville; Miller Bros., Wendon. Accounts amounting to £7O were passed for payment.

An interesting report of the meeting of the Borough Council last night' and the discussion on the loan proposals during which members generated some heat will be found on the third page. The annual meetings of shareholders of the Stratford' and Midhirst Dairy Companies are reported on pages 2 and 7 respectively. “Twenty Years Syne,” being an article on the first balance-sheet of the Stratford Dairy Company appears on P a ge 8. * ",...

In accordance with the recommendations of the Inspector-General of Oversea Forces, a special district order has been issued by Colonel Johnston, Commander Wellington District, stating that a concentrated training cajfip exclusive of the annual camp and lasting eight days will be held, and wiJ| comprise the whole liability for service within the year. Except the annual camp for the present year, (states a Press Association message from Palmerston North) the change will be voluntary, but it is to be encouraged in country districts and put into force wherever it can be locally arranged..

According to Mr Were, who related his experience of Toko’s experimentin: going in for, casein at the meecmg.: of the Stratford Co-op. yesterday, the best thing about casein whey is “the smell!” He thought he would have the casein money “to boot,” but he found that the cost of buying sucrosine to add to the feed became excessive and some days the whey was unfit for feeding to the pigs. So he had decided to turn casein down. It* had taken a certain amount in hard capital, and he had a lot of pigs to dispose of, besides having to pay for thirteen shares. Unlucky thirteen again! : ov ■ .(if f v r;

Replying to an interjection at Le meeting of the Stratford Co-op. yesterday, in reference to the expenses of Government officials, the speaker putting in a pointed but gentle “dig” at the chairman as a member of the Board of Agriculture, Mr Dingle said members were allowed one guinea a * day and had to pay their own expenses. He had to go down to Wellington for some days this week, and he doubted if he would get back with 10s in his pocket out of his allowance. There were many times, he said, when he was on public business when he would sooner be at home with his family than have to journey round the country.

The value of cow-testing was mentioned by a shareholder at t]be Stratford Co-op. meeting yesterday. When the speaker started testing, he said his highest cow returned him £2 16s and his lowest v lls. That was with butterfat at Is per lb., and now witfr only eight more cows than he had then, his returns were £l4O extra. Later in the meeting, the Chairman, Mr Dingle, gave further interesting figures concerning the profits to be derived. He pointed out that the profit on a cow giving 200Ibs was £3, and he drew his hearers’ attention to the increased profit as the supply grew. He showed that with an increase of 501bs, that is up to 2501b5, the profit was £5 10s, at 3001bs it was £B, at 3501bs it was £lo* 10s, while at 4001bs it was £l3. A lot of people, continued Mr Dingle, think that if they can get a cow producing from 180 to 2001bs for £5 she is fairly cheap, but in view of his figures, if a man paid £2O for a cow with a record of 4001bs, which was the cheaper? Three of his own cows went to 4461 bs, and he reckoned that if they lived another six or seven years they were worth £SO. It had to be remembered that two cows at 2001bs had to be fed and handled in place of one at 4001bs with the additional profit.

The war scare was responsible for a jump of three-farthings in the price of wheat in Sydney, and sales occurred at 3s 11 id.

Weather permitting the Stratford, Band will play a programme of music outside the Borough Council Chambers on Saturday evening, from 7.30 till 8.30.

At the theory examinations held ip Hawera in connection with the Associated Board'of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, London, last May, the following pupils of “The Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions” were successful: —Higher division, harmony, Dorothy Ongley 130 marks (honors). Local centre, rudiments of music, D. Hill 96; Gertrude Bredow, 83; Barbara Riera, 81; Edith Williams, 76. Grammar of Music, grade II: Ida Bleakley, 93 ; grade I: Rita Kennedy 92. In the rudiments of music and grammar ot music examinations the maximum marks were 99.

A meeting of the Committee of the Society for the Health of Women and Children was held, at Mr Fred Edward’s Rooms, Broadway, yesterday.' There were present, Mrs Budge (president), Mesdames Prentice, Pattison, Grant, Steven, E. Jackson, Uniacke, J. H. Thompson, Riera, and Stronach. The delegate (Mrs Kendrick) reported on the general conference held in W o Ui n g4° n 011 the 7th, Bth, 9th and 10th July, which proved interesting. The question of getting a nurse for Stratford was discussed, and the Committee decided to apply for the services of the Hawera Plunket Nurse for a visit of one day each week.

A bush accident of a somewhat serious nature occurred at Mangapapa yesterday, when a young man named White was- injured by a tree falling and crushing his leg wliilst working in the l>ush. Owing to the accident occurring some twenty miles from Whangamomona, and the difficulty of getting White to the railway, various methods had to be employed to convey the injured man from the bush, and his mates deserve much praise for their kind attention. The Public Works Department tram was ultimately requisitioned and Dr. Hitchcock communcated with, who, owing to the serious nature of the man’s injuries,

ordered that he be conveyed to the . Stratford Hospital. Under the direction of the Public Works Engineer (Mr Murray) and with the sanction of the Railway Department, a special Public Works train brought the injured man to Stratford, arriving about 12 o’clock last night, when he was conveyed to the Stratford Hospital, Dr. Steven attending him on arrival. It is understood that there is some hope that the ' man’s leg be saved.