LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 4, 22 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr S. J. Rawles, of Opunake Road, received yesterday a very line pedigree Berkshire hoar, which he obtained from the Government Experimental Farm at Weraroa. Fanners •ire more and more recognising the value of obtaining the services of pedigree stock.

A Press Association telegram from Eastings this morning states: Charles Morton, laborer, 40 years of ago, recently from Oamaru, attempted to commit suicide last night by tiring two bullets from a small revolver into his forehead. He was taken to the liospital. His condition is precarious this morning.

In a free fight between about a dozen firemen in an hotel at 'Wellington on Thursday night the police had a lively time, but eventually managed to capture Walter Burrows and Maurice Murphy. On hearing the case

yesterday (states the Press Association) Magistrate Cooper fined Murphy £l. in default three days’ imprisonment, and Burrows, £3, or one month.

Archbishop Philip Walsh, late of Waimate, died this morning, states an Auckland Press Association message. Football teams representing the Stratford primary school and the preparatory department of the New 1 ij—mouth Boys’ High School diet on A ictoria Park this morning, Stratford winning by 41 points to nil. Keen interest is being displayed at the Bluff in the expected arrival of the German steamer Wismar. from Antwerp direct. The Wismar is a comparatively new vessel. having been built iu 1911. She belongs to the German-Australia Steamship Company, of Hamburg. The W ismar is of 4686 tons, with 3000 horse-power. She has 2900 tons of superphosphates and approximately 200 tons of general cargo for the Bluff, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Ihe total value of her cargo would pro--1 bably be from £20,000 to £30,000.