LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 33, 25 September 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting held last night in Messrs C. .and E. Jackson's office, a uew . Tennis ' Club' was formed in Stratford, under the name of "The Kia Ora Tennis Club," arrangements having been made with Mr R. H. Cameron, Regan Street, for the use of his lawn for the season.

To our knowledge, at least one local resident, who, wished to send a farewe 1 ! telegram to his son who is with the Expeditionary Force, felt hurt on being informed 1 at the Telegraph office yesterday that no wires for the troopships were to be accepted after one o'clock. ■•''*

Weather- Forecast.—The indications are for: Westerly moderate wind:, and vo:ering by west to south. The weather will probably prove wild and stormy. Heavy rain is to be expected with rivers flooded. Barometer falling, but me after about sixteen to twenty-four hours; then weather will probably become very cold.—Bates, Wellington.

The.Taranaki Oil Wells Co, reports encouragingly on the operations at No. 2 well,;which has been deepened and to-cased and is now very active, reports the Press Association. A' new gas vein was struck this morning at a depth of 2750 feet, and after two Jiours began to force oil to the surface. -. It. is still violent and the supply of oii is improving. The rotary bore and No. 3 also continue to yield well.

The cycle road race yesterday from Eltham to Awatuna East and back, a distance of about 35 miles, was won by H. Andrews, with a handicap of 11 minutes, W. Sharrock, Stratford (15 min) being second. There were twen-ty-seven starters. The roads wero slippery owing to the rain but there was only one spill. The winner won by 30'secs. The first prize was a 15guinea road-racer and £5 cash, and a set of tyres valued at £2 10s, and the second prize was £5 cash and set of tvres valued at £2 10s. Master Sharlock put up a good performance. Ho looked like winning when Hearing the finishing post, hut in the run doAvn f he hill be touched the back wheel of the first man and was thrown off, and his chance of winning was gone by the time he had re-mounted.

A. Spenco, in the Otago Daily Times, says:—"We shall doubtless see submarine warfare in the North Sea on a terrible scale before tho war is over, and every loss of battleships will probably bo kept, back from tho public for weeks and months. This, of course, is a legitimate suppression of news in cases where tho enemy do not know what class of target they have struck. In cases where the • ii.'iiiy do happen to know, however,

tin news might as well be given out' al once. The panicky section of the nation will, of course, become mord panicky than ever, but such news only galvanises the resolute man into doing something in tho hour of national need. One stalwart is worth more now that the mobs which have had their little picture of the reality of war badly thrown out of focus by the literature and films on which the

public have beer, so. injuriou >ly fed."