LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 9 October 1914, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There .will be .a meeting..of the A. ,and P. Executive .at 7:30 this .even-

Aiman named Jam.es Robertson, 33, audpputyjat fche Paparoacoal mine, was tkilled ,by a ? fall .of coal, states' r th& Press Association.

~Qne. of the- best • bags secured, this fishing season was caught by .Messrs Frecf Collins and Artlnrr- Cameron fish-1 ing in the Mauhgahui yesterday. The! ba£ of 16 well-conditioned .trout averaged .about 3lb.

A Sydney cablegram says: A meeting of' directors of the National'Bank of Australasia decided to recommend that the forthcoming -half-yearly' divi'denif oh preference and>ordihary-shares .be -seven .per cent, ■ and!that' be .added'to'the reserve if und. •U ■•:.:•.•. ..

A witness,-a plumber's apprnetice, was :beihg examined ; .at the Court this .morning iand was asked: "What were you<*"doing at; the time?" Witness ietplied.: "Nothing." 'A pretty common habit of 'apprentices/ J> think, ; commented the SiM>

.Messrs McMillan and Fredric. ; have received .an .order through-the :Tas.mairiin Government' Dairy. C'ommissoneT for a Sinus pasteuring plant; capable of pasteurising eight hundred gallons of cream per hour. ■j'he Tasjoianian JDairy .Commissioner exam ined'tat- the Hawera Dairy Show a similar plant which was purchased by the Hilda Dairy Co., Inglewuod..