LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 45, 18 September 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The usual sitting of the Stratford Magistrate's Court takes plate on Friday. The County Ranger' hag a batch of-informations in connection with cattle-wanderig.

The names of Taranaki reservists drawn in the latest Ballot appear on page three of this evening's "Post." The total is 197, and included several well-known Stratford, and district business-men in the Second Division lists.

A young man named Geo. Thomas Rumble was haled before a magistrate at Auckland last week charged with defrauding people by selling them an alleged cure for rheumatism. It transpires that he was selling a penny-worth of Glauber salts and charging a guinea a packet.

The Women's National Reserve monthly tea and afternoon was held yesterday in the Town Hall, but owing to the exceedingly bad weather the attendance was below the average. An excellent musical programme was, however, arranged, and was much appreciated by those in attendance. Those who. contributed vocal items were Mesdamcs Dixon and Maunsell and Misses G. Black, &. Hodgson, and Robson.

At a recent meeting of the.Waikohu County Council an interesting experiment, which involves a radical change in the ■ system of road maintenance, was decided upon. Tn accordance with instruction given at the previous meeting, the county engineer, Mr A. H. Benham, submitted a specification for the maintenance of 20 miles of road in the Motu riding contract. Details of the scheme were gone into carefully, and it was unanimously decided to give the system a trial for 12 months on two sections of road. Tenders will be considered at next meeting for the two contracts, the first embracing the whole of the Motu Valley and- Moanui roads, and the second running from the Kowhai mad bridge to the Falls bridge, including Motu township—a total length of about 12 miles. The results of this experiment will be watched with interest.

Present dairying prospects in tins district are stated by a farmer of several years' experience to be quite equal to and certainly no worse than those ruling at the same time in previous years. While admitting that the milk-supply is lower than usual, he claims that is the result of the extraordinarily rough spell in June and July, farmers having had to feed their winter stocks much earlier in consequence, arid therefore there is now some complaint of scarcity of feed and lateness of grass at present. Our informant points out that he has always had to feed his animals until well on to the 20th of October, and he contends that by that date this year there will be as usual plenty of grass. The fact of the matter is, he says, the weather at the beginning of September and the latter part of August was too line in so far as the growth of feed was concerned, and had there been more rain the outlook would have been supremely favorable compared to other seasons. The advice 1 he had to offer to fellow-farmers was to prepare bigger stocks of winter feed and not be caught napping as so many bad been not only in this but in past years.

At the meeting of the County co limit tee of the Red Cross fund, a vote of thanks to the organisers and performers, of the recent concert was passed.

Weather forecast.—The indications are tor southerly strong wind.-; to galo, but decreasing soon. Expect changeable and showery weithpr Barometer rising.—Bates, Wellington.

The annual social in connection with the anniversary of the local -Methodist Church which was to have taken place last evening was postponed owing to the inclement weather.

A meeting under the auspices of the Canterbury Industrial Association discussed the question of repatriation of returned soldiers, and appointed a rom ' ,; ttee to draw up a constitution (rrin. ■uhl with a scheme.—Press Association.

\ Press Association message from (."!.■ -istchurch to-day states: The Edufat ion Conference resolved that it is desirible that picture films should he used in the schools, and that the Edii'ition Department should be' asked to circulate films on the lines used in the schools of the United tStates.

The Imperial Bank of Germany is publishing large "display" advertisements in the newspapers beseeching the public to hand in gold and jewels for replenishments of the bank's gold reserve. Tt is declared that the sacrifice is urgently required, and the bank authorities beg all true patriots, men and women, to disgorge their treasure without futher delay.

The. annual meeting of shareholders of the Ngaere Dairy Co., was held yesterday. It was decided that $ per cent of the value of the present season's output be donated for patriotic purposes. Mr Gatenby was reelected to the directorate and Mr E. H. Konyon was elected a director to fill the place vacated by Mr Harold Taylor, without opposition. Mr J. H. Thomas was re-appointed auditor. Mr Kulton gave an interesting address on herd-testing. The usual honorarium and vote of thanks to the chairman and directors were passed. At a subsequent meeting of directors Mr W. Morrison was re-elected chairman for the ensuing year.

Mrs H. E. Abraham desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following further subscriptions towards the fund wbich she is gathering to provide a self-propelling chair for patient Gavigan at the Stratford Hospital: Anonymous and S. Pitt £1 Is each, G. Curtis £l, "contribution," J. Robson, E. Kelleher, and E. M. P. 10s each, Friend, Mrs'Sattler, G. Smith, Anonymous, Hector Eagle, T. Joyce, A. W. Bnrrell, Mrs Fitzgerald. Rev. Tinsley, Mrs J. Cook, Miss F. Gould, F. Green, T. Lawson 5s each Geoff. Lawrence 3s 6d, W. Wilson 2s 6d, Miss A. Rogers 2s, Miss M. Rogers 2s. Mrs Abraham will be grateful for further donations as there is still a considerable sum to be made "P- .