LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 26, 17 December 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Auckland Supreme Court (states a Press Association message to-day) Henry convicted of bigamy, having gone through the |orjg wifp wa§ fe; ing in Australia*- ,wgs, .sentenced to three • months’ bard labour.

A' London cahlegraiti stalks' that Mr George'"Rand, the American f< y r.: ••• :v; • riv,. banker, who was killed in an aeroplane accident a few days ago? gave £20,000 to the French Government for a monument over a trench in which a shell explosion simultaneously buried ninety soldiers defending Verdun.

Secretary G.P.O. advises the Pacific Cable Board and Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Coy. Ltd., will withdraw as from the 31st instant the privilege accorded during the war of the free transmission of three inquiry telegrams (W.S.N.) regarding the condition of wounded soldiers.

The net proceeds ill connection with the recent School Bazaar amount to £205 Gs- lid. Included in -this sum are the donations recently paid in. Those received in the early part of the year amounted to £7l 8s Bd. The total results of the school efforts are therefore £276 15s 7d j and as this sum carries £ for £ capitation, the desired works at the school should be shortly taken in hand. • - '

Men everywhere grumble at the nigh prices they had to pay for suits. Our Sincerity, Kaiapoi and Petone tailormade box suits mean direct savings. They are priced from 85s to 130 s each, and fit any figure to perfection. A, H. Hillock, Men’s Wear Specialist, Phone 50, The Kash, Stratford.*

Sanderson and Judd, Registered Plumbers, have removed opposite Fire Station ’Phone 222. *