LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 71, 12 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day’s weather forecast. — Freshening northerly winds. Mild', 'and hazy conditions. Weather clouding over. Rain lat Dr. Barometer falling.—Bates, Wellington.

An open invitation is extended to the pubi c to attend the final class ‘■e-morrow evening under'’ the auspices of the Workers’ Educational Association.

A public meeting at Dannevlrke decided to hold in Dannevirke early "'•vt veer, from February loth to ■"Rh, a “B” grade band contest. So far (reports the Press Association), nine bands have expressed their willingness to compete.

w-e New Plymouth branch of tin General Laborers’ Industrial "Union 1 is moving in the matter of secur.ng V, fresh award of conditions and wages, .and are asking for £1 per day for tar work, and from s.xteen to eighteen shillings for general laborers.

Discussing the cost of repairs to motor lorries, etc., at the ElthaiU County Council meeting on Saturday, Mr C. E. McGninness declared that it farmers were pki’d well as motor repair firms they would obtain at least 10s per lb for their butter.

The family of the late Mr Edward Murphy, of Gisborne, have donated £SOOO to the Salvation Army, the gift to be used for the purpose of establishing a nursing home in Mr Murphy’s memory. During his lifetime Mr Murphy was a, very generous contributor to the funds of the Army.

Add'tionnl war trophies are now available for distribution in Tara nak’. and a meeting of representatives is to be bold at Ha.wera. on Thursday with the object of allocating same. A letter to the Borough Council from the Defence authorities last night showed that the following are the trophies: ' Howitzer (1). fie Id guns (5), trench mortars (1), ma-chine-guns (18). The Mayor said the authorities had been pleased to a.npoint him a member of the committee in connection with the question of trophies. He would attend but ho did not know whether any good would come out of the movement. It was a question .as far nr Stratford was concerned what, could he done. There was no place to house a. trophy, and if it was left out in the Park it would only rust. At the same time he thought ’t would be better to get a fieldgnn than anything else. It might mean th, ■t. the Council would have to build a shelter - . Councillors; ‘Get a trench mortar’—‘a field gun’—'Get what you ran.’ The Mayor: ‘What about the howitzer?’ A councilor. ‘Probably you’ll have to draw lots for it!’

The Stratford Gun Club announce a £2 Open Sweepstake for Thursday. A trophy valued at two guineas is open for competition by members. An extra special programme, in which the particular stars are Charlie Chaplin and Shirley Mason is to h 0 given at the King’s Cinema tomorrow. For Electric Wiring, 'Repairs, etc., ring np Smart Bros., Not. 30, and at night to Nos. 145 of 310. Sanderson and .Tndd for plumbing, drain-laying, etc. Good work and prompt attention. Telephone 222.

Bcforc hi? departure for America, Mr Ernest Short, promised ‘ the Pa.nrerston North T.M.C.A. a special donation of £IOOO on condition that ten other contributors of £SOO each were secured. Those donors have notv been found, and the ljuilding fund ha >s thus benefited to the extent of £6OOO. A To Kuiti Press Association 'flu re to-day states: At midnight the p;o----prietors of a big boardinghouse,'at Kopaki discovered the place on - fire ami roused the boarders. The 6ut-bre-ak was located in a cupboard in the kitchen. The place burned like tinder and half the house was Cnipple teiy destroyed. All lost.

“Yes, by all means settle itbutj 1 of court if it is possible. These tenement possession cases are becoming a. nuisance to the court, to sohcitdrsTs and to everybody concerned,” sa d Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Tihiaru Magistrate’s Court the other morning, with a meaning look at the press table. A French invention—now on the way to London—will enable the woman of 50 to have a face like a girl in her teens. The London Daily Mirror was told by a doctor who is one of London’s leading beatuy specialists that there was nothing painful in the new face process. The skin of the face was pulled tightly by, n process which made all lines and wrinkles vanish. “Hie process,” it was declared, “is guaranteed permanent. Women can look 20 for ever.”

The largest individual cheque for surplu s wool profits is not ' known, hut it may be safely assumed that the smallest is the one just received by Mr J. A. Leslie, of Blenheini. The amount is 7d. Th e payment which is in the form of a Government imprest account cheque, was forwarded " with the intimation that it covered “your proportion of the Imperial Government’s profits on wool handled through our store during the seasons 1917-18 and 1918-19,” and with other information of a formal nature, including the advice that this addition to the recipient’s wealth is free from income tax. Mr Leslie's woo! output consisted of the fleece of a pet. lamb which a friend with a. talent for shearing suggested should be turned to account in the interests of the Dominion’s stapl© industry. The clip realised 18s 4d.-"Tt is Mr Leslie’s inten: ion to devote the whole" of his surplus profits to the seamen’s fund.

“Drop it!” said one or two members at the meeting of the Stratford Bo’-ough Council last night when tlje matter of the petition for a continuous telephone service was mentioned. The Town Clerk said there was a shortage in the number of names re- n quired before the Postal Department F would agree to make the change. Councillor Jackson said the principle on wh'ch the petition was worked was wrong. Business men only had co pay extra, and as far as he—-apd no doubt the great majority of business th-oii in tlio* town—-was coilc&Fn* ed, the phone was not wanted at the office at night, but at the home. The Mayor: “We have to abide by the regulations.” It was agreed that Cr. Thompson and the Town Clerk should make a final effort today to secure the requisite signatures to the petition, and if not successful, then the Council would “drop it.”

Great Slaughter of Ladies’ Blous- ? nt the Melbourne Clothing Coy’s Sale, commencing Friday 15th. Georgette,’ Crepe de Chine, Silks, Voiles, etc., all considerably reduced. Watch for Thursday’s “Postl,” for catalogue of bargains.

Sanderson and Judd do all kinds of electrical work and stock all kinds of electrical fittings. *