LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 53, 30 December 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Stratford Evening will not be published on ISww Year's Day.

Special trains will run to 2jMp ve on New Year's Day. "Ms' In another column the Borough Council publishes the regulations which have been made for the cbhtrol of traffic on the .two race days,

The country betwen Stratford and Manaia h looking at its , best, just now. states a traveller who yeas" over the roads on Monday, - There is; an abundance of feed, -the grass -being particularly good and plentiful while the lucerne crops to be 1 seen .are s:doing excellently. . '. .-?•> i ■ »v

The wedding ring, which was the subject of a paragraph,.in ''The» Post" recently, as having'.'been fouiid on the Milford Track,.-. ha« 3 after 15 years, found an 6%khv.. -The Tourist Department in Wellington received a wire from a Dunedin. gentleman stating that a reverend:'.'■ gentleman now residing in Melbourne - whilst on his honeymoon trip.' 15 years ago>losti the ring at Pompalona huts. Correspondence followed with?'the manager of the Milford't^ck..-at' 'Glade House. The ring is to!'Be-'forwarded to its rightful..owile-rT. ,;.:?■' ''

It may be a good phtn to decorate a ' town for Christmas;" or on 1 any other festival, but it is; abvisable to remove such decorations.as : soqn. as .'/

the occasion necessitating;; them : Kaß passed. A visitoit tp Hawcra yesterday states that the town: had;been splendidly decorated 1 with greeneryi for the festive season, but no (attempt has since been madV to; remote the decorations, which had : faded? an<l diod, with the res»ilti that theigeneral appearance was on© of neglect-, which was out of keeping with ■Hawera's reputation as a, town.

A time and.a place are assigned to everything (states the Otago- Daily Times),' and on Christmas ; Eye,,or fqn any other night, the proper 'to let fireworks off i s on the ground}'or more preferably in the ? wide'"opsn spaces where they can'dcAno hafffi. Unfortunately, there was %, thqtfg&lt;les element abroad on - '• Wedriesdlay night, and one: young lady \ iwfe* struck in the eye with a. ■ small- : iisfc» ploisive which nearly 'deprived 'smk of the sight of that eye. result slie ig now, "suffering 'from?*™, illness due to thi!>,„careie^ s . act, and* Is under medical attention.

A London correspondent,/ writing on Novetfber 21, mentions the interesting fact that the sales /of- New Zealand butter, in the'dominion's pavilion at Wembley, realised- £2737, representing 54.740' half-pound "packages. Right up to theJast,tlie.quality was of the best: If purchaser* could always be sensed with New. Zealand butter so uniform in quality there would be no i hesitation on the part of the shopper in demanHing id have none other. New Zealand butter' was the invariable designation imprinted on the' heat cartons in which it was sold. ■ -

A horse's miraculous escape from death (writes the "Southland News" eorrecpondent from the Mfeford Sounds track) occurred a few days ago. The horse was engaged carrying stores from the Pas's: White going below Mt. Balloon it slipped on a narrow ledge of rock, balanced itself for a moment, and. then fell over a clear drop of 30ft and rolled over and for about 100 ft. down the hillside. To the' astonishment, of the man in charge it struggled to "its feet, and though very much bruised ftnd shaken it was able to be lied along the hillside until a suitable place was found tot get 'it on the track again. , The tussocky nature of the growth evidently broke the hardness of its fall, but it was a remarkable performance to"'go threagh without serious results; .; ( ;'V-

The bustle of the holiday traffic at tlie Palmerston North ..railway station has been relieved by at .least one humorous incident. In one case a train had just pulled into the station, when a well-dresed and- attractivelooking young man a pretty young lady : standing alone. She was peering into the faces of the people rushing by, and it wa s quite evident she was seeking someone* The young man thought he had found t the young lady he was to look for.A "There you are, Celia," he said, ancjjfc ( before she could express any aston^"" isliment at being accosted She receiv- SA ed a kiss that would have done credit to the "movies." The young woman received a great surprise, and stepped teck with astonishment, thinking tfce young man. had gone mad. The young lady was not "Celia.."

Kodaks.—Entirely new stocks jut* landed with all latest Improvement*. t-Jrown's Pharmacy ■»

A word to motorists: Bring your radiators or mudguards to Robinson and Fope for repairs. t 7« guarantee to give satisfaction lit All our work, and At prices that will suit you and suit us. 'Phone 372, or Weiton Bros. ,_

■T. J. Sullivan for plumbing, drajnhying, and electric wiring. Wortmanship and materials;guarantee Orders left at Taranafti Harder* or 'phone 94S promptly tci.

Sanderson and Judd, registerffi plumbers, drain layers and hot water engineers. Good work; prompt afc tention. Telephone 221 *

'/. 'A greatjiumber of Auckland motor ' : ;; ; ea,rsiliaro. passed through Stratford > i du|m|£ the holidays,; no fewer than . ; t^lve' ! cars. from that city having ;•• noticed in the town yesterday.

V; ->-<:tttdiday traffic on the railways is v*: still /brisk, and the mail rain south ; :: t*s : 'ko;rning consisted of eight carJ ''. •■ vifligesi -which (with the exception of * the lirs't-class portion of the ladies' "*'-'•■ ear) were well filled.

„..• ,Xhe weight-guessing competition "' was won by Mrs, F. Mr : W. Kerr, ' each of ..whom guessed the weight of the piece , ?i "6% . 4oks. .The actual 3oz?.

The new shield for competition * IJjjttonifßt:lJjjttonifßt : members of the Whangamoi-' *mona ! 'Tennis 1 Club is at present on '.' view in'the window of Messrs Gold- ,: 'i^m- and Patterson, Ltd., of Strat-*'::'-''!for^--;:;'.Tn'e: shield, which is the work "'' oi Jlr%. D. Gaffaney, is not so large •' ' asJthe usual shield, but It 4s. an excellent piece of work, and "''reflects'great credit on the mariufac-

■' A good,; hiSHiy visitors have befen ■ •• In Stratford during the holidays, and v hotel accommodatiefa has been in ' great demand; Several expressed "keen disappointment tfoat there, was no public conveyance between Strat-

ford; and the Mountain, and a 3 a result many went on to New Plymouth, '■■■->'B6', that they could visit Mt. Egmont v; wtthbut' having to hire a car for -^themselves.

...,,.., Various New. Zealand towns have I '. T. proidly to possess the cham- . }' : mea¥ man of the Dominion, hut 1 thftTiionor surely belongs to Strat- '•' ~;fprd.;/pn.Christmas Eve*, while balr '"l'lTOUs'wer.e. being distributed to the " • a,. man pushed, through the '\ cwwd, "knocking over ;fcwo little c#es '"" : iit the:process. After a scramble he obtained a balloon, which he gave to .'-'.: a .child after removing the. "prize" . tieketX:', '..''■'•'.

->. .•'."-- : * The ■'' Salvation ■ Army Divisional >' ! Field'Day will take place at "Victoria riiir on Tear's Day. 'Wanganui and ji'S New;-:Plymouth- will be represented, f^k' and'' J -Miijor ' K - Maeauley, 'of Wanganui, r. ."will ;b«r-»in. charge. The function will .' ;form : of ai picnic, and a J><j* B>«rt Vm*eting: will also be held. Ik ~'#^TeJrfins-a< public meeting will be '. by 'the Divisional Head-, ■;i."<iu^r"t<erW''Staff'in the; Salvation Army '''^^all-'-^entonVStreet;.., ■', -P»- Satu#iay evening a motor mis'at : Cardiff, when a A. Gamer- '' on of .Cardiff Road, dashed into the The froht. wheelV,was smashed, but no 'otlier, damage resulted. It is understood' that the accident occurred , jthVougn.Vthe-lights failing,

''■ * : *A. - man; named .Tames Aitkeu, 24 ' ''"■ yea'rfli 1 tff. age, has been missing from :' Mi; home at' Te Roti since Sunday nibrni%, and no': .trace of f hjmvhas', ~'° I^'found'by the search parties; who ">• the'*l6*calii^. iu .on it,,Sundaf' niidrning at about nine o'clock ' AitkGU.was seen about- the house , and ': ! ,}£ later v; iny4ertbusly disappearorganised by ~ -Constables F. Bidgeon,. of Norman- '." 'by,i and F. H. Townserid, of Eltham, have,been out since daylight tlua ~'A" mo-ming,. but the search has proved *•■•"•*fruitless..; < ■ ■•''''■:■; ,'•':-•.,,; ■

question : *6 to whether it was •- 'the remains of the lost steamer fyp- ■ pie has "been raised in (ftnsequence of : ■ the. '■; sighting ,of wreckage by the ' steamer .Volsella. when, •approaching .■■■.'i'fJapePlalhW on her recent voyage irofn] ■.• Napier." to' Wanganui.' (reports the Pi-ess Assn). The Captain of the ''■\Vplselilai states thfifc wreckage was . srigh%tl when ; within a couple of hun- •'. died yards. It appeared to he top of --:■*■. mast,- with ;a wire rope attached to ;it. ; : The mast.was.; stationary and evidently attached to a large submerged! object; •.-.'•'As; thek location wsyj not'ed it .seetrts probable that the matter ; <■ caii '' be cleared up 'by investigation