GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 73, 30 July 1929, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

New Posting Box. Tiie Postmaster advises that a new post receiving box has. been erected opposite the Technical High School, at the corner of Cloton and Swansea Roads. It will bo cleared at 7 fr.ro* each day. Smith V. Leslie Fight. Kid Smith, the Stratford boxer, lias received notification, that Leslie i s prepared to light him at Auckland on August 12th. Providing satisfactory arrangements can no made, Smith intends to accept the challenge. Progress on Railway Works. During this week a start will ho made on driving the heading on the last tunnel to he driven on the Stratford-Main Trunk railway, in the ridge between Mangateto and Tikipuiti valleys, and leading to the Haco valley. aro.ro Sneak TlilerTing. Another case of pilfering has been reported. Yesterday a young mail who was practicing on the hockey ground bad a wallet containing several pounds and personal papers taken from his coat which he left nearby the playing area. Wf'itry Conditions. JXiring the past few clays conditions in the district have been "very wintry. At R.3H a.m. yesterday Ngaere was. visited by the-worst hailstorm in the history of the. district, the paddocks, being covered in hail. There was a fall of snow nt Mahoe yesterday. from Cars. Reports continue t 0 reach the. Automobile Association of petty pilfering from, parked motor cars. On Saturday evening last a motorist left nothing but woirie newspapers in his ear, and these, were, removed, while in another case a roar lamp was taken.

Increasing Yearly. Tire Macarthy Trust has been in operation since 1913, and up till 1928 a total sum of £138,527 had ' been distributed among eligible institutions and organisations. In 1913 the amount distributed was £2530, and in 1974 it was £732-5. There were fluctuations in the following years, but in 1924 the amount was £10,125, and the amount has regularly increased each year since then, being £15,000 in (1928. Force of Habit. bn the days of had roads it was a habit of cyclists to use. thei footpath to have the advantage of better, going, and it would appear as if this habit has survived:, despite the greatly improved roads in the Borough. For instance a cyclist wfls observed this morning on the footpath in Broadway North, although the road surface at the. point was much superior to- the footpath surface. Completely Destroyed. The ischoolhouse at Makahu, ocucpied by Mr. W. 1). Adnams, was completely destroyed by fire between 8 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. on Friday last. Nobody saw the fire. Mr. Adnams spent the evening at Mr. A. Coyne's, and on return after midnight, he found only smoking ruins. Mr. Adnams was under notice of transfer 1 to Tarata and had commenced packing. The furniture and effects were insured in the Home office. A Small World. Mr. M. Knox, of Jlu.mga, and Mr. M. Ryan, of Pahiataa, were schoolmates at Akaroa, but they lost track of each other when they came to the North Island. Mr. Ryan went to the war, and while at the front received a cake which was accompanied by a note stating that it was> sent by one of Mr. Knox's children. Mr. Ryan wrote to the child asking 'f her parents came from Akaroa, and as a result the two old friends got into touch again. i

The Macarthy Trust. The Macarthy Trust, the Board or Governors of which held their annual meeting at Welilngton yesterday, arises from the will of the late Mr. Thomas G. Macarthy, who died in 1912. Tiie final balance of the whole estate for duty purposes was £389,659. The present-day value of the estate is £-501,728, hut only one-half of the income of the residuary estate is distributed to charities. Under the terms of the will the whole control abd mnaiagoment of the estate is i vested in. the Public Trustee. Manuriai Experiment. While tho hay and ensilage stacks in the Toko Settlers' Association's competition were being visited yes- ' terday, the party accompanying the judge spent some time inspecting the area being treated for experimental purposes with sulphate of ammonia, try Mr. J. AY. Smith, of the fields division of the Department of Agriculture. The area was scon t 0 be of a;n outstanding emerald green colour, and although stock had boon removed from it for only ten days a, growth of gras was plainly noticeable. Tt is claimed that in the growing season land so treated wii'f \ catrry three times as many milking. I cows as other ground, and, over the ! whole year about twice as many.

Ths Old Days. Mr M. T. Phillips is wearing al badge commenioriatThg tin: jDiamond Jubilee Show of the Bodlney Agricultural Society. When Mr W, F. Boss secretary of the Stratford A. and P. Association, who was formerly seen retary of the Hodiiey Society, arrived in Stratford he had. a letter of introduction to Mr Phillips, and leaning that Mr Phillips had attended a Hodney Show when he. was ten years of age, thought he would tike to hare the badge. Mr Phillips' father was one of the earliest settlers in the Warkworth district, fn which the Rodney Aricultural Society operates. The Pip.™ Band. , A well-attended meeting of members of the. l ,; pe Band wn« held Last night, w ] rm it was decided to fall in with the BUgestion made at the animal meeting of the Scottish S<:e:che managed by the committee of the ty that the. affairs of the hand should Scottish Societv, and: thai tTi'e "Hud. Should not hold funds, apart "from the Societv. Tt was also decided that the band committee already in existence should rontiiuifT'to function for the management of tlu< band's internal affairs.