LATE LOCALS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 45, 17 February 1912, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

The 1 harvest festival will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Church to-mor-row. , - •/. ■ ;■

The following payments are to be made this month by local dairy factories;—Ngaere Hairy Company £3266 (last, month £3318); Lowgarth £2540 (£2614),, and Cardiff £1907 £1852). 'The Stratford Company will pay out £8226, as against £7139 for January, 1911. A nasty accident happened to a man named Bancroft engaged in splitting wood at Ngaere yesterday morning. A piece of steel flew of a wedge, striking him on the throat. Blood flowed freely, saturating the man’s clothing and running down into his boots, so that he presented a very gory appearance. lie received the necessary medical attention in Eltham and the bleeding was. stopped. Yesterday evening the members of St. Andrew’s Tennis Club and friends met in the Foresters’ Hall to bid farewell to their. Captain and Secretary Mr, It. Hi Brown, who is leaving Stratford to take up a position in Hastings. There were several cardtables provided for those who cared to play, but the bulk of those present engaged in dancing to excellent music supplied by Miss MacDonald, who was relieved at intervals by others winy kindly contributed extra dances. During the evening Mr. H. W. Douglas, "iff. an appropriate little speech, referred to Mr. Brown’s long connection'with the St. Andrew’s Club, and to the enthusiasm he put into, not only his playing, but also into the affairs of the club, and concluded by asking Mr. Brown to accept a handsome toilet outfit as a token of the esteem in which lie was held by the club. Mr. Brown, in replying, said what he had done for the club had been to him a labour of love, and that he had greatly enjoyed his connection with the St. Andrew’s Club. During the evening songs wore sung by tiio following:—Misses Mackey and Irvine, Messrs. Lewis, Douglas, and templar, and Miss B. Morison gave a violin solo, all of which were greatly appreciated. Supper was provided by tbe ladies of the club. Tim singing of ‘‘Attld Lang Sync” brought an enjoyable evening to a close. A special vote of thanks was passed to Miss MacDonald and to those who had so'kindly contributed music for the dancing.