LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 2, 10 September 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Avon Bowling Club’s green has recently been top-dressed and given other attention, and gives promise of being in splendid condition for the opening of the season. Taranaki dairy factories, said Mr. Veale in the course of his lecture yesterday, had still a long way to go before they overcame the problem of extraneous dirt in milk. When they had settled that matter they could go into the matter of further tests for purity. Th 0 Chairman of the Board of Directors, of the Stratford Technical High School, Mr. H. Trimble, ha K jeceivcd promises of several donations towards the cost of erecting ;v building to liou.se the splendid library, which he recently donated to the school. The annual meeting of parents in connection with the Stratford Boy Scouts is being held at Smith’s tea roouDd on Monday evening next; when a president,and committee will be elected and matters affecting the troop generally will bo discussed. The police arc at present investigating the theft of four stes of billiard halls, valued at £l2, the property of Mr. Egarr, proprietor of the billiard room in Fenton Street, which were taken some time on Thursday night. r IJiO thieves apparently effected entry through a back window, which was found unlatched. Mr E. Pago, S'.M., has ruled that ‘‘Crossword” puzzles are games' of chance whore more than one reply to a question is possible. This decision will save competitors much heartburning when feeling dubious about inserting one of scleral words all of which are applicable. There j will be only one correct reply *to each question in future. In stressing the virtues of testing milk by microscopical examination in the course oi his lecture yesterday, Mr. Neale said that the slides prepared for examination could be kept as a permanent record. If ;v supplier doubted the manager’s report oh ins milk, the manager could produce the slide, show it to the supplier, and say; “That is your milk; and look at the bugs in it.”

Tho Jubilee General Committee met last night and spent a very profitable time in discussing the proposed programme and general arrangements. The programme suggested by tho executive was approved, but it was l made pretty plain that there is no reason why it should not be extended or amended as found necessary ,from tim? to time. Proceedings were of an enthusiastic nature and everything pointy to arrangements now going forward at a satisfactory rate. Discussing the Queen Carnival proposed to he held in connection with Stratford’s Jubilee a New Plymouth resident this morning drew attention to the highly successful carnival now being run by the West End School for the purpose of raising money for improving the school grounds. This lias been running for barely a month, and already a sum of £SOO has been raised, without making undue call s on those participating.

This morning the work was completed of laying a storm-water drain in Juliet Street, across the Fenton Street intersection. The necessity of this work has long been recognised. Previously the water ran down Fenton Street and into Cordedia Street, emptying into Victoria Cake creek, causing a decided nuisance in sections in Falstatf Street. The water will now run into the river at Cloion Road, and the deep ditch which now runs on the north side of Fenton Street will he tilled in. AH experts agree that, with the bight prices land ha s reached in Now Zealand, our farmers will he obliged to increase the carrying capacity of their laud in order to get a decent return for their labour and capital invested. We will have to grow more lucerne, rape, mangels, carrots, swedes and other root crops. Attention is drawn to Vn announcement—Cooper’s “Seeds of Success,” Wellington—regarding | this matter. x ; Dig advance in Cotton Goods.—We | are pleased to notify the public that 1 our Home buyers have purchased for | us well over 1*250 worth of Abanco j Sheetings at the old prices, there- i fore wo are in the happy position ! of supplying (lie public ' with all j cotton goods at least 20 per cent. | below tho prices for cotton goods i now ruling. Although cotton has i gone up. our prices will remain | exactly (lie same. Wo are well covered with stool; arriving ;i t Hie old • low prices. The Auckland Ware- i house Drapery and Clothing Store i (near Post Office).