GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 18, 16 August 1928, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Recently there has been quite a procession of retailers to Broadway North bearing in their hands their weights and scales, which were due tor examination' bra Government officer. MANGATOKI PAY-OUT. Up to the present the Mtuigatoki Dairy Co. has paid ™ lt Is 7i<\ per lb. butter-fat, and a further gd will be distributed on. August 20th. There are still 1500 crates of cheese to sell, and when everything .is realised it is expected that the pay-out for the year will be Is od. S. MARY'S SCHOOL. To-night at the Parish Hall , :: the, pupils of S.-Mary's School will 'provide'an evening of. worth, while entertainment. *Two unusual plays are to be staged and in addition there will be musical, drill and other items. A great deal of preparation has been gone through land the indications are that a programme of' high merit will be provided. * ~■ THIEF ABROAD. Local people would be well advised to see the doors and windows oi their residences are made fast when tlie houses are unoccupied a,s a light fingered individual is going the rounds. (.Certain people have found their houses have been entered and gramophone, records taken. The thief evidently has a partiality for ( good musio as the records taken were all of the better type. WOOL STORES EXTENDED. Owing to the large increase in the wool business of the Farmers' Co-op. Organisation {Society, this eomipiany h'as found it necessary to have their wool store" at Gastlecliff further extended. The addition, which is to be specially fitted up for the binning of wool, will give an extra floor space of over 4,500 square feet, and the work is to be proceeded with immediately, the 'suQctejSsful ttsnderej.;* being Messrs John Jones and Sons. REFRESHER CLASSES. A s the outcome of representations by the Taranaki branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute, the Taranaki Education Board yesterday approved of tbe holding, of refresher classe s in January, prior to the re-opening of the schools for the year, and said it would be pleased to have tli e co-operation of the institute. . The making of arrangements was left to the chairman. It was stated - that if the refresher course were Held during the school year it would be impossible for the boajrd to comply with the depej-t----roent's regulation and keep the schools open 400 half-days in the year.

FERTILISER FUND. At yesterday meeting of the M)mpatoki Dairy Co. Mr Jacob Marx advocated that all share capital should, bo subject to interest charges. By this means, he said, a fund could be raised sufficient to cover the purchase of all fertilisers required. STIUfTFORD'S JUBILEE. On Monday evening a gathering of members of the Borough Council and; of the late Jubilee Executive was held <at the Borough Council Chamber, when Mr J. O'Hagan, of Eltham. displayed somje interesting -pictures by means of his miniature cinematograph machine. Among the pictures was one showing the whole of the procession on, the first day of the Stratford Jubilee celebrations. The pictum projected is about three feet by two l'eet, and all the features in the procession could, be clearly recognised. The exhibition was thoroughly enjoyed by those present, forming h'j (pleasant (of Stratfprd'ia big week.) , TOP-DRESSING" AND THE DROUGHT. In accordance with the scheme inaugurated in the previous season, said the chairman (Mr H. R. Free) at yesterday's meeting of the Mangatoki Dairy Co., tlie company again undertook ■ the purchase of fertlisens for suppliers, and' approximately 600 tons were purchased, It had) notbeen the policy of the directors t<> compete with trading concerns "* this manner, but they were of opinion tluat, ag cheap fetilisers were essential to the successful farmer, the company could render a service to suppliers by pmrchasfng their r<<* quirements in one lot, thus obtaining all concessions. The value of topdressing was, the chairman thought, demonstrated during the dry spell last summer, for those who had regularly slagged their pastures suffered least from the effects of the drought;