GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 40, 25 September 1928, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

EGG CIRCLE PAY-OUT. The Egg Circle pay-out for August, supply is Is 4d, the. total number of eggs received for tbp month, being 4837 dozen. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. By the substantial margin of 8 up and 7 to play, Mrs W. 8,. Russet) won the senior championship of the New Plymouth Ladies' Gojf Club yesterday. Her opponent in the final was Mrs A. M. Mae Diarmid. PROBATE GRANTED. "On September 14, in the Supreme Court in chambers, at Wellington!, on the application of the solicitor to the Public Trust Office, His Honour, Mr Justice MacGregor, gran.M probate of the will of Annie Mary Kirkwood, late of Ryde, near Sydney, New South Wales, but formerly of Stratford, spinster, to the. Public Trustee, the executor named in the Will. TOO STORMY FOR CLIMBERS. Two members of the Alpine Club, Messrs'J. Hamilton and A. R. Moss, made an attempt at the week-end to climb Mt. Egmont from the North Egmont house, and put up a creditr able performance, reaching within 700 feet of the top. However, . the wind was too strong to permit of further climbing. Yesterday the same climbers set out for Bell's Falls, but a severe storm baulked 1 them.

A NECESSARY WARNING. A wall card lias been received by the Headmaster of the Primary School for display at the school. This warns children of tho danger arising from careless handling of detonators and samples of the articles are attached to the card. FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITIONS. At Victoria Park on Thursday afternoon .three competitions will be held by the members of the Stratford Fire Brigade. Four teams are in training for 1 the events for Faweett's silver cup and a silver egg-cup. The other events is a Jianidieap one for the Aitken Cup. WELL ORGANISED. Those who visit Dawson Falls House on Sunday next with the Railway Department's excursion should be well looked after. Members of the Alpine Club have been formed into small parties, with leaders, to guide the excursionists to places of interest,. THE CAMP. SITE. A meeting was held! last nigh{t of the composite committee, including representatives of numerous local bodies, which was recently appointed! to deal with suggested improvements at the camp site. After discussion it was decided to recommend the Borough Council to raise, a loan for the purpose of erecting buildings and otherwise improving the camp sit©.