GENERAL NEWS
Car Overturns. An accident occurred in Toko enr . on Wednesday evening when * ™” tor oar driven by Mr. A. Hdl, of Tnire. oansired owing to Mccrmg sear tron■Olio Vas badl > iAdin ' S , . enpants. bo***.
Large lie!, A very large eel weighing. 1-5 pounds was caught at Toko on Thursday by -Miss Griffiths. Toko residents stated that this is the largest eel caught there thi s season.
Weekly Hail Holiday. Mr tV. Hoskm, has been, hi comniuuicaticci with the inspector of Factories, on behalf of a number oi Stratford retailers, irt connect.on, with the observance of the weekly half-holiday m the week beiore Christmps, has been informed that holiday must bo observed on Saturday if it is not observed on the usual day. Availability Rate. At a meeting held last n.ght at Eltham to consider the working oi the Power Board’s availability rate, convened by the Mayor of Eltham, fx motion was passed expressing confideuee in the Board, and, while not, liking the principle of the availability rate, agreeing to support any' i rating .system decided upon by the ißoard. An amendment stating that steps would! be taken to. have the invariability rating powers removed from the Statute Book, was dtofeatea. There was an attendance of about two doaen at the meeting. In the course of h.s remarks, the chaii man of the Board, Mr JI. G. Carman, took exception to the method of calling the meeting, which, he said, had shown much discourtesy to the Board.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 99, 8 December 1928, Page 4
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