GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 5, 21 December 1928, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS

Price of Butter. Although fthere llfls been aln fin " crease in the price* of Jitter in many centres, no rise Ims taken place in StratfordBay of Islands Seat. Supporters of Mr. Allen Bell who was defeated for the Bay of Islands seat by Capt. Rushworth by a, marpin of two votes, have decided to file i\\ petition against the hitter's return. It will he submitted thati there were errors in the counting of votes, and serious irregularities in the conduct of the, election. The Electoral 00-art will probably sit 7h January.

Public Works Plant. This week the Public Works department plant in the district had its (annual inspection ■ by Mr Dykes, headquarters inspector. Fire at Strathmwe. nigiit a house at Strathmorc owned by Mr H. Ryan and occupied by his son-in-law, Mr Rowe, was totally destroyed by tire. The house was insuredj but there was no cover on the furniture. A Rare Accident. A dog was killed in Broadway yes> terday through being run over "by a motor car. The fact is worth recording, as dases. in which dogs are run over seem to be very rarei, Porhaps there are net nowadays so many dogs on Broadway as in years, tend perhjaps, also, they are getting wise to motor cars. A Motor Camming Christmas. The character of the through meter traffic in Stratford suggests that thi. s will be a motor camping Christmas. Mh-ny cars pass both north an<3 south, a number of the south-bound cars bearing small numerals, suggesting that they are from the northern part of the Auckland province.

The Old Stables, An, tcilicl resident .artHtes that the first building on the site of Gooch's stables was a Public Works office. He says that the" building now used as a store} by the Umpire Hotel was the first stable in the vicinity, being kept by Mr Jack Hewer, who was the first* stobleman in Stratford.

An Election Echo. Following (a, reference to the recent general election by Mr Reg. Wellington, chairman of the Wharehuia School Committee, at the breakingup ceremony on Wednesday, Mr W. J. Poison, who distributed the prizes, took the opportunity to thank the 79 Wharehuia, people who had voted for" liim. Christmas Shopping, Most of the Stratford business people are now very busy on account of the large number of people who are doing their Christmas, shopping before the general rush. Most of ihose spoken to this morning, however, are getting the goods in readiness for a big rush to-morrow, as it was the monthly pay-out yesterday , and the fanning community will be in town in full force. Many Marriages. Asked to account for the presence cxf confetti on the steps of the Courthouse, Mr J. W. "Pooley, Registrar of Marriages, explained that yester-, day he was called upon to perform two marriages. He also stated thjat recently! there had been a brisk demand for miirriage licenses, eight having been applied for from December 10th to date, as agaiinst three for the corresponding period of last

ygar. Motto Plane Damaged. Slight damage to one wing of the Moth biplane piloted from Auckland by Mr. Douglas Mill was done after ithad landed at the aerodrome at Bell Block at 4 p.m. yesterday. Neither the pilot nor Mechanic J. Smith was injured. It is understood it will he necessary to obtain a new wing from Melbourne and that this cannot arrive in less than a fortnight or 3 weeks. In the meantime the machine is being housed in a shed on the property of the Bell Block dairy factory.