GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 71, 27 July 1929, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

LoAf.arth Tug-of-War. in the final pulls in the Lowgarth tug-of-war foundry won the heavyweight and Tuna the lightweight. Mora Boxing. The Sports and Pastimes Club hist night decided to hold another boxing tourney on the evening of September sth, the day of the Can tor-bury-Ta.riuxaki football match at Stratford. Boxing Tourney Profit. It was reported at a. meeting of the executive of the Sports and Pastimes Club last night that the gross takings at the recent boxing tourney wore £2-17 15s Od the profit being £iJj. 5s Od. Minister of Internal Affairs. At the presentation to Mr McKee, last night, Mr Fletcher, in his speech, provoked much laughter by terming Dr. Steven as “The Minister of Internal Affairs. Further Remand. The young man who is charged wit’ the It of moneys from the Bank of New South Wales at Stratford, and whoso name lias been suppressed, appeared before the Court at New Plymouth yesterday and was remaiudcd to appear at Stratford on August 2nd A Hard Worker. Dr. D. Steven, in his address at the presentation to Mr J. McKee, hold last night, said that one of the councillors had stated that Mr McKee was one of the quietest and hardest workers on the Council. He never spoke unless it was necessary lor him to do so, and ho never spoke out of his turn.