NEWS OF THE DAY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 82, 16 March 1931, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Homeward Bound. Another lot of refugees left by the mail train today on return to their homes. Football The annual meeting of the Stratford Football Club will be held on Monday, 23rd inst., not to-night, as stated previously. Another Dentist It is understood that Mr. C. Pridham, ex-Wanganui dentist, has taken a lease of the rooms in the Municipal Buildings lately occupied by Mr. J. Price.

Earthquake Relief Fund. An addition to the Stratford Relief Fund since the last report in the Stratford Post is from /‘Hard Up” (Douglas) whose contribution was 10s,

Fisherman’s Good Bag, Fishing in the Maunganui river yesterday, Messrs J. Petrie and G. A. barter had great sport. Their bag totalled 341bs. 12'ozs.,'made up of six fish, which turned the scale as follows 6.14, 6.4, three at 5.10, and one at it

A Welcome Bank Note A Christchurch business man recently wrote to a friend in Sydney, enclosing a Bank of New Zealand £l. n»te. Wednesday brought a reply. “Thanks for your letter,” he said,, “and for the New Zealand ‘quid’ note, which happens to be worth somewhere in the vicinity of 25s over ’.ij3,re!”

Acclimatisation Society. The Stratford Acclimatisation Society liberated another batch of pheasants in the country to-day. Following the success in rearing and liberating, of other batches in parts of the district recently, the prospect of good sport next game season-is encouraging to gunmen.

The Stratford Boys’ Band. The Stratford Roys’ Band played to a large crowd at the band rotunda in Victoria Pary last evening. The programme was practically the same as was played on the previous Sunday evening. A collection in aid of the Band funds to cover expenses at the Hawera contest next week totalled £2 ss.

Primary School Sports The swimming sports in connection with the Stratford Primary School will be held to-morrow at the school baths. The programme for the girls will be run off in the morning; and the boys’ competitions wlil be held in the afternoon. The athletic sports will be held on a. date to be arranged next month.

New Zealand Honey The following is an extract from a letter received by a New Plymouth lady from relatives in England, to whom she sent some honey through the New Zealand Co-operative Honey Producers’ Association, Ltd.; “The honey is lovely, just as we like it, so nice and firm, not thin like treacle, as some is. It was well packed and could have travelled right round the world without being any the worse for the journey.” Record Wheat Crop A record crop of 98 bushels of wheat to the acre has been harvested on a property of 20 acres in the Kaiapoi district. Two other crops nearby have produced 88 and 82 bushels respectively. Canterbury crops are generally much better than were expected, and it is thought by grain merchants that the official estimate of 27 bushels to the acre will be exceeded. South Canterbury crops have been better than usual, though those at Ashburton and between the Waimakariri and Rakaia are somewhat light. A Farmer’s Humour

Although suffering from the effects of the low' price of butter-fat and wool, the man on the land is yet able to face his troubles with a jest, states the Marlborough “Express.” This was amply evident at a meeting of the Blenheim branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union w hen a discussion on weed eradication was in progress. “One of my neighbours,” said a member, “had a crop of Californian thistle growing on part of his land and, meeting him one day, I asked him how he was faring with it. ‘All right,’ he replied, ‘it used to be growing in two paddocks, but now I have it confined to one.’ ‘How did you manage that:’ I asked. ‘Shifted the fence!’ was the reply.”

Evading the Postage Methods by which payment of tho increased postal rates could be avoided were discussed at a recent meeting of the Auckland ElectricPower Board, when Mr. T. Bloodiworth asked it the board would be able to economise in stamps. Tho chairman, Mr. W. J. Holdsworth, remarked that one firm which used to pay £7OOO a year in- postage had found means to deliver all its mail for about half that sum. Another member mentioned a firm which had found it cheaper to hire a taxi to deliver its mail. The board was as»sured by the general manager that postage in the past cost, only from £l2 to £ls a week, and by economising he hoped to keep it at ape proximately that figure.

Sheffield Blades The Shellield Chamber of Confcmerce recently received an invitation from a firm in Chicago for Shef - field firms to give a quotation for 25,000,000 safety-razor blades. Tla.e Chicago firm state that they won; d take them at the rate of 5,000,000 a year, the blades to be made from the best Sheffield steel. This firm Itas previously been receiving blades from Germany, which, it is stated, have not proved too satisfactory. The Chamber of Commerce passed the intimation on to several razor-bhade manufacturers, but other Sheffield firms interested are also invited to communicate with the Chamber. America is considered the home of safety razors, but Sheffield has loeen invading it for some years, and - , now Sheffield is a very big blade-making centre. There has never been smeh a huge order from America as tlie one now offered. i