STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 268, 4 April 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

I Lrom Our Resident TUpoftor, • Oflicc: Next J -oil ; > & Mercan: il<; Agency J Co. Tu<-j'!:i.ue li:j.

stray paragraph iJi'- c. X. FliHoh, dairy instructor, was a passenger last night for Auckland. en route to England, via, Vanoouvei -Mr. Fulton is on six months' leave, iiiul the trip is undertaken prineinailv "•> account of Mr. Fulton's health ' Ho «•»" be depended upon to keep in touch with matters of interest to dairymen, and thus his trip will he of benefit both personally and generally. Ihe new school at Waingongoro will opened to-night. ' There are not wanting signs that the St,- X i ■» f : ho,Hk .V enthusiasts in iSti. (ford will have to fight. El til am anxiously awaited the Prime Ministers party yesterday mornino- at e. railway station. But Mr. Massev and lus colleague had accepted the pressing invitation of Stratford people, and motored over the roads adjacent to the proposed Stratford-Kaponga railway rente. Passing the Mangatoki School the party was halted. The school children had been marshalled, the fla* was saluted, and sundry other means adopted of showing delight. Then the Prime Minister spoke, and gave the kiddies a nolidav, finishing the performance, by planting a tree in commemoration of the visit. The party was lute in arriving in ■ Bltham, and Mr. Wilkinson, M.P., made i mention of the fact. Mr. Hine, M.P., i ; who was of the party, mentioned what nad been done, including the arboreal function. As this school was in Mr. Wilkinson's electorate, and he had been waiting to take the Ministers out to plant that very tree, his feelings can be imagined. Worse than all, the tree had been christened Veronica Stratfordiana, or something like that. The Minister of Public Works has promised to hand over the untidy banks ' of the Patea river, between Broadway and the railway bridge, to the Stratford Beautifying Society for improvement. They want it. The Rev. P». Metson, Mrs. Metson and family left yesterday for Wellington, en route to Christchurch. The catering for Wednesday's banquet was really first-class. Mrs. Brooking was the caterer, and martv much-banquetted people said that even a city could do no better.

I The Stratford County Council has 152 j separate loan areas, and loans totalling J £132,000. In one part of the county a j rate of 2d in the. .t is collected, in addi- | tion to a special rate of l%d in the £ j for re-metalling the road! A short-sighted guest at the banquet j on Wednesday partook of fruit salad I with his turkey, and complained of the j quality of the cucumber!