STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 281, 19 April 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

FROM OUR RESIDENT REPORTER. Office jmd Job Printing Works: Next N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Broadway. Telephone No. lift.

CHAPTER UK BAUCAIK FACTS. 11, will easily bo understood that to go through tin 1 big and varied stock in an emporium like Mr. C. E. Jiinics and to Miitik down the sale price oil every article. won id 1m a herculean task. So, in this third annual great stock-reduc-tion s=;i.lwhich opens to day. Mr. .Tunics oilers an all-round discount of twopence, in ( very "shilling, equal to Us -Id in the pound, and more in 'certain departments, running as high as threepence oil' every shilling in toys, dolls, photo frames, aluminium trinket, collar glove and tie boxes, whilst 20 per cent, -or 4s in the £1 is allowed on every purchase of jewellery. plate, clocks, and watches. Some sample prices are quoted in the special space secured on this page for advertising the sale, and as the public all through this district is credited with _ a /fair amount of eomnionsense. and with a capacity for knowing a bargain when they see it, there can be no doubt of the success of this sale which, be it known, is timed to close down four weeks hence. Prices will be without peer or precedent, for Ibis is to be an aggressively conducted bargain sale. Mr, .Tames makes a note that he still carries the most varied and carefully selected stocks of tobaccos, cigarettes, cieirs._ etc.. but in this department the big discount is allowed only on pipes, cigar holders, and so on. THE GOLF CLUB The ninth annual report of the Stratford Golf Club, .presented last night to thfe members, set out that the affairs of the club were in an exceedingly healthy condition, no previous season being able to compare with last season as regards finance, iucrease of membership. enthusiasm of. the players, and the fewness of outstanding subscriptions. At the commencement of the season the bank overdraft was £34. Besides this amount, the club also owed £ll for accounts outstanding for the previous season. At the end of the present financial year (March 31) the club owed the bank £2O. The seeming largeness of this amount .was .accounted for by the fact that durinsr the summer months a sum of £22 was expended for labor and material in improving the links, and the sum pf £0 in purchasing additional rollers." The assets of the club were; valued at £OO. During the season the membership of the club was increased by 34 members. , The membership now stood at* 71,"#4 men and 27 ladies. The increase in membership was due solely to the growing.popularity of the game of golf. The subscriptions received from members amounted to; -£IOO 10s, a record for the club. 'The men played interelul) matches with New Plymouth (2) and Inglewood (2). winning two and losing two. The championship was won by Mr. J. F. Ritchie. The ladies played matches with Hawera (2), and Inglewood (2), the . results being two winds, one draw and one loss. During the season the ladies became associated with the, Ladies'i Golf Union. The services of a profess-ional .could not be obtained until so late in the Reason that the committee, considering the local climatic conditions, deemed it inadvisable to engage his services. For the coming season a professional had been arranged for about the middlerof. Jtriie. -■

A MEAN THEFT ] James Seddon Buuterworth, sixteen years of age, a laborer on the Mount Egmont line, pleaded guilty yesterday at the S.M. Court to the theft of various articles from Robert Henry Quayle. Sergeant MeXeely, who prosecuted, said the theft, was a mean one. Quayle and Buttenvorth "bached" together at Midhirst. One day, whilst Quayle was at work, the accused left for Waitara, leaving behind him a grocer's account for his mate'to- pay, but taking with him a, razor, some brushes and other property of his bachmate. The lad said he was very sorry, .and- the S.M. addressed him in kindly fashion. "I don't like sending young fellows to gaol,' he said. "But a theft of this kind shows that a fellow has not got a very good mind. However, I will give you a chance. You will be ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, provided you pay before May 30 the full amount owing to your mate. Try and go straight; it does not pay to act as you have done. The man who works hard earns the respect and esteem of his neighbors, and gets on every time." To which the youth replied, ''Thank you, sir," and stood down.

TERRITORIALS IN COURT The D squadron, Mounted Rifles, was in evidence yesterday at the S.M. Court, and some of the men were fined for not being in evidence at parades. Albert Leslie Lyford complained that he was not credited with attendances at parades, and that he was present on the occasion for which he was sued. Sergeant-Major Dunham explained that as the squadron drilled "anywhere and everywhere" it was often impossible to call the roll, and the officer in charge merely noted the names of those on parade. The case was dismissed. William Wright Vickers and Charles Edward Xeal were given an opportunity to make good, their cases being adjourned. STRAY PARAGRAPHS

A young fellow called Crann made a nuisance of himself at Toko on the night of the sports, and was yesterday convicted and lined at the Stratford S.M. Court for drunkenness and obscene lan* I guage. The accused did not appear. A youth named F. Foley, a son of Mr. M. Foley, was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from a broken collarbone and injured shoulder, the result of being thrown from his horse during a leaping event on Thursday at the Makahti sports. The United Methodist Churches are holding a big tea and public meeting on the 29th inst., to celebrate the union, and to welcome the new minister, the Rev. Bandv, who, with Mrs. Bandy, arrived in Stratford by Wednesday evening's express. Our "Terriers" leave by special train this morning for the week's camp at Oringi. Whilst not wishing to decry the new .defence scheme, one cannot close one's ears to the numerous complaints of the inconvenience caused by the. training camps. Fanners are grumbling considerably, and the manager of one firm has to get along for a week with four hands short. The parades, however, have been well attended of late, and the Mounted* are making an cxcellorit showing. Long evenings are making a big increase in the lighting nccounts. Much of this cost can be obviated if the lamp is a good one, and kept in order. Ofttimes an unsatisfactory light is caused by some defect in an otherwise good lamp. The manager of the Taranaki Hardware Company advertises that ho will be pleased to remedy any lamp do-

frets. Should a now lamp be required, residents live advised to consult tliis linn and inspect the many styles of high-grade lamps now showing. The half-]iast twelve closing is popular cnotigh, but those who close their doors promptly look savagely at, those of their competitors who extend their business hours till 12.40 or thereabouts, either having made a mistake in the time or making an attempt to catch a ]>elate<l customer. The, same tiling applied in a measure to the one o'clock dosing scheme. There's a nasty place in the Juliet street footpath. Some of the sections on the eastern side of the street between Regan and Fen ton streets are below the level of the'footpath. Pedestrian traffic from the path into an adjacent property lias worn a deep channel, which now encroaches about a couple of feet on the footwalk. This is a matter of little concern in the daytime, but an ■awkward spill was caused there the other night by a man putting his foot into the hollow where he expected to find the footpath. The annual report of the Egmont Club chronicles another successful year, with increase of membership. The annual meeting is to be held 011 Monday night, when Mr. W. B. Fearon will tender his resignation as secretary.

In another column the Stratford Acclimatisation Society are inviting applications for rangers for the ensuing'season. The Society are determined to put down promiscuous shooting and destruction of trout, and so secure good shooting and fishing to license-holders. Rangers are to be appointed to all parts of the district and a determined war waged on poachers.