GENERAL NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 10 February 1914, Page 3

GENERAL NEWS

Mr. F. 11. AVilkie. of the Bank of Australasia stall', leases next Monday on transfer. Mr. 11. Clayton. Stratford agent for the Singer Company, is ill in Wellington.

The secretary of the Motoring Club acknowledges the receipt of : half-a-guinea from Mr. R. Masters, one of the vice-presidents.

Mr. Campbell Jackson was away on a holiday when the time came for collecting Stratford subscriptions to the Taranaki Rifle Association. Returning, he formed the opinion that Stratford had not shown its wonted liberality towards the encouragement of shooting, and yesterday he devoted a little time to the affairs of the Association. The ■Co mark was nearly in sight yesterday when "cease lire" sounded, but he has quite a number of "prospects" for to-dav. The easiest wuy of getting rid of Ibis persistent canvasser is to hand over the cheque ipiietly and quickly. The earthquake on Sunday was very pronounced locally. A good"joke is being told against a visitor to the town. He accompanied his friends to church, though he announced that his re-ap-pearance in Ihe sacred edifice after an absence of many years would probably bring the church' down. When the earth trembled and the building rockctk be remembered his jest, ind wondered.

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