STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1921, Page 6

STRATFORD.

TARANAKI DAILY NVWS. STRATFORD AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for publication should be left at the office of the local representative, W. J. Wilson, next Union Bank. January 15. > General satisfaction was expressed by farmers to-day that the long spell of dry weather had ended and a good fall of rain had come. One farmer who has been in the Stratford district since ]BBa stated that he could not recollect any previous occasion on which the rain had kept off for so long at this time of the year, and remarked that the of hay were easily the best he had ever seen in the district. The rain will be particularly beneficial to the turnip crop \nd should result in an increase in the milk production. Mr. D. G. Clark, Commissioner of Taxes, proposes to visit the chief centres of the Dominion for the purpose of addressing meetings of accountants and business people on matters connected with taxation, and Mr. R. Masters. M.P., has written to him asking him to extend his itinerary to include a visit to Stratford. Mr. Thomas Farrell, who for some time has been teller at the Stratford branch of the Bank of Australasia, has received notice of his promotion to the bank’s Auckland branch, and leaves for the north almost immediately. Mr. C. C. Johnson, at present on the Stratford branch’s staff, will be promoted to Mr. Farrell’s place. Miss Stanford, principal of St. Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls, Stratford, will be at home on Monday to carol pupils. Redeem the long-standing promise and have the photograph taken at McAllister’s Studio. We are always ready, day or night; no delay; no waiting either in taking or finishing, at this studio. Ring 25, Stratford. Have you bought your 1921 diary yet? If not do not delay any longer, but call and inspect the 'splendid selection of diaries at Hopkins’ shop. Also all the best lines in commercial and general stationery at reasonable prices. Now is the time to procure your requirements. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller and stationer, Stratford.