STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1926, Page 8

STRATFORD NEWS.

THE DEMAND FOR LAND,

GREATER ACTIVITY SHOWN. (From Our Own Reporter.) Stratford, May 6. A Stratford land agency firm report a steady demand for all classes of farming properties in the district. Recently a number of sales have-been put through at satisfactory prices. Sales made include 680 acres on behalf of Mr. W. J. Brown, 270 acres on behalf of Mr. Valentine Smith at Te Popo; 60 acres owned by Mr. A. A. Wilkie, Ngaere; 115 acres from Mr. F. V. Green, Midhirst; 773 acres on behalf of Mr. W. H, Hodder (deceased), Tututawa; 95 acres from Mr. W. H. Gray, Midhirst; 11 acres and improvements on behalf of Mr. F. H. Moore, situated on the Opunake Road, Stratford. A fair demand has been experienced for town properties, and several houses have changed hands during the last few weeks. The activity shown indicates that a good enquiry has set in for payable farming propositions in the district, and that the farming community generally ate optimistic as to future prospects. GENERAL ITEMS. Last evening in Broadway North a car turning round outside the St. Mary's School was struck by another car proceeding north. No damage of a serious nature resulted, and no one was injured. Mr. H. J. Hebditch has returned to Wanganui, having spent a holiday in Stratford and surrounding districts. The population of the Whangamomona County has increased from 1322 to 1334 in the interval between 1921 and 1926. The eleven years’ old daughter of Mr. M Knox, of Te Popo, was severely burned yesterday when her clothes caught fire. Her progress at the Stratford hospital is reported as satisfactory. Last evening the Rev. Father Cahill presided over a meeting of parishioners at which it was decided to hold another social on May 20. Mr. and Mrs. Hussiff, of Rotorua, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hewitt, returned to their home to-day.