STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11702, 19 June 1901, Page 2

STRATFORD NEWS.

fFßOfii OUR RESIDENT AGENT.]

June ,18 th. — The weather is drplorableV&h&fO ai&iheivrpada.' The newlyformed streets lnvo^uot had tinra to consolidate, and are just slush — slush and nothUi j g£mpre.£j A§ -'outdoor, work is either' superseded ori #ogf,e^fing under difficulties, and numbers of men who have been attracted here by the abundance of employment are temporarily stranded. However, such is the 1 glorious !udo^tointy'6f out) climate; s *hW our pre'senT'stale' of : sapfcr^s^ratt<snlinay give place any, day. to cold, dry, biting sooth wiridß,;arid dußt l ,wi£haJ', Saturday night was' made lively with bugle-calls and the tramp of khaki hosts, as our. volunteers assembled to entrain for Wellington/ there *to ; wke their honourable bat fatiguing, part in the reception of the Heir Apparent "WhaJ; a high old over- time railway engino men andigu^rds bave\,bslen having this last week ! JBxtra grains " by day, and night after night' ihe shriek of the gpetial.has. routed the , .sleepitig Stratforaite' to bless himself- th^'ha is not as other men are,; jsrss£htf, through the chilly night in cattle trucks nor even as thla .Premier. . s"aatchmgo,ju;, fitful respite from the' cares of oniW"xn'ms sleeping* ' Oar postponed* ' Softool Committee olection is tpjbo^ h§ld . ,on,^ Monday ' night at seven sharp. For the I ©* the town it is to be hoped a ,decont amount of interest will be-shown by the'householder*. The average attendance: at the school this last quarter has been 411 with a maximum of 433. . Surelyr«ajr this: /multitude of childrtip ,muat possess at least nine parents, which, jis qupta required for the committee. ". '

SaleT Sale I Our Pianos and Organs are always at sale prices. Liberal discpunt for cash, or on ousy terms. The ■ColoniarPiano-Rnpbrting^aipany, nest Railway ctossing, Devon-street. D. MoKin non Bairr, Manager. 0 • -.*, f ,

Referring to the reported " stickingup "case nearTßltham, the: .Haw era Star says : — We un^erstaud. .that tho allegations, shortly stated, are that Elopkinson about two o'clock was; xidiqg a bicycle along the Mangawhcro Road," when two young men stopped him; and asked for a match. He got off, and was^'preparing to comply with their -reqnest. when one produced a ' revolver ' antP&tfar-' «l« l We wanfc your silver, ,t-oo." . Under tho muzzle of ihe revolvdV 'He had ho option but to surrender to their demands, and they took from him a sum of £3 or so. Then they allowed him to proceed one way, and they went another. "*3.s the affair occurred under conditions favourable for getting a good Mew of the men, Hopkinson is able to describe then pretty iuinutoly, and'the police h.nre the matter in haud.-

Wade's worm figs, the wo-.d«: b>\ worm worriers, never fail for aduite or cbiidrhn Price !*♦