STRATFORD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14016, 22 September 1909, Page 4

STRATFORD.

(From Our Resident Agent.) Sept. 20.— Bonuses were paid out on Saturday, making the fijnal results oi last season's factory operations at Nmum IS Old, at Cardtft U <Hd, and at Lowgarth Is. OJd. per lb of butter fat. To-day, dealers' agents were nt town interviewing directors of all three companies. The best offer to buy the season's cheese was 5 5-ldkU which was not accepted. The towgarth director* decided to wiWffV to J. and J. Lonbdale on a guarantee advance, without recourse, of 5 &-16 d. The directors of the other companies own© to no deci""tll© CQWlty shiftman writes to the press aaknigfEast and Mangaohu Rid W ratepayers to pause and think before going to the Supreme Court to try fco upset the syutein of riding finance that has. been in operation »nee the inception of the county- . a \Ve had three inches of rain on Sunday, and it ha» continued more or less throughout to-day. The . producedealen* representatives waiting about for an audience with the Factory directors seemed to be thoroughly enjoying tho glorious weather. Boisterous winds and heavy showers are not over favourable to a good display of spring flowers at the Horticultural Society's show on Thursday. The Society lays itself open to the charge of ostentatiously defying the elements when it holds its. tbow so near the equinox. , , . Fire tiaks defy all calculations. Mess/a. M'MiUan and Frederic's building, where the fire occurred last week, being of ferro-concrete and quite detached from the buildings on. either side, was reckoned the safest in the town. It Is also singular that with the revival of we should have quite a number of tires, whilst during the three or four years when house property was at * a discount we had very few. Further back, when the town was booraiiuj ahead, fires were very frequent.