LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 99, 1 April 1916, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A rink of Xewton (Wellington) bowlers en route to New - Plymouth met Hawera find then Stratford today. The Stratford green was in good order when the match was played this morning. The visitors showed superior play, and won by 29 points to 17. The following were the contestants: Visitors— Crengell, Luke, Manning, Wylie (s) 29 v. J. Masters, Smart, McMillan, Morison (s) 17. The ladies of the district are taking no small part in the proceedings comprising the Soldiers' Day fete in Stratford on Easter Monday, and one of the biggest jobs on hand for that day is the catering, which naturally, only members of the fair sex must manage. The hundred-and-oue articles of flesh, fish, fowl, and good red hearing which will comprise the menu to tickle the palate of the most fastidious epicure are not to he obtained -in anv one emporium or even from any alWhitish dealer, and so the management has arranged to go to the foun-tain-head, to the people themselves and" request donations of eo.n ami kind for their worthy object Ins canvass is heing initiated immediately and hou-oholclers who are desu'ous <>t contributing their mite, (every little helps) are asked to inform the secretary of the Fete of their intention, yjffan thgy will be called upon tor the goods. , I L