DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 88, 10 May 1909, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS

M'ltA'lYuiU). (Troiii Our Dun L'orrrspoihtent.) After the departure of "Millar" and ",I'uunb I In. weather is-egaoi normal. j They lililit have got it wil'lsc Ulan we I i..d vj.iHuhere, ii Clement U'ragge is i rig"'-. | there is still an uu s ali.,licd demand i for good lv.-iaences, i,niu. a ni'.iiihei' of ! peopie leiiuiring (i- to S-ruomcd houses. ■ Hie nuiii'e in" Stratford looks bright, and in,. uj),-iii;ig up of |],e co.inir.i must react on -\ew I'lyiuouth, that being our port. A vigorous road and ruinvay policy will do much towards pushing the district ahead. The football season opened on 'iniirsday, but as •'.Millar" hail arrived mat day lie considerably damped the ardour, and also, thank goodness, the raucous voice of the football barrackcr, whose frantic scream of "kiek it into Ueui" was seldom heard. The Masonic brethren have arrived from the great " sliivoo "' at .New l'lyinuuth, and wear mysterious smites, it is rumored that several of Hie elite have monocles on order, and they intend to follow the good example set by "Jjro. William," as he is lovingiy designated by members of the craft. The garden party failing to materialise was

a great disappointment to a number of ladies, who had made special etlortj to paralyse the natives, and tin- silk tiles were again relegated to obscurity and the mollis by the sterner sex. Our court'returns of late should make interesting reading for .searchers alter knowledge. About fourteen have made their vow to the various " beakships,' and verdicts from "convicted and discharged " to " a month's hard labor I have been the penalties Millicled. A lot I of men from the railway works get their money hard and spend it easily. The alterations to the post otfice are about completed, and will give more room to tlie stall', and public. 1 understand the oll'ice of the tele- 1 phone exchange will be kept open until midnight after this montn. The subscribers are now over the number re- / quired for the late hour. Pheasants are fairly plentiful. A ,-partv under the guidance of Mr. r'. \V. Webster secured 411 long tails and about 1 a hundred pigeons, ducks and quail for 1 a week's shooting. The local Acclimatisation Society has a hundred birds ' ill the pens, and these arc to be .liber--1 ated at the end of the present season. •As next vear is a close season, for all 1 game, no'doubt they will replenish the ■ earth, if.the poacher >.<i;cs a rest likewise. Messrs. Clayton Bros.' premises were . hnr'ded on Friday night. Aiuong-l the spoil removed were three or four dozen • records belonging to that instrument ut • torture designated the grahiapimn,'. lapolice will probably hi (he hunt, and ■ it should be an anxious tune lor "'.,■," of these machine,. The tun.- are pre- ' .-uniablv know,,, but have not been al- ■ vcrtised yet. I' 1 ."" 1 ';^"^""/j, .J'.''' 'a,,','. •i whole bnsinv--'favours of youth or ••" , imHeeib: it i* ewbatly not la-' •*■'"• ■! of Bill Sykes.