STRATFORD DAY BY DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 367, 19 April 1910, Page 8

STRATFORD DAY BY DAY.

(From Our Resident Correspondent.) Stratford, Last Night. There was a time when the game of bowls was supposed to belong exclusively to elderly .people, and to be as much a social gathering as a pastime. The latter phase remains, but of recent years the advent of young men to the bowl-ing-greens has altered the first conclusion. The Stratford Club, however, has gone very nearly creating a record- by including in its team a lad. an innovation which, from all accounts, was not exactly appreciated 'by its opponents. . Mr. S. Smith, of Bird road,' has leased liis farm to Mr. G'. Giddy, of Egmont road, New Plymouth. Mr. Giddy takes possession in June. It is the intention tof Mr. Smith to take up his residence in Wangaivui. Mrs. Copestake senior, mother of Mr. ¥. Copestake, of Stratford, is seriously ill, and her condition is causing hei friends considerable anxiety. A meeting of the management committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union will be held on Thursday night. The decision of the Taranaki Rugby Union to perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. Alf. Bayly by the establishment of a scholarship is already arousing interest amongst the younger generation. A resident of this town was asked by his son and heir, who has just entered .his teens, to buy him a fullsized football. "Why, you've got a small one now; what do you Avant a bigger one for?" queried paterfamilias. "To practise drop-kicking for the Bayly scholarship," was the reply. The pipes to finish the extension of the water-supply, now in hand, have j arrived.

The electric light, or, to lie correct, the absence of current, caused the business people to say a great deal and think more {taring the early part of the evening on Saturday. Lamps were requisitioned, and those 'who did not possess these articles of lighting sought the nearest grocer and purchased candles. Just when everybody had settled flown to make the best of things, and Broadway looked as if a number of large glow-worms had taken possession of the town, the light suddenly fisme on, and rejoicing ensued.

The Stratford Acclimatisation Society hold their annual meeting on Thursday evening.

On Saturday evening Mr. E. -T. Paterson, who is leaving to take vtn his residence in Invercargill, was presented by his fellow-employees on the Borough Council.staff with a silver-mounted pipe.

Nearly two years aero 'Mr. Busch lost a camera. To-dav tit the Court a man named Tlenry C. A. Williamson was charged with steal ins: the camera, and was remanded until Friday. Three months ago Mrs. W. TT. Ttobinson had her bicycle stolen from her house. Tf has been found in the bush near Midliirst. and has been brought to Stratford for the owner to ..claim.

Tt is reported that Br. Pa jet proposes addressing the electors, in reply to bis opponents, again before the election.