STRATFORD DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 145, 28 September 1910, Page 8

STRATFORD DAY BY DAY

(From Our Own Cferre£p<Metat.) Stratford, Monday NigM. The much-talked-of, the greatly-boomed and gratuitously-advertised from Rectors" has come and gone, and with it many pounds sterling. A very common question to-day is, "Whaiß md yo« think of it?" There axe aome wko are candid enough toadmit that they we» disappointed that it wag not "aa naughto as some people would have made it oat to be, whilst otherp are in a similar state of mind becauaq they ejected too much. Which i» often the case with a much boomed piece,. «ii "the Qfai/ in common with'many other plecec enjoying a very transitory popularity, will bit forgotten in a couple of years or less. , The weather of the paat few dayr' has been of the nature that the Yankee aptly designated as temple#. And further, the samples have ran restricted to small areas. Yesterday morning it mined in Stratford, while • few miles south it was perfectly Bm, In the afternoon a hail storm drove residents of certain streets to seek rtelter, whilst their neighbors, a few hundred yards away, were surprised when told of it. This morning there was a sharp frost. A conference of representatives of tKs Stratford Borough Council, Stratfoal County Council, Chamber of Commerce and Kaponga Town Board wa» held today to discuss matters in oomnectiott with the Opunake railway. Mr. P. Plumtree, who recently disposed of Ms drapery business in Stratford, has purchased a business in TaUf ranga* Properties still continue to change hands. Mr. J. Montgomerie ha* ®old his property on Victoria road to Mr. W. Richardson. On Saturday half an acre in Orlando street changed hands, the purchaser being a resident of Wellington. Stratford, Last N%ht. An improved bee foundation has just been patented by Mr. W. H. Bead*. The invention does away with the necessity of wiring, as at present-, a fabric being worked in between the cell*. Its advantages are cheapness and (inability. Mr. Reader has experiment* very successfully with it among hi* own tees, and apiarists who have seen the "foundation" predict a. great success for it. _ The bulb show in connection with t&0 local Horticultural Society will be held on Thursday. At the local skin and hide sales today good prices were realised.