STRATFORD DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 150, 4 October 1910, Page 8

STRATFORD DAY BY DAY

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Stratford, Last Night. _ . A number of fishermen tried their fortune on Saturday, but so far no yerjr big catches have been recorded. The largest tlhat I have heard of is fourteen fish, and the angler deserved his catch, for he rose at 4 o'clock to peek his favorite stream. Representatives of the Borough Council and Electric Light Company meet to-morrow night. ' * The rainfall hi Stratford for the jMUifc mjmfh wan 6.13 inches. As showing the inildnfess of the past winter, a local resident has picked a few ripe strawberries from his plants this seaaott. Tlhe remain of the late Mr. J. Irvine were interred yesterday. A very large number <Jf residents attended the funI eral to pay their last tribute of fßSpGcf. I Chatting to a farmer on Saturday, the writer was surprised to hear that he < considered, the district around Stirfttford •fais backward this year, in comparison with last'. The mildness of the winter was tim'c'eded,- but nevertheless the far* mer s the,, grass was very alow fat coming oft yiew is supported ty several local 1 horticulturists, who statfe that their peas and beans have been much longer thaft, usudl in odming through' the ground/