Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 31 May 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

at • 1 I'i'om our Resident Reporter, a. & p. association. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE. At a meeting of the executive of the A. and P. Association on Wednesday, it was decided, on the motion of Messrs. 6 Porritt and Hobbs, to suggest the first Wednesday in July for the conference of Taranaki, Egmont, and Stratford assojciations, that Messrs. Kirkwood, Dingle and Sangster be the delegates, and that for the sake of convenience and central--1 ity the conference be held in Stratford. Mr. Dingle was elected chairman of the people's stand finance committee, to dis- • cuss and report to the executive upon the proposal to erect a people's stand before the next spring show. The Prime Minister is to be communicated with, stating that a deputation representing a large number of dairy companies and others interested in the ' dairying industry in Taranaki desire to wait upon him with a request 'that a model dairy farm he established in the , vicinity of Stratford. j The grounds committee was instructed to procure a quantity of lime for topdressing. " ! 1 COMMERCIAL. T. LAMASON AND CO'S REPORT. Messrs. T. Lamason and Co. report:— Last Saturday I held my usual weeklv sale at the mart. A very good entry in classes of produce came to. hand, j Prices were satisfactory, especially in ."poultry and vegetables. I quote as follows:—Cockerels, Is Id to 2s; hens, old Is to Is 3d, others Is 3d to 2s; pullets. 2s fid to 3s Id: ducks, Is Od to Is Od; carrots. 3s 3d per sack; cauliflowers, broeoli, to 4s 8d per dozen; cabbages, 2s per sack. Furniture, sundries, etc., at usual auction rates. BERNARD'S PICTURES. It was a delighted crowd that left His Majesty's Theatre at the close of last night's picture entertainment. "Vanity Fair," one of the standard novels of the English-speaking world, had been submitted to the cinematograph dramatist, and the very fine impersonations bv .some of the greatest dumb-show actors 1 and actresses which the New World has produced were at once a marvel and a delight. "Vanity Fair," as re-told by the living pictures, is an entrancing storv. The Kalem Company was represented bv . the sensational railway drama, "A Flash in the Night," and no one could complain of the manner in which this story of a hero was portrayed. Some of the scenes were realistic in the extreme. ■■ whilst the whole subject bristled with I excitement, which was reflected in the audience to a state of intensity that j once was associated only with the finest ', dramas and the finest dramatists on the stajre. The wordless play, however, sun- J plies all the thrill of a three-hours' I drama in a few minutes. It is drama ] in tabloid form. "The King's Pardon" 1 was another sterling series. The programme was excellently arranged, so that the tense excitement of the drama was followed by side-splitting laughter at the numerous humorous pictures, and wholesome interest in pictures of educational value. A reminder is given of the full programme to be shown at Saturdav afternoon's matinee, which commences at 2.30 sharp. • Parents, bring your children. They will be delighted, so wilP you. GENERAL NEWS. The executive of the Taranaki Friendlv Societies Hospital Association met in Stratford yesterday and approved of the very satisfactory draft balance-sheet pre- J sented by the secretary, Mr. F. Amoore, I of Eltham. The annual meeting will be I held in Stratford on the fourth Thurs- [ day in June.

"Pinafore" is to be staged at the Town Hall by the Stratford Operatic Society during the first week in July. The rehearsals arc going capitally. Yesterday a truekload of scenery and a case of costumes arrived here from Dannevirke. These were used by the Dannevirke amateurs recently, when they performed before His Excellency Lord Islington. Besides this, we have one of Sir Joseph Ward's landaus running as a cab in our streets. Stratford is bound to be, 'heard of. eh?

The borough overseer has the permanent hands at work in Broadway north putting in a concrete manhole to the tunnel which runs from behind the Loan and Mercantile's buildings, under Broadway and under the railway yard, making its exit in the section owned by th.ePublic Works Department in Juliet street. The coming of the road roller is the primary cause of the change from wood to concrete.

Ifr. Fearon, secretary of the A. and P. Association, has received a letter from the Minister of Agriculture, in reply to one recently sent him, stating that instruotkis have been given that all publication issued free by the Department be posleo to the A. and P. Association. •These will he placed in the society's club room far the use ■of members and farmers geae.illy. Mr. Cooke, vho has been with Mr. A. Spence for mm-: little time past, leaves shortly to tafee \? the position of head .of the tiXb»i department in the W.F.C.A/3 prlflife, establishment, Masteffcoa. Tlhe eoafe-p'T.ts between the Electric LitrM CcTCf.:.ny and the Borough Council i did t.<~ :: -' eventuate on the date being found inconveni • '. The delegates may meet on Saturday afio-nnon. ; n A dairyman mentioned in 'yesterday that good dairy cattle were [not 100 plentiful, rather the reverse. He [had just been talking to a man who I wanted to buy some good grade Jerseys, land expressed the opinion that nothing good of this kind was likely to- ehantre hands at loss than £ls or £lO a head. Tn which case, he added, it would take a year or two before the herd would be paid for. Amonest the borikinc" of the Stratford Town Hall are the following— June 0. 17. S. Norwoods: Tun.- 10. wrestling. Tiobertson v. Prechivr. and presentation to ■Robertson: June 20. Taylor-Carnim-ton Co.: Tune 22. Toseph Blaseheck; Tune 27. American Minstrels: September *2f>. J. C. Williamson (pencilled);. October 2. "Tiny Town." ANXIOUS MOMENTS. One of the most anxious times of a mother's life is when her little ones have croup. There is no other medicine so effective in this terrible malady as Dr. I Sheldon's New Discovery. It can be 1 safely given and depended upon. No I mother'should ever be without a bottle in the house. Price, Is Od and 3s. Ob- ! 1 unable nver-where. I BEXONA. ) The P,-rid Healer is an Oim.-ient ivVr-h b 'ls with remarkable rapidity. I T T nl'v ; » he old-fashioned ointments, / which a:- verv s'mv in their action, Bexona speedily proves a remedy after a verv few applications. It promptly relive* F.;/en.a. Chilblains, Cuts, Burns, i Vn ;, p?] Scalds. Tteh, Bingworm, Piles, Sunburn. Pimples, Boils, etc. Sold only in triangular pot* at Is Od and 3s. Obtainable" every where.