Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 91, 3 September 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

From our Resident Reporter. BURGLARY. Some time (hiring Saturday night or - Sunday morning the Egmont Ten Kooms i were burglariously ortered, the irant . door being forced open. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow left late on Saturday night, and were very particular to lock the door. , fortunately, for them, they were equally . wu'eful to empty the till/and. with the exception of a *n:all quantity of sweets, the intruders got little for their trouble. AN HISTORIC PICTURE. Mr. F. G. Arden, of Stratford, and one of the men who fought the Maoris for us in years gone by, has in his possession a water-color painting of the old Bell ! Block redoubt. The picture was the work of his father, and is in all regpects a splendid sample of the painter's art. Mr. Arden lent the picture for reproduction purposes to Mr. Will Diamond, scenic artist and manager of His Majesty's Theatre, and he has now painted an excellent enlarged copy of it, probably about Bft. x 4ft., to form part of the interior decoration of the theatre. i The old blockhouse, with its watchtowers, the palisading behind which the Imperials were camped in tents, the signalling posts, and the cook-houses in the foreground, are all well brought out, and old Egmont makes a fine Dackr ground. The chances are that many an old New Plymouth-ite would like to see i I this very line reproduction of a fort j j which played no small part in the early history of Taranaki. It is rather a !

pity that such a landmark should ever have been destroyed. STRATFORD GOLF CLUB. The ladies' bogey competition for the month was won by Miss Wake. The following cards were returned: Miss Wake (12), 1 down. Miss Bayly (22), 2 down. Miss F. Orbell (scr.), 3 down. Miss Fussell (6), 3 down. Miss F. Wake (12), 4 down. Mrs. Hogg (14), 4 down. Mrs. Renneil (20). f> down. Miss Orbell (scr.), (i down. Mrs. Budge (14), 7 down. Mrs. Robinson ((!). 0 down. The men's monthly medal was plaved last week, and resulted as follows':—

jC. K. Wright .05 13 82 !P. Wright OS 15 S3 !V. Crawshaw >.),', o 80 \W. Crawshaw 90 0 87 !W. Crawshaw yo 9 87 i Uedditeh 103 15 88 L. Curtis 115 24 0] S. Spence 103 12 1)1 W. A. Rennell 11l ifi 95 On Thursday mixed foursomes will he played for a "trophy presented by Mr. Grant. Players intending to play in this competition are requested to hand their names in before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Partners and opponents will be drawn for. STRAY PARAGRAPHS. Stratford people are evidently not alone in th»ir opinion that the .Stratford A.'& P. Show is de.-tined always to be "the" cattle show of the province. The Council of the New Zealand Jersey breeders' Association decided, at it's meeting the other day, to donate a handsome trophy for competition at the Stratford A &. P. Association's show. ' The trophy will be awarded for a pen , of three pedigree Jersey cows in milk, , shown by the breeder, and is to become the property of the exhibitor winning it ' three times, not necessarily three times in succession. " < On Saturday night the electric light bulbs on some of our street lamps were renewed. It is questionable whether even •i municipal ollicial is justified in throwing the disused bulbs into the roadway. ! to the imminent danger of unshod boys' i and girls, or horses. ' 1 A return ball to the St. Andrews' tennis ladies is fixed for Thursday, the 12th i inst., in the Foresters' Half. ] -Mr. Chas. L. Crant, latterly on the ] stall of the Eltham Argus, and an erstwhile popular reporter on the Taranaki J Daily News, is to till the sub-editorial ! chair on the Ktr.ufoH I". ' vY-li has just been relinei-i J. I ;,.-■ y-_ r,,. ls _ • Kelly, also well known in journalistic circles in Xew Plymouth. Yesterday af- = temoon Mr. Kelly was farewelled Dy his fellow employees, and was presented bv the editor on their behalf with a dressing case. Mr. Kelly has accepted the sub-editorship ~f the Whamrarei -\dvoeale. Ju .Mr. Crant the Post has secured a man who has proved himself in the field of journalism. _ Mr. Co. Hurgess left yesterday morning for Uotorua. The Midhiivt din Club is holding a social on Friday evening next. -Messr. Jas. Kobson, of .Stratford, and N. P.. Fryday. and ]',. Orr, of Xgaere. left by yesterday - - express for Wanganui, on Supreme Court business.

The Hospital JioaAl meets to-dav. A fanner who read my paragraph concerning Ihe capabilities of ' 'J'aranaki land interviewed me to-day and told me a lot about the "pocket-hook' land agents, who, without office or banknig account, pestered (he lives out of people visiting the town. He considered that the registration of land agents should be made compulsorv, with a view of confining the business to reputable firm*, such, for instance, as will be found advertising in the Daily Xews. Xo man, he thinks, should be allowed to handle big land deals when he himself is scarcely worth "powder and shot." _ The Land Bill debate will be continued in the Egmont Club Parliament to-night 'I here promises to lie a good "House" to receive a trenchant reply to critics by the lion, the Premier. There are some kleptomaniacs j n Mral. A shopkeeper told me vestcrdav of how he was -taken down" bv a eouple of W ,.11 dre-,scd girls" on Saturday and this led hint to tell of another •'liidy' who has done verv well at the game in the last twelve months. BERNARD'S PICTURES. "The Angel 0 f the .Shims" is one of those touching stories that the photoplay produces to perfection. Told bv one ol t|, c . n„,. Kt st . lfr , ()f ])i( . lurp . lctor - s on the tace of the globe, and illuminated bv one of the finest projecting plants in the D0r.,,,,,,,,,. -The Angel of the Slums" wore, a distinct success. "Where the Money Went" is another fine storv. and the moral is good.' It is doubtful whether any programme has evcelled the I'.'wnl. one in general excellence, and good houses are hound to be the rule Aeion- (he dramalic portion of the programme will 1,.. found "Love and Tear-*'-' a Liibm production, and "Fate's InterV,'" 1 '.""•" : ' t; ''" " f love in the land of poi(,- ;! yed i, y th( , A j> Company. Ihe novelly scries include "Puns" 'a ■study: "Miss Harriet Quimbv," vaudeville ariist: ■•The Pitcher Plant." na j„ rc study: and the latc-t I'nfhe Oazette. Til the c mile see) ion (here is "Hot Sluif" :,n , A "" ■e-ci.ii.r; "The Bachelor's Wat- ;■;•';>«. •'"> Kdison ?.,;p-year story; I lie !-n«lerf..ofs Troubles." a Kahun r.-f-.-M-r: and "Widow Jenkins' Admirers.' a fhousaml-foot E-sainv "S'u'keville ' comedv.