Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 95, 7 September 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

From our Resident Reporter. THE MODEL DAIRY FARM They're all coming at it now. The Stratford A. and P. Association conceived the idea of asking the (lovernment to establish a model dairy farm for Taranaki, and a conference of dairy factory representatives cordially supported the idea. The Premier received the euggestion very kindly, and it looked as if the Association's move was about to bear fruit. Then came the trouble. Some of our good friends in South Taranaki began to think that the time was opportune to step in. The initial work had been done by Stratford, whose people, backed up by the delegates of dairy companies as far away as Oakura, had asked that the farm, when established, should be in the Stratford district. With the Premier's virtual agreement with the scheme came the thought that perhaps the locale could be moved. The suggestion is made that the farm should be established on a reserve away out at Manaia, nine miles from the present railway and years away from any other. Apart altogether from the fact of its unsuitable situation, Manaia will not fill the bill. At the Stratford A. and P. Association's conference with the dairy factory chairmen it was distinctly stated that to be of the greatest use to Taranaki it must be established on the secondary lands of the province and not on the £SO and £OO an acre land in the south, on the ground that the man « on the poorer land needed the instruc- j tion most, and that the results achieved I on the "fat" land -would not necessarily apply to the ordinary farm lands of North and Central Taranaki. This point must not be overlooked, nor can the Government afford to overlook the absolutely unrivalled position of Stratford as an agricultural centre now and for all time. The Stratford-Auckland railway, and the Stratford-Kaponga-Opunake line will mean big things for Stratford in the very near future, and so this is "the" location for the model dairy farm.

STRAY PARAGRAPHS Sirutford people wore not particularly struck with the management of the great cvcle road race at this centre. The feeding arrangements wore quite inadequate. The idea of feeding the comI petitors in the middle of the town was j poorly conceived, for the curiosity of | the crowd caused them to close in on the men as they stopped. Rome competitors didn't know where the refreshments were, and they went 011 without. The executive committee expected too much of its local representatives, and I would suggest ili-'t the several old wheelmen liv ing here should he asked to help. They onh need asking. The absence of programmes here was irritating, and no one know officially at one o'clock that the race had started. At least, so I'm told. | The Canterbury representative footj bailers will be officially welcomed by [ Lhe Mayor at the Municipal Chambers f oit Monday night. All the world and hi.s wife are going to the match, which is the first big fixture allotted to v.s this year. Tt wouldn't be a bad idea I for the Stratford public to determine to I make the "gate" a record. The ordinI arv north and south trains arrive here just before 3 o'clock, and leave before seven o'clock, so the outside public are put to very little inconvenience in travelling. 1 Bike race stories abound. Here's one, I An Opunake resident determined to scatter the crowd which awaited the arrival of the riders there. And lie did it. He loosed a couple of rats, and he loosed pandemonium at the same time. Both rats met their doom hi fore long. Mr. C. Wliittington. a very popular , anil obliging member of the local railway stall', is leaving shortly 011 his annual holiday, at the expiration of which he will take up relieving work. There is a likelihood that the Stratford Municipal Brass Band will plav at the showgrounds next Thursday for the delectation of the football crowd. Mr. 11. Willis, Inspector of Factories, was here to-day. Mr. Willis was heartily congratulated by many on his welldeserved promotion to Christohuroh. and the hope was expressed that his successor would be a man of equal tact and knowledge, and of equal determination to keep people up to the mark. Mr. Willis will carry with him the good wishes of those with whom he has come in contact here. At a meeting of the Primitive Methodist Church officials at Stanley road 011 Thursday, Mr. B. Metson was heartily invited to remain another year in the circuit. bii< the rev. gentleman asked to be released next March. The invitation to accent was general and sincere. Mr. Metson is the sort of man who is described as "not- a bit like a parson,"' which in th" opinion of many people means that he is just what a parson should he like. His ehoery manner and enthusiasm can ill be spared. The Licensing Committee yesterday gnuile.l the tran-fers of the Stratford am! Toko holds. A man named Herald Fitzgerald, a, Public Wo'-!-:s laborer, died at Whanga. on Tuesdav. An inquest was held on Wednesday, following a post, mortem examinntion Ir' T)r. Paget, who stated in evidence that death, was due to alcoholic poisonin'j' and congestion of the lungs, the latter produced by neglect. It was stated lint the deceased had been drinking heavily. JTe was found dead in his bunk. At the Magistrate's Court vesterdav, before Mr. W. 0. K. Kenriek, S.M., judgment by default was entered for plaintiffs in the following civil cases:—H. Towler (Mr. Anderson) v. W. F. Dowman, claim ;C1 17s 7d, costs £1; P. Lennon (Mr. Thomson) v. Chas. Lovett, claim €1 I"2=. costs ss; J. B. Murray (Mr. Sf"itf,:rd'i v. Chas. Lovett. claim £1 ins. costs "s; W. Foreman (Mr. Thomson) v. -T. .T F'ower. co c ts only, (is: R. D. Lowers (Vr. Vm.kex) v. C. IT. Lovett, claim £ I 2s (J,l. costs ss. HTS! VJ JETTY'S PICTURES ''Share :>. broth of a picture. so il "Sli'Minis O'Brien." a c:')c!.i''v teVi 'v".-h =!orv by people, produced -a Tv'-h soil, and illustrating one ~f th- '>;o=t exciting and at the time m Miotic gems of Trish poetry. Then' are i:\ny other line films on the i>ro[_'r:'n:;-ie. A powerful and thrill,;j- .dim s also screened in the shape of "A Mev'e-iii Courtship.'' A las=. who. I)',' the V>". lev: :> see Vet lover (a Mexic.ui'l. is f ■•■•■ced by her parents to bestow her attentions 011 a famous bull fiehtor who ha<> Melv arrived in the vil--I:,Ai the bull-fighter's invilaliou. B l„. mveeed--' to the ar>'vi. areompanied bv In* ivr-nls. lo witness his boasted wife". The matador is intoxicated, and her Mov'-an volunteers to fill his place. IT, enters the ring, and his c-kilful hamiine' of Ihe wild beasts as they make to'vivds iion proves him to be an ex nor' ia h's assumed profession. This nar'iori of the very fmO film is in-