Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 3

Stratford News

I A FRESH START i Most busiucs, people will feel glad to-day. Monday, (itli January, puts an end to .tin; holiday season. * Holidays dislocate business. They dislocate nearly everything, and the Christmas holidays certainly iiave a reputation for disturbing the digestive system. In order' to qualify for the so-called rest we slave like plantation niggers for weeks, by day and by night. In the home, the womenfolk bake cakes and stew themselves over sweltering fires. The holiday dawns, and, still unrefreslied. still tired from the unwonted pace at which we have had to travel, we take a tiring train trip, and return late at night, bad-tempered, dustcovered, and generally played out. The few business days 'between Christmas and Xew Year are like a bad dream, only slower. Then Xew Year, with its holiday rush. Two days still left in the week. Offices- all closed, auctioneers closed, and few people about. But to-day we put behind us all that holiday rush and worry, and its aftermath, and now we are fairly launched on the business year of 11)13. By the way. that "1913" takes a lot of getting used to.

ANOTHER ADVANCE Mr. A. W. Reid has recently fashioned a new pulsator for the "A.W.R." milking machine, and new 'machinery has just been installed in the works at Stratford to enable him to manufacture them here. Tf there's one thing more than another that is noticeable in this new pulsator it is its absolute simplicity. The pulsator is a most important part of a machine that is becoming a very important item in a good farm equipment, and it has to be placed in the hands of men unused to machinery. Hence, it is necessary to make a pulsator that is, as the Yankee, says, "fool proof," something that any new chum can fix and adjust, and something that can hardly be spoiled. There is only one screw in the whole, piece of mechanism, and that merely adjusts the stroke. Mr. Reid is the original inventor of the "A.W.R.", and his well-equipped workshop has seen some puzzling problems solved. It is worth mentioning that he ibuilt his first motor-car. out of which, he says, he "got a lot of experience."

STRAY PARAGRAPHS Mr. Calvin, editor of the Mining 11ceord, is on a visit to Stratford, and is staying with Mr. A. W. Reid. Mr. Galvin is one of Taranaki's pioneer newspaper men. He was, I think, one of the founders of the Hawera Star, and also nursed the Opunake Times in its •baby days.

Mr. A. Bnrrell. of Hawera, has secured the contract, for the erection of the new offices for the Public Works Department in •hiliet street, on the section adjoining -the Stratford Club. The rain of the past few days is regarded by agriculturists and horticulturists as one of heaven's timely blessings. Turnips recently sown will get an excellent start, and all the gardens are doing finely. Another man who is thankful for the heavy downpour is the borough overseer, and road surfacemen will be glad. too. for the metalled roads were beginning to crack up and loose stones were more plentiful than pleasant. So far I have not heard a single growl, except the easily justified growl of holiday-makers on New Year's Day. Housewives are referred to the new advertisement on this page introducing the "Banner" washing machine. Messrs. J. Masters and Son are the agents here, and before accepting the agency they had the machine and its records submitted to the closest scrutiny by experts, so that they might be in a position to recommend it thoroughly.' With a '"Banner'' in the washhouse. " blue Monday" is »> thing of the past, and washing-day threatens to become "a joy for ever."

To find a really comfortable, clean, and superior home at a moderate tariff is often a matter of difficulty to young men away from home. Mrs. Miscall has a few vacancies for gentlemen at ; 'PiOscgrove," that capital private boardinghousc in Orlando street. Stratforl Not the least of the inducements are the tennis court and the convenient appointments everywhere. BERNARD'S PICTURES

A complete Vhanjje of programme is announced for Bernard's Pictures tonight. The new list includes a very strong Indian drama. ''The Price lie Paid." a tale of the white man's lust for gold. The scenario, written, by Colin Campbell, runs: Bounding Deer, child of Wandering Wolf, chief of a tribe of desert TiuHans. is thrown from her horse, and injured. William Black, a clever doctor, who has a weakness for drink, treats the injured girl successfully. The father pays the doctor in verv valuable gold nuggets, but refuses to divulge the source of such wealth. When smallpox breaks out in the camp, and the doctor is again sent for. he. refuses to come unless the chief informs him of the source of the tribe's wealth. The chief's beloved daughter is stricken, and he tells the doctor that if he will only save his daughter he sail have all the gold he can carry. But the doctor indulges in a debauch and arrives at the camp too late. Still he demands that the chief keep his part of the compact. The death of the girl, and the fear ome vengeance of the chief, follow, jnri .led in this new series are another two splendid pictures. "The Half-breed's Treachery" ami " The Widow Casey's Return.'