STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 208, 22 January 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

! (Fi'flin Our Resident Reporter). j LAWN TENNIS Tin' Stratford Club's A and B teams have engagements for to-morrow afternoon. The A's will play the return match against Eltham at 'Eltham, leaving by drag at 1.15 p.m. The B's will have to' uphold the prestige of the club against,the St. Andrew's Club on the Stratford Club's lawns. The teams are: A team.—D. Cameron, R. B. Anderson.. V. Crawshaw. F. N. Fussell, L. Curtis, T. Marshall, W. V. Wilson and J. H. Thompson, Mesdames Budge and Robinson, Misses Maekay (2), Wake and Wilson. B team.—W. D. Anderson, Wright (2), A. L. Jones, 0. Vaughan, T. P. James,' S. Maealister and Munro, Mesdames Rennell and Anderson, Misses M. Maekay. Bayly, F. Wake and Anderson. The St. Andrew's team for Thursday is as follows:—II. W. Douglas, J. F. Anderson. W. S. Spence. 11. Chadwick, A. Patrick. X. Templer, C. H. Croker, N. Jennings. Misses Brayshaw, Clegg. Petrio. O'Leary. Morison and Hignett. The Stratford A team will play its ( u-ual match against Now Plymouth on Thursday week, the day of the Stratford excursion.

BOROUGH LOAN PROPOSALS To-night the Borough Council will once more take up the interrupted thread of argument on the loan "proposals. The scheme is now getting nearly into concrete form. Proposals for certain works, which figured in the schedule for a while, have been ruthlessly swept aside in favor of the more important projects, for the ratepayers would probably settle in short order a proposal to borrow the £60.000 or £70.000 which would be required to do all the work that councillors have been individually and collectively importuned t(. do. The Mayor i s to move at tonighfs meeting: "That the proposed loan be placed before the ratepayers in fcilr separate issues, namely, street improvements, bridge, waterworks extension and drainage."

PERSONAL At a meeting of the congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church' on Monday evening it was decided to confiim the action of the committee of management in disposing of the old manse and purchasing Mr. F. \V. Wake's residence. Messrs 11. Stanton and I/ntT were elected to the managing committee, vice Messrs. Wake and ".\ndcrson, resigned. Mr. and Mrs. E. Jackson have been away in the Auckland district for several weeks on holiday. Friends will regret to know that Mr. C. Jackson has just received word of Mrs. Jackson's severe illness in Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Jackron had intended returning to Stratford at the end of this week.

ivioaawKoo , WEBSTER, DOBSON & CO.SS STOCK REPORT. On Wednesday last at Strathmore we held our opening sale, and have pleasure in reporting a very full yarding and a large attendance. Bidding fioni the start was spirited, and with the exception of two pens (afterwards >old) everything was disposed of under the hammer. We quote: 15-month steers £3 8s 6d to £3 lis 6d. 15 to IS-month heifers £3 Ws to £3 10s, yearling heifers £3 10s to £3 10s, yearling steers £2 10s to £2 17s, 2-year steers £4 5s to £4 10s. 2%-vear heifers in calf £4 10s to £4 15s,"fresh conditioned cows £4 5s to £4 18s 6d, store do. 45s to £3 15s, bulls £3 5s to £5 17s 6d, f.m. ewes and lambs 18s Hid. 2 and 4-tooth ewes 15s fid. On Tuesday we held our first sale in the Stratford yards, and report a most successful sale. We had a large yarding of stock, which met with keen competition from a large number of buyers, practically every pen being sold under the hammer or after. We quote: Weanevs 22s Od to 30s. do. heifers 31s fid to 30s fid, 15 to 18 month sfeers £3 8s to £3 18s, 2-year do. £4 5s od, yearling steers £2 10s to £3 ss. do. heifers £3 to £3 ss, 15 to 18-month do. £3 4s fid to £3 12a Od, 2-year heifers in calf £3 17s fid to £4 4s. 2'/ 2 -year do. £4 7s Od to £4 18s fid. Store cows £2 Ss to £2 los, fresh cows £3 7s Od to £4, forward do. £4 to £4 18s od, springing do. £0 15s, fat do. £5 10s to £5 14s Od, fat heifers £5 17,. yearling bulls 30s fid to £2 -ISs, bulls £4 to £fi 14s, fat ewes 14s sd.

Private sales were as follows: Forward cows £4 17s 6d to £5 os, Ronmey rams 3 guineas. Shropshire rame 3s guineas. Romney rams 3s guineas, fat ewes 15s, forward ewes lis fid to 12s. 2-ttoth wetehers 13s fid to 14s, 15 to 18-month steers £3 10s, 2'/;-year heifers in ealf £4 12s 6d, 2vear steers £4 5s to £4 12s fid, fat cows £5 10s to £0 15s, 15-month heifers £3 2s Cd to £4 4s. STRAY PARAGRAPHS l'agwort is blooming freely on farms adjacent to the railway line a little south of Tnglewood. It has been arranged that in the temporary absence of Mr. C. •!. McKenzie, resident engineer nf Public Works in Stratford. Mr. G. T. Murray will take charge of the works on the western end of the Stratford-Te Konra railway and the Mount Egmont railway; whilst Mr. link' •■ will supervise the Te Koura end of (■!.•' Tavanaki-Main Trunk branch line, and the Raetihi branch. Farmers are calling out for rain. At I least, some of them are. But don't talk 1 rain to the man who has still to save hi.-, hay. The part of the farm which i- thirsty is the newly-sown turnip ground, of which there is a larger area than ever this year. Twelve hours' soaking would work wonders in giving the seedling-, a start. Tn some parts the November-sown turnips are making "strong" complaint. A blight has seized them, and the nose of the passer-by fell* him of it. This is due to the dryit( i« of (lie ground causing the bulbs to become woody. It tried hard to rain on Tne-ilay. but had at the moment apparently forgotten the way to do it. Tt i; not economical to stand over a hi'jr fire and bake.lit tic cakes and pastry. Tl is exhausting work for the wife and mother, and the economy is doubtful when one looks at the tired-out homchaking enthusiast, dust at this hot season Elders come with the announcement that every day and at any time they can supply your cake and pastry wants. Ro keep cool.

BERNARD'S PICTURES 'Dip present series will conelndt: tonight a very successful run. "Broncho Bill and flic Indian Maid" is one of the Essany Company's great cowboy dramas, and u entitled to rank with the best, while 'Together" is a pathetic picture tlv.it holds tense interest throughout. A bunch of better than the average comedies spice the programme, and a couple of scenic gems are presented in "Seeing New Orleans" and "Trieste TTavhor.' - A unioue film gives a remarkable display of the Japanese wrestling, or ju-jilsu.