STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 241, 1 March 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

J '■' l ' ol,: <!| " - H(',iJe,it, Reporter. | °" ,; - : - N '- v: '-'"''i ■•: Mercantile Agency LAWN TEXXIS. •St. Andrew's beat Stratford "1!" f Mm on tin- rormer's i-ourts « m Thursday •,{ tenioon. .Tin. following are the scores j Stratford players being mentioned first' in each instance: Men's Singles.—Rutherford beat Svinc o—2; Jones lost to Douglas. 5—!) ; Wright beat Anderson, o—7; Munvo lost to Chadwiek, •>—i); Croker lost to Patnek, .->—!); MaealUter lost to Templer. 3—9. ' Ladies' Singles.—Airs. Rennell lost to .Miss Brayshaw. o—7; Miss O'Brien beat Miss Petrie. 7—3; Miss Bavly lost to Miss O'Leary, 3—7. Men's Doubles—Rntherfurd and Jones bent Syme and Chadwiek. !)—S; WrHii and Muiiro lost to Douglas and Anderson, 4—<J; Croker and Macalister lost to Patrick and Templer, 6 —o. Ladies' Doubles. Mrs. Rennell and Miss O'Brien lost to Misses Brayshaw and Petrie. ■">—7; Misses O'Brien and Bayly beat Misses O'Leary and Morison. 7—2.' Totals: St. Andrew's 97. Strut ford "B" 74. The following are the scores in the Stratford-lnglewood tennis match, played here on Thursday, Stratford players being mentioned first in each instance:— Men's Singles. —Anderson beat Suth-{ erland. 12—0: Crawshaw beat Thomson. I 12—0; Fusscll bent Moody. 12—5; Curtjs beat Patterson. 12—0; Thompson beat R. Sutherland. 12—2; Wilson beat Drake. !)—3; Marshall beat Hislop. 12— (i: Wright beat Drake. 12—5. Ladies' Singles.—Mrs. Robinson lost to Mrs. Matthews, I—7; Mrs. Budge lost to Miss llamerton. 5—7; Miss. Mackey lost to Miss Airey, 5 —7; Miss D. M;ickitv beat Mrs. Dixon, 7—l; Miss D. Mackay beat .Miss M. R. Curtis, 7—o; Miss M. Mackay lost to Miss M, Curtis, j 5—7. Men's Doubles.—Anderson and Crawshaw beat Sutherland and Thomson. 12—1: Fusscll and Curtis beat Hislop and Moody, 9—B; Thompson and Wilson I beat Sutherland and Drake. 9—3; Mar-' shall and Wright beat Patterson and Drake. 9—5. Ladies' Doubles. —Mesdames Robinson and Budge lost to Mrs. Matthews and MUs llami'rlon. o—7: Miss Maekey and Miss Macknv beat Miss Airev and Miss Dixon. 7—o: Misses D. aiid M. Mackay beat Misses Curtis, 7—5. I Combined Doubles.—Anderson and Mrs j Robinson beat Sutherland and Mrs. Mat- ■. thews. 7—o; Fusscll and Miss Maekey j beat Moody and Miss Airey, 7 —4. ) Totals: Stratford 190; Inglewood 101. j STRAY PARAGRAPHS. Milk goes up to 4d per quart to-day. j Mr. Harry Gwatkin. of Iluirosi, informs me that (be bore for the Consolidated' Oillields of Xew Zealand, is to be sunk' on his farm, not on Mr. D. Watkiu's I farm, which is about a mile distant. I The Tariki Horticultural Society held j a very successful social at Tariki on 1 Thursday evening. About thirty couple? ] were present, and enjoyed themselves I capitably on a splendid floor. Supper j was provided by the ladies of the Society ! and did them real credit, The music was supplied by Mr. A. Richardson, of Stratford, and Airs. Jones played the extras..' There was a fair influx of visitors from! Stratford, and cheers for them were I given and returned as the partv left. The Society holds a further sociafon the 27th March.

The passengers returning to Stratford by the slow train on Thursday evening hurled anathemas at the heads of railway officials generally, for that train took full three hours to cover the 30 miles between New Plymouth and Stratford, in those carriages where there were ladies the silence was profound and profane.

Sergt.-Major Dallinger is not connect ed with the Xlth Regiment, but has been Sergt.-Major in charge of No. 30 area, with headquarters at Stratford.

A number of Territorial staff officers were in Stratford on Thursday night on ' business which has not been disclosed, but which is being conjectured in the ■ street. No information is available for publication. . At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, I before Mr. Kenrick. S.M., judgment by! default was entered in the following I cases:- Ernest G. Foster (Mr. Thomson) j v. Ileiuv A. Prebble, claim 18s <id and costs lis: same v. Edward J. Joblin, j claim £2 7s !)d and costs 10s; Thomas) S. Gedge (Mr. Fookcs) v. The Taranaki ) Fanners' Co., £B2 5s and costs £4 lis; Andrew Dillon Carbery (Mr. S. Spencc) v. Albert Cameron, claim £4 10s and costs 10s: Ernest G. Foster (Mr. Thomson) v Albert William Briscoe, claim for costs onlv lis; Athol Meredith (Mr. Macaßster) v. George Thomas, £3/ 14s. 3d and costs £2 19s; Sidney Ward (Mi's <pence) v. William Sharrock. claim U 0s 11,1 and costs 10s; Newton King (Mr. Spence) v. W. J. Atkinson, claim £-• 14s 9d and costs 3s lid; Cash Boot Arcade (Mr. Thomson) v. Clara Annie ria-'ic. elaim 8s 1M and ™ st * ■»■ Jn the'' iud-jnient summons ease. Haiienst.c'n V.ros (Mr. Fookes) v. Albert U Wilirshurt, claim £1 17s, debtor was or ,lered to nav £1 per month, first payment tc:£• made 1 on March 20th, and balance on April 20th. 1013. BERNARD'S PICTURES. To-nWit sees the last «-<-njng of the which * - ; pral , I)tt ., Tort ,,v p.£.r r Oufu Uc l, v ii.r-e and Lariat is AmevU-an drama w,th some; ,* « U.rcs peculiar to iMf. UK drainas. each telling an excep-b' t,.n-4iii.' story, and each comics. _ ONE DOSE RELIEVES. the stomach," writes Mr. U u torekeeper, Goombungee Q and : „ ys take Chamberlains Cobc »£ ST SSS - use. ito'. „ , A Diarrhoea heand storekeepers.