STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 282, 28 March 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

From Our Resident Reporter. OfW: .Next i.»;m A; Mercantile Agency <-o. Telephone iJu.

AK INCONVENIENT CONVENIENCE

_ Railway travellers who know all about 't. ami w.iu carry a complete corresponenabled to post prepaid U-legrams (it the .Stratford railway station, a receiving box tor suck telegrams '."'"'J,' l»-..v:dc.d ami placed oh the platif'im. i.r.a box, so a. notice says, is clean J Mlie,- the departure <)f <ia*.-li"'i:ejfii-l;u- pa.-.ciigei- train, and the messages placed therein are de-patched from the post and telegraph oliice. But it isn't every traveller who sets out ou a jour-m-y armea witii a wad of telegraph iorm.. and a fountain pen; and to those who neglect tin, portion of their impediinentc U,e Stratford railway telegram box j., oi no avail, for there is no desk no supply of forms, and no envelopes , such as are placed at Hawera and other station. The man who knows the run of the ropes can skip across to the telegraph office if this is open, but the four principal trains of the day arrive attunes that make this impossible. Besides, it's risky, for now and again a train goes out on time. THE MINISTERIAL VISIT The Prime Minister, the Hon. W. F. Massey, has telegraphed to Mr. J. B. ' Richards, secretary to the Chamber of] Commerce, accepting the invitation of' the Borough and.Council Councils and the Chamber of Commerce to a banquet next Wednesday evening. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by the Hon. W. Eraser, Minister of Public Works. The committee in charge of the banquet arrangements has fixed the tariff at half a guinea, and anticipates a good demand for tickets. Some members of the local bodies concerned are reported to be against the banquetting 1 programme, and urge that this should be left to Mr. Massey's "party." But if the-members of the Ministry are to be publicly honored, why put a party halo round their hats ? ' This practice of lying in wait for a Minister and surrounding him with men- of "his own color, 7 ' to the exclusion of his opponents, who have, after all, just as much right - as his friends to kow-tow to him, is not healthy. DAIRY CHEMISTRY CLASSES In connection with the classes about to be opened.in the Stratford Technical School, that in Dairy Chemistry is worth special notice. The course of work pro-» vides for ten practical lessons, each of 1 which should be of great value to those] engaged in dairy factories and in the | dairy industry. The course will include 1 les>ons on the manipulation of appara- I tus: estimation of fat by gravimetric J methods and by the Gerber method; I acidity of milk; adulterations; preserva- J tives and their detection; the solution of. analytical problems, water supply, im- ! purities; analysis of butter (water,} solids not fat, fat and salt); and ap- I proximate composition of cheese. The j course of work' is practically the same j as that taken at the well-known dairy J college at TLiwkesburv, Xew South { Wales. " j STRAY PARAGRAPHS j

The jPrhne Minister has found it impossible to visit the backblocks on the present tour, but promises a visit to Whangiiinomona at some future date. It is rather a pity, for the roads out there must be getting interesting now. ' Their is almost certain to be organised opposition in Stratford to the Saturday half-holiday scheme, on the grounds that the closing will affeet only the shops in the borough, and leave the Midhirst. Tariki. Toko, Cardiff and Xgaere stores open all day Saturday. The chances are. though, 'that all of these outlying centres would quickly fall into line.