STRAY PARAGRAPHS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 3 February 1914, Page 3

STRAY PARAGRAPHS

Hospital Board to-day. Fire Brigade Carnival Committee tonight. During -January there were 31 births, eight deaths, and one marriage registered in Stratford.

Prospects for the big carnival in aid of tlic Fire Brigade are bright. Already seven decorated motor-cars are promised for what promises to be a very pretty ami interesting competition.

The late arrival of the Daily News yesterday caused words. There is no doubt that the Xew.s is a very popular and much-looked-for institution in Stratf'.rd.

The .Stratford Borough Council invites tenders for the supply and delivery of 3500 cubic yards of boulder-stone. Tenders close at 3 p.m. on Alomlin, February !!. The specifications and "conditions may be seen at the Town Clerk'.* oll'iee during oll'ice hours. xV private cable message was received in Stratford yesterday to the cltect that Ur. A. D. Carbery,'of Stratford, now on a visit to the Old Country, had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute.

A team of nine Stratford cricketers left by the Poliokura express on Saturday night, bound for Wbangamomona in search of the "'ashes." Judging by the appearance of some of those knights of the willow, they found Dead Sea fruit. Actually, however, they found a. village full of congenial spirits, and oven the frci|!ient showers of Sunday failed to rob the outing of its enjoyment. The ground was situated about 300 yards from the hotel, and as the showers had to strike the hotel before arriving at the cricket ground, there was generally ample warning. The noise of falling rain on the roof was the signal for a general and hasty retreat —no not to the hotel —to the pavilion' wheiy afternoon tea and other delica ■] . were provided by the home team. The pilch was not of the kind from which big batting scores arc made. The Stratford men were up before the lark on Monday morning, and caught the Public Works "rattler" for Skinner Koad, en route homewards.

Tlie first wet Sunday for weeks happened along just in time to damp the, success of tho latest innovation in Stratford mountain house attractions. The Stratford'band went out to the house on Sunday, at the request of the manager, Mr Williams, and about 50 visitors made the trip. The afternoon proved fine, and the music was thoroughly appreciated—several visitors went to Curtis Falls, photographs of which heautv-spot are on view in Mr (i. W. Mills' windows. A match, east v. west, is being arranged to take place on the bowlinggreen on Thursday afternoon. Mr ".lack" Anderson, assistant ill Mr. Nicholson's pharmacy for rather more than a year, left by Monday's express for Wanganui, en route to nydncy. lie was presented on Saturday night by his fellow-boarders at the Club Hotel "with a travelling-bag and a smoker's companion. Mr. Kraser, of the local siafl' of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., leaves (luring the month for Timani. Mr Frascr is a lieutenant in charge of our senior cadets, and is a capable and tactful officer. He is also an enthusiastic cricketer.

A gift to please those you would favor with a mark of your personal es-' teem—your portrait. Nothing could be more appropriate. Make an appointment with Mr McAllister to-day. ISroadway, Stratford. There is no questioning the' fact that "The Kash" is the best place in Stratford for men to supply their clothing and mercery wants. Quality and priw tell their own unequalled story in favor of the store. A razor that glides over the face with perfect ease to the ciistmiicr--thal's Stan. Sharp's razor. The popu-. lar Rgaiont Saloon, next JJellriuger'.-,. Broadway. Stratford.