STRATFORD NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 126, 21 October 1914, Page 3

STRATFORD NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Tho town was looking quite gay today; shopkeepers were amiling and farmers were looking glad. It was factory : pay-day, und some (airly large chequegj were paid out. On top of this it was j tlie usual cattle sale and hide sale day, j and the streets were full of people. The lire brigade do not get much ciianee of showing what a splendid body ■ they are, but last night there was »< call on their services, and it ™ as prompt-1 ly responded to. This time it * 1 two-storied building in Juliet Street, [ near the Town Hall, owned by Mr N. i. King and occupied by Mr Chignell as a picture-framing shop. The damage was ; j confined to one room, The Royal In- ■ suranee Company bold* a risk ol £lsOl on the building. I Speaking about the fire brigade reminds Die that their annual meeting' takes place this evening, to be, followed , by the annual dinner, when quite a num- j ber of visiting oßiee.M from other brigades are expected to be present.

The annual installation of the Iline1110a Masonic Lodge is to take place in the lodge room" on Thursday evening, when there is bound to be a large number of visiting brethren present at this popular lodge gathering. The death took place in Cardiff on Monday of Mrs Robert Robinson, wife of Mr R. Robinson, county foreman for the' West Riding of the Stratford County Council. The deceased lady, with her husband, had resided in the district for a number of years. A grown-up family arc left to mourn her loss.

Our loeal howlers are having tho ofli cial opening of their green on Thursday

A number of our local boys are leaving to join the reinforcements for the Expeditionary Force. Messrs f. Horton, H. Olliver, aiid R. Willis leave by Wednesday's express for Trent ham, and others are waiting for orders from headquarters to proceed also. The weather is very warm, like the middle of summer, The recent rains have made a wonderful improvement in the growth of the grass, and stock are looking well. At the cattle sales today, prices were still on the rise.