STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1918, Page 3

STRATFORD.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) [All communications, letters, etc., left wll'i Mr M. J. Houuins, buofcseller, will receive iiromui Btteatiou.j Stratford, July 24. Traces of snow are to be seen all round the district. Stock lute not fared so badly, but some farmer* have been stabling tlie pedigree stock recently calvedA few years past it was unusual to see pottk rugged; now they are well covered, and are being boused. A meeting of the committees engaged in the recent Soldiers' Xighfc was held last evening, the Mayor presiding. A balance-sheet wars submitted showing total receipts at £l4 4s lOd, takings at the door being £24 Cs, sale of tickets £l4 3s, and donations bringing the amount up to the figure stated. The expenses totalled £27 Ss Id, leading a credit of £l6 16* 3d After a little discussion, it was resolved, in deference to the wishes of the ladies, that the surplus should be placed to the roll of nonor funds. Votes of thanks were accorded to all who assisted. HORSES OX OQUXTRY EOADS. At the- lKt County Council' meeting a notice was received from the Stratford poitndkeeper, I\ Lane, stating he would not bother albout any more horses impounded on the county roads, unless he received a. salary from the County Council. During the discussion that followed it was stated that whilst Mr- Lane lost on some animals, lie did not state what profit he had made on other stock. Mr. Line now desires publication of the following leter:—" I see by Vouv report of the meeting of tht Stratford County Council that had their meeting on the 29th July, that I make profits on the i?tock impounded off their roads. Now, idr, I should like to know where the profits come in. I have to buy chaff, 9s per sack: feed a horse twice a day; I charge '2s Cd per day, whereas all the local stables charge 2s per feed. Then, again, I get Is 6d per head per day for feeding cattle two feeds a day, mind you V.V'l, let any man buy hay and chaff ami give sufficient food twice everyday (as I am bound to do according to the Impounding Act) and charge Is Cd for every beast and 2s Od for every horse per day, and he will very soon find out ft-herher there it any p?oftt in it. But, mind., the cattle and horses have get to stand on concrete, where they can only get what is given them—not in a paddock where they «£n get a feed of grass. During the four years that I have been poundkeeper, the net sum to date for impounding fees Is £15 —that is, £7 10s I for the borough and £7 10a for me. If anyone has made si profit oct of the pound, it is the Stratford County Council, hy having their roads cleared of all the old horses and not paying anything for disposing of them.'' There is yet ample time to purchase parlor games now offering at C. E. James' Fancy Warehouse. The long winter evenings will be with us for some time yet so pass these pleasantly in games, readings, chess or cards, all of which can be procured at lowest price at C. E. James.' It will pay you to purchase here, so do so when nexjt in Stratford.'