STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1920, Page 3

STRATFORD.

(From Our Own Correspond|nt.) (All communications, letters, etc., left with Mr. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller, will tecelv# prompt attention.) An employee of the Public Works Department at Tahora, named Wilson, was found in his bunk on Tuesday with his throat cut. An inquest ,is to be held. Mr. Cecil Arden on Tuesday severed his connection with the Empire Hotel, after several years tenancy. A youth named Clarence Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs C. 11. Brown, of Pembroke Road, had three fingers of his left hand shattered on Monday owing to an explosion of gelignite. After receiving medical attention he was removed to the hospital.

In connection with the recent two days' race meeting, the secretary of the Stratford Racing Club has just paid £3,854 14s Cd in taxation, the sum being made up as follows: Stake duty, £35; dividend duty, £17!) las Cd; totalisator duty, £2029 19s.

Prior to his departure from Motueka, Wor. Bro. W. Mclnnes, who was the purchaser of Mr. F. Edwards' chemist business here, was presented by Lodge Motueka with a Past Master's jewel, suitably inscribed.

Mr. F. Edwards, of Stratford, wellknown in Hawera, has disposed of his pharmacy, and intends taking an extended holiday.

The rainfall in Stratford during December was 1.8-2 inches, less than half the usual for the month. The total for 191!) is 55.67 inches, a dry year, but not the driest on record. That was 1902, when only 42.77 inches were registered.

Reduce the depreciation in your motor oar by taking it to C. D. Mathews. Stratford, and if it is mechanically sound he will return it looking as well as when you first bought it, at a very small cost Tho best paints and varnishes, and workmen who know their trade.

Reunions, family gatherings, etc., will naturally be the usual thing during the holiday season. Consult McAllister, Photographer, Stratford, about a perrnanent record of such. Group photographs are always interesting for present and future reference.

Save yourself trouble and avoid loss by providing yourself with the means for keeping records of those things you need to remember. Get a 1920 dia:-y from H. J. Hopkins without delay. These diaries contain a lot of useful information in handy form, and can be obtained in sizes to suit requirements.