STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1920, Page 3

STRATFORD.

'(From Our Own Correspondent.) (All communications, letters, etc., left with Mr. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller, will receive prompt attention.) Jan. 8. The Waikato is attracting quite a large number of Stratford people, chiefly those inteirested in farming, though others also have been induced by the favorable reports lof Hamilton as a business town to transfer their interests there. • It is said that there is no town in New Zealand where so many former residents of Stratford are to be found. Already several Stratford men have entered into business at Hamilton, and now Mr. F. Edwards, chemist, has decided to take up his residence there. With favorable weather it is expected that the whole of Broadway from Warwick to Flint Eoads will be tar-sealed and, where necessary, metalled during the summer. There is yet a great deal to be done, and it has been suggested that as the portion towards the soutli boundary js in the worst condition that it should be dealt with first, leaving that portion nearer the centre of the town, which is in fair order, till the last. It is feared that the whole of the work may not be done before the winter sets in. If so, there will be some difficulty in maintaining the worst part during the winter. The amount to be expended on the whole of the work is £15,000, and it is believed that this sum will be nearly, if not quite sufficient, though the effect of higher wages etc., is to make the work more costly than was anticipated. It is understood that the borough workmen are making Sn application for a further increase in wages from 13s to 15a per day.

• Plans have been prepared for an up-to-date motor garage*, with a frontage of 78 feet in Broadway North. During the past two years motor cars have ibecome ■very numerous in Stratford, and the facilities for effecting repairs and garaging ears are not keeping pace with requirements. The building is to be similar to some of the garages latelv erected in Hawera.

Since the recent heavy rain there has heca a good flow of water in Hie Patoa River, and the hydro-electric ition is now running continuously. I)i,;i n o- the dry weather the current was shut off between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3.30 p.m., causing a good deal of inconvenience. iVo further information is vet available m regard to the Borough Council's proposal to borrow monev from the Government for workers' homes. The idea is to have these homes erected on borough reserves, some of which ara serving no useful purpose at pres.ent, and are actually a charge upon the ratepayers. In order to comply with the Act and offer workers a good proposition, it will probably be necessary to amend the by-laws, so that a better tenure than is now possible can he pven. _ It is hoped that a scheme will b» devised under which workers will be provided with houses at a reasonable cost, and the borough reserves will'bo made revenue producing directly and indirectly.

rhe new Douglas factory will open for receiving milk on Sunday s/TJ*' 1 "? n^ it ; ,ons a '' e te ' n £ mad,! to 01. Andrew's Sunday School " Sti,ble N "• Kegan Street, has l, ec „ taken over by i| !e International Hari'M.tor Company, and necessary alterations are being made, including the laving down of a concrete floor. WHAiYOAMOMOXA. ; ,ul (M "? f ,iMl 'g p Wilson, whn wa ; I'x.nd dead with his throat cut a* ! ahora „„ the fit,, insl., was hefl'before i 'V" Uo ?' ,s ' JJ> - ««,,{!.coroner, ■»ul the following j„ry: Messrs. E aso „ (foreman), Oilleton, Perry, Stanford Anderson, and Smith.

George Thomas Russell, a surfaceman, aid deceased had been very depressed for- some time. He was * a r i tln Z "•Mier and had been badly "hy shrapnel ,„ the sumach when lio was m irance, and still snffeml f thu wounds. Lot seeing deceased about dur">g Tuesday morning, witness and James Howard deeded to force the door, and they found deceased lying on the'floor 'imtc dead, with his throat cut. After hearing further evidence, the t!,at (leC «>9cd committed suicide whilst in a state of mental depression, probably the result of his wounds received at the war.

KING'S CINEMA THEATKF TO-NIGHT. Mr. C. J. Dennis' "Sentimental Bloke'' will be. presented at (lie King's Cinema to-night. It is a perfect vitalised representation of one of the most delightful love stories ever written. If is a picture for everybody, and there is not a foot of it at which the most captious moralist or puritan could cavil, and yet it does not prose or preach. The story unfolds itself naturally—the Bloke and Dorcen are true as fresh air and open water. It is a picture which helps t" heal old sores of war, to restore faithshard tried, and to point men back through sheer humanity to God. Special appropriate music accompanies the production, which will be presented on a scale in keeping with its importance. The hox plan is now open at the Mr rule Bar, Stratford.

During the holidays, while the kiddies are looking their best, take them along to McAllister's Studio. The photographs will give you satisfaction to-day, and lasting pleasure. McAllister's Studio is the most up-to-date in Taranaki. Reduce the depreciation in vour motor car by taking it to C. D* Mathews. Stratford, and if it is mechanically sound he will return if looking as well as when you first bought it, at a very small cost. The best paints and varnishes, and workmen who know their trade. =

Save yourself trouble and avoid loss by providing yourself with the means for keeping records of those things you need to remember. Get a 1020 diary'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.