STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1920, Page 3

STRATFORD.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) (All communications, letters, etc., left flith Mr. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller, will rewln prompt attention.) January 19, A farmer stated to-day that there had been a good take of all root crops, and that there was general satisfaction with the prospects as far as winter feed for stock is concerned. Swede crops are doing particularly well. The only fear now is that there may be too much wet weather. Since the drought broke the rain has been continuous enough to keep the ground very damp, and a few fine, warm «ays would have a beneficial effect. The fall of snow on Egmont during the latter part of the week was followed by one or two cold nights, and the climatic conditions for this season of the year have been exceptional. The rain which commenced to fall on Sunday night, and continued throughout Monday, was warm, and though the ground was already very moist, could only have a good effect on growing crops. It will, however, cause those farmers who are anxious to get on with the haymaking some anxiety. A refractory wife caused quite a little scene in the middle of Broadway to-day. A man and his wife were seen standing by a gig, and it was plain to the bystanders that they were.at variance on some point, and that each was determined not to yield. It soon became apparent that the man, a dairy farmer, wished his wife to get in the gig and drive home with him, and for some reason the woman refused to obey her lord and master. Mild measures having failed, the man resorted to force, and, picking his good lady up in his powerful arms, he endeavored to force her head first into the gig. This appeared to he anything but a soft job. The woman kicked and struggled to such purpose that she quickly freed herself. They then moved off round the corner into Regan Street, where the argument was continued for some time, regardless of a drenching rain and a number of interested onlookers.

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