STRATFORD.
(Prom Our Own Correspondent.) (All communications, letters, etc., left with Mr. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller, -will receive prompt attention.) ' Pel). 2. The local registrar (Mr. S. H. James) furnishes the following vital statistics for January:?— Births 27, marriages 5, deaths 3.
During January the Stratford Borough Council issued permits for eight building works, ranging in value from one hundred to thousands, the total being £10,300. The meteorological report shows that the rainfall in Stratford during January was a record, the total being 14.53 inches. The heaviest fall was on Saturday, 24th, 2.81 inches. Other figures are: Ist, .01; 2nd, .51; 3rd, .05; 4th, 2.51; 11th, 1.81; 13th, 0.3; 14th, 0.74; 15th, .44; 16, .05; 17, .14; 18th, .47; 19th, 1.70; 20th, .49; 22nd, .18; 23rd, 1.29; 24th, 2.81; 30th, .23; 31st, .98. As the result of Stratford being made the administrative centre of the Farmers' Co.-op. Society's North Taranaki operations, some additions to the personnel to the local staff are now announced. Mr. T. J. Samon (late of the !• nd office at Hawera) will manage the loc-al branch, and Mr. N. B. Fletcher joins as lands salesman. Mr. A. D. MacPheraon remains in charge of the produce d.partment, and Mr. A. Stewart will continue in hip capacity as stock agent. Slight alterations have been made to the offices and extra clerical staff installed.
Those who value art as expressed in the famous Doulton ware should see the consignment of jugs, bowls, cups and saucers, plates, etc., now on view for the first time at H. J. Hopkins' shop. On each piece scenes from the classics are beautifully portrayed, the authors including Dickens and Shakespeare. See this ware for yourself. It will be sure to appeal to you. Welcome, farewell, appreciative, or any other kind of illuminated address can be supplied promptly, and to the satisfaction of both giver and recipient. Consult McAllister, the Studio, Stratford.
Reduce the depreciation in your motor car by taking it to C. D. Mathews, Stratford, and if it is mechanically sound he will return it looking as well as when you fi.st bought it, at a very small cost. The best paints and varnishes, and ivorkmcn who know their trade.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1920, Page 3
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