STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1920, Page 3

STRATFORD.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) (All communications, letters, etc., left with Mr. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller, villi receive urompt attention,) £&■'■**!/■■ ■■' March 6. 'The isolation ward at the Stratford Hospital was closed to-day, all the influenza patients having been discharged. The fund for providing an X-ray plant for the Stratford Hospital will be augmented by about £23 as the result of a benefit performance recently given in the King's Cinema. Mr. W. P. Kirkwood returned from Wellington to-night, where he has been on business connected with the War Belief Society and Chamber of Commerce conference. At a well attended meeting of the Stratford branch of the A.S.K.S., held on Thursday, a resolution was carried unanimously condemning the action of the Bailway and Defence Departments in connection with the proposed supply of military olothing to railwaymen. Orders for clothing, which were accompanied with j cash, were taken come weeks ago, and up to the present neither cash nor clothing had materialised, and it was now announced that the clothing is not available, and in the meantime prices of all clothing were increasing by more than the rate of interest on the men's cash deposits.

Secure the greatest degree of pleasure from motoring by having your car renovated by C. D. Matthews, Page Street, Stratford. He specialises in rettooding and repainting, and will make your car look like new, for a very small cost. The very best of materials are used, and only first-class workmen are employed. On Monday next, the schools will be re-opening, and the kiddies are now preparing to resume their lessons, after the long holiday they have had; The selection of school requirements is an important matter, and wise parents will make a point of inspecting the full stock at H. J. Hopkins', bookseller and stationer, Broadway. Here they will find everything the kiddies require, and always at the lowest possible price. It's time to have that long-promised portrait taken. No need to wait for a Ann day. With the equipment at McAllister's Studio, Stratford, you can be taken any time, day or night. The most up-to-date Studio in Taranaki —McAllister's.