INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1920, Page 3

INGLEWOOD.

(From Our Own Correspondent). The Chautauqua season opens at In- -, glewood this (Friday) afternoon. The local . guarantors state that season tickets , have not sold as readily as might have been expected. Some guarantors have I stampeded, and are offering their tickets ; for sale below par. This is to bo regretted, as it does not tend to stimulate t public interest in the Chautauqua sea- ■ son, especially as the company have met j with gratifying results wherever they have been. 1 The new County Council contemplate i pursuing a vigorous policy in the near future. Machinery that will materially • facilitate road construction is coming to , hand. The council's new motor lorry, . which should prove a great acquisition, is to be seen daily in and around Inglewood- Chairman Corkill and his associates have had a heavy time of it late- '■ ly. It is intended to commemorate the formation of the County by a special function, when no doubt recognition will be made of the services of those gentlemen who through dogged perseverance ' and courage have achieved what was for : so long but a dream. Mr. Hooper has resigned his position as works foreman to the Inglewood Borough Council, and been appointed to a similar position at Manaia. Sales in land are constantly reported in these parts, prices being on the up grade. A big deal was recently made through Newton King's Inglewood agency, Mr. Harris' farm on the Richmond road, comprising 670 acres, being disposed of to Mr. Twigg, of Auckland. The price was in the vicinity of £3O, an increase of £lO per acre on the price paid for the same farm last year. Mr. David Todd, who has farmed in this district for many years, contemplates retiring from farm life, and has purchased a home in New Plymouth. The Stratford by-election promises to be keenly fought here. The committees of both candidates have met and are working assiduously to further'their candidate's interests. A .number of enrolment applications arc being received, and the poll gives promise of being heavier here than it was in December. For some time past a number of prominent farmers in the surrounding districts have been talking among themselves of the possibilities of establishing a central industry in connection with dried, or condensed milk. The idea is for. Mangorei, inglewood, Kaimata. and Maketawa to amalgamate for this purpose. The returns from an industry of this kind would be a considerable' increase on butter and cheese. Those who have been discussing the project agree that the price would be somewhere in the vicinity of 5s per lb of butter-fat. Now is the time to move, and the farmers of the factories interested should meet and go into the pros and cons of the proposed scheme.