STRATFORD.
STRATFORD AGENCY. AdvertLeinents and items of news for publication in ite Taranak'. Daily News should be. left nt the office of our local representatives, Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford. Or dera for papers may also be left with them. GENERAL ITEMS. December ». The visit of Mr. Clement Wragge, the well-known scientific lecturer, to Stratford was a much looked forward to event, and his lecture on Saturday night drew a big crowd to the Parish Hall. Mr. Wragge chose for his subject. “The Grandeur of Nature,” and his most enjoyable and instructive address was illustrated iby means of photographs of the moon and of various planets. The ■history of the earth and of the Pacific and the Origin of the Maori were special features of a highly interesting lecture, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The total rainfall in Stratford during November was 4.66 inches, extending over 12 days. The heaviest fall was on November 21 when .76 inches was recorded. The sum of £5O was found in a watertank of one of the lavatories at the Stratford railway station to-day. A blockage in the flow of the water caused an investigation and the trouble was found to be caused by a roll of notes sticking in the pipe. The money has been identified- by a local shopkeeper as part of £6B which disappeared from his shop some weeks ago. Mr. R. G. Jamieson left Stratford this morning by the mail train for Palmerston North, where he is to enter into a business partnership with his father. THE KING’S CINEMA THEATRE, STRATFORD. ’ “A SMALL TOWN IDOL.” “A Small Town Idol.” Mack Sennett’s great production, comes to the King’s Cinema Theatre, Stratford, to-night. With practically every member of his all-sar aggregation of fwnny folk enrolled in a congenial part, there is an assurace that the comedy will furnish vast entertainment. Ben Turpin is the village hero. Phyllis Haver is his small town ideal; Marie Pervost is the city’ girl; Charles Murray is the indefatigable constable; James Finalson is the wretched villain who concocts all the trouble: and Kala Pasha and other Sennett favorites are to be seen advantageously in the shifting scenes that cover as many places as are usually revealed in a half-dozen problem plays wherein the slums and green fields are visited. The comedy is rich in satire and rare in burlesque, and carries enough material for a dozen two-reel offerings. The story value is legitimate, the humor arises from the characterisations and performers. The picture is also decorated with 500 of the Mack Sennett bathing girls. The box plan is now’ open at the King’s Theatre office.
An Albus Portable Typewriter and carrying case for seven pounds is offered by’ Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford; also a newN Corona—the last word in portable typewriter* —for seventeen pounds. Call early and see these machines.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1921, Page 6
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