STRATFORD.
STRATFORD AGENCY. Advertisements and Items of news for Publication in the Taranaki Daily News should the offlce of our local representatives, Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford. Or for papas may also be left with them. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. December 23. The town during the past week naS? been enlivened by the presence of visitors on Christmas shopping expeditions, and though some shopkeepers report that business is much quieter than last year many have experienced a brisk time. The shops are all assuming their gay Christmas decorations and this year there will be a change from the ordinary, in that the council has granted permission to some of the business men to make use of fernery and evergreens. One of the joys of Christmas, which is looked forward to by many of the children of the town, ip the annual Christmas tree festival, which was held last night in the Foresters’ Hall by the Druid®. A merry crowd of about 250 children and their parents shared in the good things provided. After the gifts had been distributed refreshments were provided and members took the opportunity of showing their appreciation of the good work which ha.- always beer, done by Bro. T. Smith at these functions, Bro. W. Fastier, on behalf of the members, presenting Bro. and Mrs. Smit'i with a handsome fem bowl.
Following personal representations on behalf of the Stratford Retailers’ Association to endeavor to delay the departure of the Kohuratahi train from 8 p.m. till 9/W) on Christmas Eve, Mr. R Masters, M.P., has received the following telegram from the Minister of Railways:—“l have made careful enquiry into the matter, and I find that the alterations suggested would involve increasing the hours of the train men and make the day unreasonably long; as it is the guard will be on duty fifteen hours and the locomotive men fourteen hours on Saturday. 24th inst. The only alternative to this would be the running of an empty train for a distance of seventeen miles to the train men to b? changed over. This, lam sure you will agree could not be justified in the circumstances prevailing at the present time. I regret therefore that the departure from Stratford cannot be made later than 8 p.m.”
FIRE AT EAST ROAD. At about 9.30 last night a cowshed owned by Mr. T. Sullivan, of East Road, Stratford, was destroyed by fire. It was an eight-stall shed, fitted with a four-cow milking plant and though it was impossible to save the shed the engine room escaped destruction. FIRE AT TOKO. At about 10.30 o’clock on Wednesday evening at Toko a 5-roomed house owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Richardson was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson were absent from the house on a visit to some friends when the outbreak occurred. The fire was first noticed* by Mrs. L. Milne, but by the time neighbors arrived on the scene the flames had too great a hold to give any chance of saving the house. THE KING’S THEATRE. “WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS.”
What kind of wife should a man choose—the pretty little vase flower who holds up her charming head, and inspires her husband with sweet glances and little vanities, or the practical, brainy girl who digs in and help her husband to fight his battles, and to overcome his obstacles, Sir James M. Barrie makes it quite plain which kind of love is the most enduring in “What Every Woman Knows,” the new William De Mille Paramount picture which is being shown at the King’s Theatre Monday next. The story is laid in England and Scotland., and shows how a young politician wins fame and success, unconscious of the fact that his brilliant little wife, who types his speeches, is injecting therein the real secret of his popularity. At the height of his career, he falls in love with another woman, but the wise wife also proves equal *to this emergency, and handles the case in a manner that brings happiness and reconciliation. The cast is all-star, including Lois Wilson, Conrad Nagel, and others of note. The picture has been received with marked approval by big audiences. That it was no less satisfactory than -Midsummer Madness,” in which Loi Wilson and Conrad Nagel appeared, is evident.
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