STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1922, Page 6

STRATFORD.

DAILY NEWS AGENCY. *.•#' . Advertisements and items of news for publication in the Taranaki Daily News should be left at the office of our local rppresentatatire. Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway, Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with him. SPREAD OF WEEDS. August 23. Some time ago correspondence passed between the Stratford A. and P. Association and the Agricultural Department with reference to the spread of noxious weed« on the abandoned soldiers’ farms in the Croydon soldiers’ settlement. The A. and P. Association pointed out that weeds, especially ragwort, were spreading unchecked over the settlement, and asked the department to do something towards checking the spread. The secretary of the association has now been informed by the department that the Minister of Lands has approved of the expenditure of £25 in clearing ragwort from the sections lately occupied by Messrs. Smith and Cox. The local inspector of stock has been instructed to have this amount expended to the best advantage at the proper season. GENERAL ITEMS. Lovers of good entertainment, with a wee Scotch flavor, will have pleasant i ecoliections of the concert and ball given by the Taranaki Provincial Scottish Society at Stratford last year. This season’s function will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday, August 31, and, judging by the programme drawn up a greater success even than that of last year may be expected. At the inquest into the death of Mr. Albert Walker the jury recommended that the owner of the buildings in which Mr. Penn’s offices are situated should be advised that a hand-rail on the stairs would be a convenience. The buildings do not belong to Mr. Penn, but to }lr. F. S. Veale, of Cambridge. At W. H. Humphrey's, Broadway: School pads, 150 pages, good paper, ruled, )/• each ; exercise books, 50 pages 4d, 100 pages 6d. 120 pages 7d; writing tablets from 6d to 1/9 (cream laid or linen faced). Large assortment of traced goods, d’oyleys, tray cloths, centres, play aprons, feeders, camisoles, dressing jackets, nightdresses, etc., all at reasonable prices at Mrs. Humphtey’fi fancy needlework depot.