MATTERS MILITARY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 65, 12 March 1912, Page 4

MATTERS MILITARY.

■ SHALL STRATFORD REMAIN :the headquarters .?• BOROUGH COUNCIL DISCUSSION u It came out last night at the meeting of tiie Borough Council that f . tne City Fathers hare not been altogether asleep, and that the matter ci providing adequate accommodation lor the Territorials,, which is a most important factor in determining whether Stratford is to remain the headquarters of the' 11th Regiment, has at last received their consideration. Cr. McAllister first brought the matter up. He said that the Town Hall was not big enough for some of tne requirements of the Territorials, and it would be a wise thing if the Council went into the matter of erecting some building adjacent to the Town Hall suitable to their needs. He went on to refer to “the committee.” Cr. Paget asked what all this was about, and what committee was referred to? It was explained that the Town Hall Committee had approached Captain Lampen to see what offer he would, make to the Council for the use of the Town Hall for drill purposes. He offered something like £75 a year. Since the. cost of lighting amounted to a matter of £52, there would be very little profit to the Council. Another suggestion was that at the back of the hall a building could be. erected, say 120 by 60 feet, for whigh the Territorials would probably be prepared to pay a larger amount. He believed the Department were paying something like £llO a year for a building at Hawera, and the Council might get a similar amount for this. Cr. Paget: Wait for the Mayor’s loan. ■ Cr. R. McK. Morison moved that the Territorial officers be invited to confer with the Council, and discuss the matter in detail. Cr. Boon remarked that they wanted accommodation at once. It would take twelve months to do the work. Ci'. Paget: It’s such a relief to have something definite that I shall suppo; f it. That is something definite. We can then find out whether it will pay us to put up the hall. The motion was carried.