LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 24, 20 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr C. R. James uotities that he regrets he is unable to stand for a seat on the Borough Council at this time. The School Committee last night decided that a letter of condolence and sympathy he forwarded to the parents of the lad 'VVebherly who unfortunately mot his death on Opunake Road eu Monday.

Sydney reports two more cases of smallpox. The instruments for the Stratford School drum and fife band have now arrived, and the band should now very soon start operations. The number of cadets going to Xew Plymouth this morning can be guaged from the fact that the special train conveying them consisted of fourteen carriages when it left Stratford. Members of the Stratford junior football club are not at present very attendance at practice is necessary The club has a large number of junior members to choose from, and regular aettendance at epraictce is necessary if a member desires to make sure of retaining his place in the team. The railway officials were kept busy this morning forwarding cadets to the review at Now Plymouth. The boys from the east arrived in Stratford by special train at half-past eight, and a long special train a little later brought up the boys from the south; and these, with the Stratford cadets, were duly despatched northward. Tiie School Committee was slightly facetious last night on the question of the headmaster’s residence. One member said he had known part of the house to he standing for thirty years. It was also stated that it had been shifted often, a little bit being added with every shift. Another member stated that some of the rafters were rotten as a pear. A member queried, if the headmaster would get compensation if the roof fell in on him. The discussion was closed with a suggestion that the residence should be “swapped” for the post office.