TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 374, 4 March 1937, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

CAR PAINTER INJURED. VKn a paint-scrap ng instrument slipped, a .deep gash on the back of j hie right hand was receiv: <1 on Tues- 1 day by Mr. Frank Richardson, an em- 1 ployee ot the Farmers’ Co-operative I Society. Four stitches were ins rted . in the wound. CHANGE OF DATES. I The Taranaki District Committee i has approved an application by th? ’ Egmcnt Racing Club for a change or « dates for its winter meeting from j May 12 and 13 to 12 and 15. j KOWHAIS FLOURISHING. , Part of the Arbour Day c.-lebrations j in Stratford last year was the plant- • ing of Kowiri trees in front Of the Stratford Primary Schoo/by members • of th? committee and old pubils of 1 the/school. Twelve trees have all I taken root and are thriving Well with- | out any windbreaks er other protec • tion. ' I HOUSE SHORTAGE. j That tenants could be obtained foanother forty house in Stratford was the opinion expressed by a local estate agent to the “Central Press” to-day. A number of people, he said wer living in rooms because they were unable to obtain a suitabl house at a moderate rental. In ad d’tion others v-'ere occupying houses which lacked convenience or w. re in l disrepair.