STRATFORD NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 322, 23 February 1910, Page 7

STRATFORD NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Stratford, February 22. Six years ago Mr. F. Bowler, of -Ingiewood, came to the Stratford Diitrict High School. Four years later, ' so satisfactory had been his' work, tint he was appointed a teacher. To-a.uy .comes word chat he has taken bis ,iegree as B.A. Apart from one subject,; Mr. Bowler received a!! Ins tuition at the Stratford school, and his splendid I achievement is a high tiibute to Mr. Tyrer and his stall. It furthermore shows the excellent facilities provided by our system '■'- education, and of which, it is .'> ; : regretted, on'y such a limited niiiuber take advantage.' Will the Waratah ever be found? /Even yet one cannot get an unannno.is reply. There are those who*? hop: s are buoyant, who still believe that the search now being instituted will pro»'c successful. From the Waratah to >ooks" is a big jump, but the gap not so wide as at iirst may appear, fvr doubtless the aid of the spirits nas n invoked on many occasions. An .experience in this direction was toid r.:e -the other day by a Stratford resident. A party were indulging in tablerapping when someone suggested thin the question whether the Waratah will ever ue found be asked. Accordingly the code of knocks was arranged and ■longitude and latitude being asked for the raps showed' on reference to an i atlas that Kerguelen Island was the place where the survivors would be discovered. Tempted by their success to make further investigations, the party sought for information as to the probable date and were rewarded by hearing it would be in April. The ''spooks" are on trial; should the Waratah be -found, well and good; if not, their "mana," with certain people at least, will have departed. "That's what Stratford ought to have done long ago," remarked a fanner to the writer yesterday, when discussing the movement to establish an A. and P. Show in Stratford. "New Plymouth and Hawera have their shows; even a small place like Wavovley has made a start, but Stratford is asleep. Why, there is no place in Taranaki which is more favorably suited for the holding of a winter show. .Yet we let Hawera get ahead. It's ip to the business people to wake up." There is no doubt there is a great deal of truth in these remarks. A show is for the benefit of town and country ■ alike. But the cohesion between town and country, so essential to the welfare and prosress of anv district, is lacki-ig in Stratford. It is to be hoped that the farmere and country settlers will give the townspeople a lead by attending , the meeting on Friday night. I