STRATFORD DAY BY DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 358, 8 April 1910, Page 4

STRATFORD DAY BY DAY.

(From Our Resident Correspondent.)

Stratford, April 7. The changing of the mail service to Wangamomomi from the couch from Stratford to rail to Te Wera and thence j by coach has not been accomplishes i without a certain amount of annoyance I to the public. In the first place, very scanty notice was given of the proposed . change and many people, who were accustomed to send out parcels by the ', coach, were surprised when they went 1 to the Post OHice »n .Monday morning to give their parcels to the coach-driver to find no coach, and on making enquiries to ascertain that the mail coach was a thing of the past. This will toon , be got over, and the public will settle i down to the new arrangement. It is a l good sign, as it shows that though the Railway Department have not as yet | taken over the line from Huiroa' to . Toko, the time is not far distant when the Public Works Department will hand over this section. As it is now, i;.e railway authorities are taking parcel* for Whaiigamomona via Te Wera. The festivities accompanying a wedding night to-day might have been easilychanged from joy to sorrow. As- the I newly-wedded couple were leaving in a j cab the establishment at which the breakfast had been held a young horse, j which was drinking at a trough in ■ Broadway, took fright, and pulling away I from the man who was holding it, bacK|ed into the cab. Finding its progress j impeded, it lashed out, but missed the vehicle, and went off at a gallop down the street. The Stratford Football Club propose, to arrange a match with Eltham for next Thursday. The Foresters' Hall is, I understand, to be enlarged. The improvements will take the form of an addition of a sup- | per room and the extension of the front | of the building, the existing two small ; rooms, being thrown into the iresent large room. This will make the hall' ' very convenient for small dances. I hear that Hallenstein Bros, contemI plate taking in to their present building I the shop at present occupied bv Mr. E. B. Stohr, and which they recently purj chased. Shops are scarce in .Stratford. j hut I understand that Mr. Stohr hois secured one on the southern end of Broadway. | Mr. O. L. Cook, .who has been district ' engineer here and has been transferred ' to Tanranga, left by Wednesday morning's train for his new quarters. Mr. C. 1 J. McKenzie is at present in charge of , the Public Works Office here. I Mr. C. E. Nicholas, postmaster h<>ri». has been in indifferent health recentlv ' and his medical attendant has advised jan early chance of climate. Mr. Niehj olas hn.s applied for extended leave and in the meantime Mr. Laurenson is acting as postmaster, ifiss Nellie Flvnn, of Te Wera, wa* : married at the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesdav mornin.? to Mr. E. T. Cilvert. second son of Mr. G. W. Calvert, of Rtrnthmore. _ Constable Mcintosh, of the local nolice force, left for Palmerston yesterday on snecial dufv. I hear that Messrs I>vin and Co. propose erecting « warehouse at Patca. and that Mr. Chisholim, well known as' their representative on this coast, has been' ni<me?or. The candidates for the Mavoral election are nronarinv for the fra-\ Dr. Pniret speaks on Friday, Afr. Kin«' on the Iflth inst.. 'ml thp'fn'low"i<T night Mr. Masters will address the Sectors. A post office U to be opened it Truirnkawn (Upner Pnnewhakau). with a biweekly mail from Pnnewhakau. I By Telegraph. 1 Stratford, Last Night The Stratford High School Committee has received a reply from the District manager at Wanganui that permission cannot be granted to school children to travel in the mail train. The committee, however, are not prepared to accept this answer as final, and intend i bringing the matter under the notice of I the Minister of Education, the InspectorGeneral of Schools, as well as the Mia- ! ister for Railways. j The Stratford' Football Club • are ea. i tering a team for the seven-a-aide touri uament to be held at Eltham on the , 14th inst. The Eltluum seniors have also arranged to play Stratford seniors on' the 21st inst., whilst on the same date junior teams 'representing the «tme clubs will have a friendly match. There is to be a field day at the local' S.M. Court. No less than 70 civil cases, are set down for hearing, in addition ttr a number for prosecutions under the -Noxious Weeds Act. The Stratford Golf Club is holding its annual meeting on the 15th inst. The tender of .Mr Hodder, of Whangamomona, has been accepted for the erection of a railway station at Ngatimaru. The price of the bunding, wuich is similar to that at Kiore. is about £6OO. In consequence of the extensive good* traffic to Te Wera, the Public Work* trains are running night and day. It is, frequently necessary to run two 'trip* at night to cope with the goods traffic between Huiroa and Te Wera. I hear that a contract has been let to Mr J. Boon for the erection of a blacksmith's shop and a boarding-house at. Te Wera. a Work at the Pohukura tunnel is now.

being carried on from one end. The gang who were at the other end up till this week have now teen shifted further aJong. The reas'on of this in

; that the expense of carting stores and j material over the saddle was too great, I and it is considered the work can now . i>e pushed oti more economically and alI most as quickly from one end. I The members of the Stratford Camera Club to the number of twenty-three J visited the rail head at Poh»kura today. The weather was "made to order," ; and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the- ; outing. Cameras were of course plen- [ tiful, and nearly everyone employed at ! the tunnel was the subject of numerous , Hia.p shots. If half the negatives are I developed successfully there should be j same fine collections of photographs. I Pheasants and quail appear to be very plentiful along the railway line. An interesting function, and one which is unique in the annals of the Stratford Borough Council, took ,place here today, when the Mayor (Mr G. SangBter) was presented by the councillors with a silver cradle in commemoration of the birth of a son during his 1 term as Mayor of Stratford. Councillors, excouncillors and their wives were present. Cr. Ralfe presided. Cr. King made the presentation in a few well ; chosen words. Cr. Masters also spoke of the good services rendered to the Council by the Mayor. After His Worship had thanked the members for their kindness the company adjourned for afternoon tea.