STRATFORD DAY BY DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 375, 28 April 1910, Page 8

STRATFORD DAY BY DAY.

(From Our Resident Correspondent.) Stratford, Last Night. The Public Works Workshops are l>eing shifted to Te Wera from Huiroa. At first it was thought they would Do re-erected at Ngatimaru, and the change is interpreted as meaning that it will be some considerable time before the Railway Department take over the Pohokura Station. At lirst it was intended to build a stationmaster's residence and four cottages at Te Wera. So far only a residence and one cottage have ibeen built, and it is understood that two more cottages are to be put in hand at once. The report that the Te Wera section is to be taken over on June is strengthened by the fact that surveyors irom the. Railway Department are surveying the line. Though rails are arriving, the relaying of the Tails on the Toko section has not commenced. In view of the limitation placed on the size and pulling capacity of engines it is very remarkable that this most important work was not completed long ago. .. Years ago the Public Works Department sent up a bigger engine than that in use, with the idea of increasing the quantity of ballast hauled daily. But the Railway Department would not permit the engine to run over the line, and it had to be sent back to Wellington. In the meantime very .many pounds have been been wasted. Surveyors are at work on the section of the Mountain railway leading to the qviarry. One of their tasks is to endeavor to arrange for a ' tliree-line railway" whereby the full trucks running down the incline pull up the empty ©nes. The difficulty is in arranging crossing places, and to this the surveyors are devoting their attention. The flag presented by the scholars of Stratford on Avon, (England* to the local school, arrived to-day. The flag, which is a very large one, is white, having on it a coat of arms, presumably of the town of Stratford on Avon, the dato l.ja3 and the motto "Non sanz droicht.' It will be incumbent on the hwiaitiaster to establish a class in heraldry to explain the signification of the coat of arms. The committee were called upon to pay Bs-3d duty, and are wondering, al'ler their efforts to practise "Imperial reciprocity," why a gift should be burdened by the imposition of duty. The bowling season closes on Saturday. The Stratford senior team play Eltham on the local ground to-morrow, and the juniors visit Eltham. A motor cyclist came into collision with the rider of an ordinary hike on the Mountain Road. The cyclist received a severe shaking uip,andhis machine was 'badly damaged. As a result of blood poisoning the youthful son of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Watt have been compelled to have one of his fingers amputated.

.The welcome news has been received that Mr. T. Copestake's infant daughter, who has beem very seriously ill, is maleiner splendid .progress. The Cardiff factory has gained the honor of securing first place for the average grade of cheese shinned through Patea, the joints being 90.50. At the Anglican Church to-day Mr. Lnnev was married to Mis- Corbctt. of Taviki.