STRATFORD DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 210, 14 December 1910, Page 5

STRATFORD DAY BY DAY

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(From Our Own Correspondents.) Stratford, Last Night..' '■<> There wa9 a little tilt between several; '■!■ of the councillors last night at the Bor-. ■■,;•. ough, Council meeting about the state!';.,' -y of. the road in the borough. Cr. opened the discussion by stating that l ' »f> he had never seen the borough jn fci' worse *tate than it was at the time. Several councillor? endorsed the** ;fe remarks, whilst others, though not pre-, pared to contradict the "'J wanted to know how it was possible ■ ;| to improve the conditions with the >:!f men that were available. . ,". Cr. Young brought down his scheme" f for borough improvements, which In- * elude the asphalting of Broadway from , ,i the bridge to the Loan and Mercantile *| corner, at a cost of £3OOO, bridging of, ~ 1 Patea river at the Br,ceon road, £I6OO- .=' jj metalling road, £200; footbridge be- \'k tween Victoria bridge and Swansea .Jj road bridge, £200; forming, filling ant' ;4 metalling various streets at a cost ofj.'. 1 £1520; kerbing various streets at a cosfr'"| of £9lO. The proposals, involving tW ■■% raising of a loan, were not favorably re- ■\ , j garded by all the councillors, several coa« '-M tending it would be tetter to wait for ~,f twelve months and then go in for a loan j| .to meet the requirements of the borougil., Ojtf Others contended they had waited long . "$ enough, and finally it was decided "to '/a adjourn the discussion until Monday, .i.» when the whole matter will be gone into. £ £ The Borough Council have decided to.-, M apply to the vSuprtme Court for a ruling J as to the status of the Electric Light •„■ Company, and also to take steps to test ;p the quality of the light. -'.'jjj The. W. Y.M.I, and St. Andrew's Lawn' M Tennis Club are playing a match on .-fi Thursday. - ; ijjj The oy-eye daisy is reported to be very. ■$ .prevalent around Stratford this year. .' a Th? monthly meeting of the Hospital M Board was held to-day. and passed off ''M quietly. The action of the chairman in appointing Dr. Carbery as superinten- . <j| dent at the Hospital, pending a perma- -M nent appointment, was confirmed. A' :'m lengthy report from Dr. Paget was re- \M ceived," but there was no discussion. The isolation ward was the subject of lengthy N|j discussion, both as to the cost and the 'm site most suitable. The Board's 90-'fl liritors were instructed to take steps to : M acqTiire certain municipal reserves ad*- 'M joining the hospital, under the Public -M Works Act. -J| It was stated at the Hospital Boafd || meeting to-day that the Borough Cottß-'ral cil contemplated making that portion of Wl Portia street adjoining the hospital A>js9 stock route. The members took strOßjrfl exception to such a proposal, and a w- wl solution to this effect was passed, i 'JH