Our Stratford Page

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 256, 29 April 1912, Page 3

Our Stratford Page

ijr'j ..IjTBK"ittJXiDIMtH OFFICES.: I '' A .iilj"..':! |:m, ( '' i r iV; i^Druai-iiotvifi which-;:boa|ts ;wf .r|irogfe^ff' ..iStralfoTd'.is.'.'siiigvilailjii backwards in .the ,-!-.mßtitorii of.-.-tlie .accommodation; jlravid^i, jjjH)i'jl)«*j&oj'dtiglk:cDiinsirs iind, f ijiiCff tliajt : iimkter,! for-:;tlM. iMfiyot and" j The town clerk.- ftafi.,. j}o / qffice. jpf !hi»,,own. A half,partition, cuts him off ffom.: te'P*#"M(fih£^ I^M''fa^'yrigin t; ' TOWtafttfjf /&tipi S>liiVfeWougkiJ •'WwSeW."'■"fit 'fcfs , 'pcritj'; , rj'f l fwffidmvg<i ",wMfclJ^ani'rt 7 lighr aiifl al?7 Wore ai'f'.'than. ■■l^c,?l W W^.a 9 % flfe'rb is' ' 'i J lrK^iie«'t4.rfiiaff/ i ß'i'rt file ffitfK'MatH' can hardly be expected to hold"enohgb tflre' to'\vafiirup.th*'blg-'sp - flce o'f abjout "thirh'i.!fe r et'vby : jtft'een;' or 'thereabouts, iffihe-lapdogy 'iatH'-'hom is' used by .the ■ itbwri clerk and his assistant..Mf you see the-.'icl'ei'k!i:converging,-on' business ' matters atrthejhead of ithe'Stairs, ybu caji j i4e.pen'd.;that';..the- ratepayer . with" whom", |-he is-.iaJkang.'hassajhJaitter; ivhich'he does ■ .•not, wafttfrwei'Uear.d byf.-tlfe other- feljlow ■M'hp,'is : pa-ying-.h,iß rMes> to!, the- assistant j, | .sh.ajt _%£ feyor; orfthe; domain, board, or / , chamber, which is usually his refuge sft" such circumstances, and that, ,th,e oVefi-j feWW;.Tn''the. f is, re"ctor»e(r Ho roorn,'''Thusthe .overse'er has''n6; fixed' place of abode. ■' He/has to shift' out his -'talers-antl, 1 compasses '■Wants -the' TOom-; Bui the worst' i eafure isl'tha't the-''town' clerk" : iias'' no "privacy" :whata*er. '■ It'-miffht'be added that! thi* .town: clerkV'office is upstairs and -the.. strbng-roain downstairs—a ''mb'st'incqn.venienf arrangement.' The council'chamV iber:/is:big 'enough to liold-Miy'a- hiih' '.AxeA-peAple'in aneciiing The council table: reaches "across'tilwtop jend,. of the room.near the* fireplace.!rThdre's'' only: .one; table, -cxnept" that" the -'i Mayor is perched up, on .a .rostrum.,,. The chairs* l are" ;nbt meant' for, long 'sittings, of '. the. -cpuricn',' arid it is a, wonder'theV/ ha ! nbt',' been replaced by, more; comfortable; chair's bef6re'how.' A neighboring'council ptbvid<es .tiicdy upholstered chairs.for 1 ' tire* municipal "governor^;'''aid"'why' shbiiki,. they not/be 'comfortable. , 'The ' to\jra 'cleric arid; the 'reporters ppcupy'la-litM'i ■■'■ table -'stuck up 'iii'the' corner, and ■'is-'always the r)'sk that/'iiistead PtriadM rtrrg _th« latest/buHetih 1 regarding' the 1 pj-,--spectieh- di road"metal"-or"niotbr-ears'; .the,.,clerk'will-grab;a : 'cp(iple 6f 'sheets 1 of'Fittnan's stenography.' "The' incoming -council' miglit -'do -worse .things; than, ; provide: adequate 'officer ■' accommodation., for its staff. No man in a coyreifiPhding- : ,ly rimp.prjta.nt,, positipn..in, a private cc>H J : 4erh: '-vo._u.ldj be,' to. ''pairr.y. ,o;ut Iris:.. 'ii^P^Vfa|it", j\hd necessarily /braiiV;takins Vrork'in' the cj-ib fche'.municipality ■of Stratford proyides.'for" ijt.Sp'.qJi'ice. sltiiff! i SWould'.th'e couhcil/take-.'tlje'.matt'er into' c6hßidera'tion,an'd,,as:V result;'get into-J 'c'brirmunicatron- .'fwtflf'a i Muyepit miglit' hot be'.amiss |o, pro vile I a'ldecfent table for'press rppbvtipg 'pur-"' pos'es a'tfhe TpVi'Hail:' The'rehovation' of the buildings', will have,.to bt und'ertakeri in year, i and. some of these needed improvements jnia'y well-occupy'-the attention of the'cbuifeii' at the ! same time.' ' . : /r - : - ■ - ; "' '"MIDHIftST GtJN -C!LU6, ?i ' : - M 'J :■: -■,:,-.;- ■:;■ . „._i^ p ■•■'.••; ~ti] The Midhirst Gun diib' held : its''ope'n--ing day/ion. Thursday jafteriDo»f£ndl was-) i mngs!ttittg}-ptr'riMl) ni feeritofuv, , titelQrfljf ;M*i&h J»o^idl^Wyi^e6Bbled-9Tsoi»el , Veiprttabjff-; goadi-minyiMr thAi clgf An I Abouitf-■tfelrt|y-rifiiVtf,iMßO(irßryEanAV}friaMids !fciu-«cfd i inplto?seA,itli9ij)pßniag-,.-a-!-faißimaßfl)(>r r of : litliesiibejng.jalw 'pSesAiitfifwTJsxssleoatary, = Mxtitt. &-,&eatirigMl i ltin<hicetgmiiW(le \M 1 e«er,yyiiegrirt'.'-goodii rMeiijiaml! right; upw; Bein|r<tte j;om- - '-Hwtft«e>(docidied'..!!lj6 iipick'-isMesJ-iaSaj the .•mjJfeaißi} 'M-. inM %ajjr7-5". n 1 >G&xi&% ;ea-qh TStdieoted ri W ! 'iteorig: r tieamf.'findr: ki'liidi'iitiespVdfd te usU jip«rs; eaeltdnud'ca 'W<iraW''i^rakA ( i ingiiJnt6:K:QnßJdßratro]ii.thafc : liti r 'Wais; tlie, : cftrsti-time! rtiosi of tHB'/-mdni!bK-6':,had |fifefl' ! : M, ham,.tiK«;ijSao(itißSffß(n*gV«f !Kxr jfiflfr kwfe- Tri |te r in Ml «y?'a(*i%AlW M%^ : :F#,i Wte ifiMdkW i^Bwf-•wl'.-yreinT'lii:, .sHinßrtij oraoa „„ - Wffl-wvm& Mp^?^mm^i ! Jtk? latoji Mm m ;Mijftif B rftf -tJ^j r rJna'rßnM th , eicVe l s , »( ! up! Sn^ '■'w<Stj f :-W»«S 'pirilkv; -'Evertoii^^ni^Qd fqu l r't« ( t'^i(lhV s V.»nn^l{ib' ! hai ,^me t ''lS ? : f)9>!l[frn svßvdA nai!_Lkt_-.T.vn r.,-f-w jji 9lr:t;f[!--i,; ;: !,| lfl iTUSinr Iv.Vrr.uox iteri-j Jhlk'v-MKsI/.Mij B(EPO;Ra , .;s9d -Ot .irfjii/i j.mi'j ?:i/ (i -,-rnr M'.w. I'um-v----v nr,' r iKft!M'w;ing ilsl/flw w,por,t; t« Mfc, :; m^i'lh :i)i Mm !iiWia!, ) n)('4i]/g,!pof ' tilt an}( ; iW l 4'||if'lv,An<l!i»ia<.ifßiAi(w -gßfsiatM:--^" I "'' i'krv/ft ( - vili'lHriiiU l ':! ]'f>sijLinn-;.!,%, ijowAwhat ri toylast/iywo' tP u 'w« <.ti?e w^ l l>:ftV l 'ri c 'Offi mil ttft imp,ortod,.,anfl.;.flPlUjie* ■,s Q.\ h W iv, f <iyifT , ;c.? r S!''--YVl , '.^.^^jto the ■ihf 1 .ftn|| t .«;Hh,. Uic.,.p<fct , of.-, .W'.era.licT Jn various ,j;l» ;,r J l i s,pf th(. country, 'ahd'.'ilK)-'re™its to ( i pjl and ' lir'cd- Veil. ' 'Uirils''are"very' niiinerqus'iri i the back country, and we anticipkt)W>al' ■real gWaffTsfe'WhVfri'ifhe fishing licenses I about balanccdJthe expenditure, but lit is. ; ■'' ppnsidi'i-atiriDniofi . the socifty as to the re-stocking -^f'the JiJ' v ,?Hi season \\;as.a fa.irlv,good. one. 'We'", int'enrf'' profu'r-iftg-IsoinPj. ; ,o,(K)ft; Loeh Leveri evr'd'"oya ffiis • r , v v , p 'y. fi-oiij., Otagp'.or' Canterlnuy, 1 .' '.societies!, ''tn conclusion;' we beg. to'"ex-' '"tend' orir 'licfirti' "thanks' to ■ Mr. K^,' .'t!ii'dge';t>r his kindness in findiligi i'ooni' ... Hiid.fta'kmg care'of f.he" plir:isn'nU i "fo : r l '■•' ovef thvec nioiiths.; 'Ditnng : the'year the various Taranaki sn'ci.et'iek met in Strat- ' ford," aiid some useful discussions took : : '■p'n('(■.''The' : next meeting Will be held'in ' ' HiiWera aboiit'-.Tuiie. We also wish.-to 1 'thank' All those' members who so kindly g'are'tlieir services' during the year. , : i'-

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.'■rrv»; : \ .(Toka'CorV.eipoudWt.) ,-■ n : j : - i —r/EJ^ffj^iQdjdj^ty)^' Jjpldl a auchre .party .and social in" tne. Coi'Oija- ' tW'Hfll w'*HdjJs;-'ni#W, iWheif-Vpi-pb'efs7voF brette*eh!- : fwnf ; ©bhOfciioagasf |si 'ists'twV'rjtP v*vfiU.)jjtl^nati(Kiiulpti>|C9 > rf#ii|:h well filled f.p.Cdi; BrbV Jbnn Tejdln, vvrM wal-'th^ftu&der-tiP-IMAtft&ej Ls i well us'-folihet'itodgssf in >T>iwa«j<Kisf Nws ; . jind,entertaininor address : on .tKe'beneltts^ r 'Btratfb*a* &l&b'"!gpblte JStoiilMSJliys* •Bfco..':Leydftn,-.'\yojljthe .ijjHai"^;piyze-.-in jtie Uus r g! tourw^e^^.Mf^^jidtjfi^^blalk.' to be competed for under his usual tfoSntha, Tlttenitor hitrbdnenu/dhelnrokt oanfiidafe. £9% bhe t - i^ii(jLr ,,Qf, |tiie'' iHWte?--: 30>? i.adies' prize was,wpnl by?' MfsV'G/Mbm66ffi fr 'lßtt:e'l' iHh^eVenifig.. the secretary (Bro.''Patter ) : >'-aMo\lncfed I that ipj Mr. Leydjm's prize had'begun, arid already candidates' Hnie, M.P.;' presented'' 'tire ; 'prizes, aid ■k\\sper.&7i&'fapmngio\\o'&'e&ii "No^mill. ;\vas,|djie : fco,,the splendid ; musjc prbvjdfed 'by Mrs. Bwiiclif. 'Mf/'G. Rutherford jnfes l-MiCr' Th'K Mgfe^'ciofcrnittee>;deserfeejcongl^jtul*tion; upon ;tiie ] I r--,l>!r.;! >'.:■: r lv/. ,7;ij;iii».;/.)' j:-:j,<:/;•)«''! ' 5 :f:.;:?/!Thfrr;]%*teryr:pf ,ioi;,lJansoi^ a ,thri}ljng drarnatic . sensation, is 'trie-; -star'' film t'o-night and to-morrow •irt"HTs''Majesty's"lbeatre!-' 'burfht : to.'be'w bag crowd--present; forjthe--"Mys-tery",j§ ap ( d.,it jl f ber of other fine pictur.es "to precede 'i.'iol-rz'i n. ■"-.- '.- fir. ",- •! - !.:■!' :-v;-k: ■.('' i-:.r- J ■;— ~#•■. nj, i:i ■;.-, d/;' -33 f ~she,,sey :ll b.e^.tenderar*!* a welcome social on Tuesday by tfeajj ctingre|ation. 7 ' ' ;, v; , T 'Tne'Stratford'"l/awn' : Tennis'•-'Club's! rneetipg <,.0» :; -¥r4day •, eyening-; s.to c fjiscuss '] ■ ,t^e ; rj | r.pjpip i Sßfci to. se|l,,the_preseiaj; courts j ' and "lay down tawns m Victoria' Park ~,e ri'<ledi :?w .ithbdt': t fhytHiri- r 'd i erihite : '-'being I oSrrivdd.'at. ■ ob- J doir*|ii\ : ,,beard.,- were | discussed, an'd.'eventuaily .a ''Se'e' wlrs 'elected 5 go iino tlie' e matteE; : d)fd*rSpV)l':t'"tQ*a''later''nie , etili'g?.' ,, l? s- ■ t.-Wheffeesip* ,-.tJie,.,, ],^Ji,c^T;a i r,ana^i) l! r ara tqs| lie'held in St'ratfonl, and Mr. A.' MixxweltJ will 'act'ias referee-- : On:'Wursday- next { tHe H' eornpany'::of''tae 'll'tbcßa^lment } j.}^ill,-,,paradft r ,-at ■ Stratford • and rinarch to j 1 Ngaere, where they, will be entertained 1 rb/'wM I nt' Maf6r^i)alliriger"a r t 7; after- { ■nbtiiV' %ea.s' c >'At!' liigKt''"fney ''will' <\k l the j j,,<^nci»rt n ,;Tb3 l .,ca i pitsl f ■ ing '.between the staff.'officers ffiid the ' iVanli aiid' , frlb' ; K ; |Wea , sing" : t8 0 6Se.' ,D tnder ] j suelwgpod- WrScßrsr th? fin&' ma»t?rial ber,->njeu|lded | might be mentioned that thp * staff' ['offices -'afe k&e'rily it'e] I great asstettooe.-irendcredilfronir-tHne r tb\ |-,tirne ct by;-,,e^:Ofi , ; :ol,.thp_j disfeindld j volunteers. ".' ' ..-."',. ..... ~: '' "Sjiortsrheri in tliis 'district' will'9b \vjeJL, !t;of pigeons aridJ'lcakflS l*e .pro-" ,lfcflft*edf'.- ! FWiW--duck-, aaid steal niay be Jl9k;.l r !l^'''P-4 ple -'-^ fifi^t< Wj ( !f : the "BtraJforct AccliraatJsatfdri Soe'ietv,' has,:, i Kfen' ' iiiter-ibf- Interaal -Affaire.'- on? the sbiattqVC- . afldAthis'ig. f iihg]Gfrioial pronQunee.m«nt.""" 'j"Mr.,.C.. E. Jones" .should-, have, : fead Janfh«" ih'-refee fe tW " i vety?'SK(fces¥fuT >;; sal !^ r di ffincy flfi£!d:?n«itc;,;«BQW.obeiiig otta'dncteiiTiri the; ,of ..tlus-iTentefDrising I '' fnisiness "man. ' , ' ' ..' • =: -4. 1 pom-" '•pletfe'iisfoeksiiiof ■ainrniin'itiori, ; c<T*fpnsing , rtthfl^,es^ / .-n}at;es <)f ;! caxtridgoßT TJ»I •price'ana aepetidable goods., and apprts-j ui ntind--- -