Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 19 June 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

' From our Resident Reporter. \ EDUCATION BOARD ELECTION. Mr. Robert Masters, who was elected recently to the Taranaki Education Board, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Cargill, is seeking reelection, his present term having expired. So far there is no announcement of another candidate, and any aspirant will have a hard row to hoe if lie is to oust the sitting member. Mr. Masters has brought to the Board's table the enj tliusiasm of youth and a natural com- [ monsense that has been broadened and improved by his sound business training. It is this business acument which makes Mr. Masters of the greater value to education in this district, for the Board is really a big business concern whose problems can best be solved by a business mini in a business-like way. Trained to watch narrowly every item of income and expenditure, Mr. Masters must be of great service in questions of finance, whilst his knowledge of the district and of the requirements of its people stands him in good stead. The leaven of youth in the body 1 administering education matters in Taranaki is of comparatively recent introduction, and so far it has proved decidedly helpful. Mr. Masters should now be able to "feel his feet" in matters educational, and in the interests of education he will almost certainly be re-elected to the Board. Of course, there may be a better man offering, in which case the district committees will be in the old, old quandary and murmur, "How happy could I be with either." "H.M.S. PINAFORE."

At Mondav night's rehearsal.' of "H.M.S. Pinafore" by the Stratford Operatic Society, there was a, capital attendance, and good progress was made. The volunteer orchestra of local musicians, all of them seasoned players, soon mastered the difficulties of the "score," and the piece went with a swing that was pleasing to all concerned. The costumes were issued, and were found to be in capital order. Captain Lampen, the stage manager, complimented the members on the excellent work done, and urged upon them the necessity for the closest attention to the practices from now onward, so that the piece may be thoroughly successful when staged on July 18 and 19 at the Town Hall. The permanent east of characters is as. follows:—Josephine; Mrs. 'W; A. Rennell; Buttercup, Mrs. Geo. Bond; Hebe, Miss G. Black; Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.8.. Mr. N. F. Dunlop; Captain Corcoran, Mr. W. Lander; Ralph Rackstraw, Mr. E. W. Lewis; Bos'un. Mr. W. S. Cato; Bos'un's Mate, Mr. C. Liddington; Dick Deadeye. Mr. F. H. Wilkie. .Mr. T. G. Grubb, the conductor, is taking infinite pains. Miss E. Ross Morison is the aecompaniste. Mr. Wilkie, the secretary of the society, asks us to state that this -week there will be a rehearsal on Wednesday night, instead of Thursday. FOOTBALL. STRATFORD CLUB.

The following teams will represent the Stratford teams on Thursday:— Seniors v. Toko and Te Wera, leaving by drag at 1.30 p.m.:—Kivell, Anderson, Crawshaw, Jones, Dud Cameron, Wood, Bonner, Whittington, Fearon (2), Young, Sullivan, Boon, C. Stewart. First Juniors v. Eltham, at Eltham:— Rhodes, Sheahan,. Bowler, Surgenor, Brown, Collins, Loveridge, James, Osborne, Kilpatrick, Hancock, Masters, Bayly, Sangster, Jones. Drag will leave Gooeh's stables at 2 p.m. sharp. Second Juniors v. Clifton, at Waitara, leaving by 8.50 a.m. train:—Rogers (2), Marchant (2), Collins (2), Sheahan (2), Rennie, Tanner, Law, Carroll, Milner, Crossan, Syme.

THE "WOLSELEY" SEPARATOR. The latest arrival on the cream separator market in Taranaki is the Wolseley separator, for which Mr P. Buckley, of Inglewood, is agent. The recommendation of the Wolseley starts from the factory itself, at Birmingham, erected and equipped for the absolute and sole production of this separator. A better equipped factory, or a more scrutinising system in order to eiisure perfect work, would, it is stated, be practically impossible to find. The name "Wolseley* is.a household word in the Australian and New Zealand world of sheepshearers, and, as the company aims at the same reputation in the separator business, it can be'depended upon not to market anything inferior. This separator was put on the market first in 1905, but since that year many improvements have been made in it, and it is now claimed to be the simplest and most efficient machine of its class produced. It is the embodiment of improvements on old ideas and of original and effective new ones.''The increasing popularity is'shown by the fact that the sales in ISOG trebled those of 1005, and the. sales of 1007 were double those of 1900. Mr. Buckley has hosts of enthusiasts who speaks in the highest I terms of tlie work of the Wolseley separator, and of its 'simplicity. The | price, too, is much lower than for many I separators that cannot' claim to be in | the same class, and the enterprising I Inglewood agent .should have numerous ] inquiries.

ODDFELLOWSHIP. At the quarterly meeting of the Loyal Stratford Lodge, "i.0.0.F., MIL, Bro. S. Thompson, X.G., presided. The following officers were elected for the ensuin" term:—N.fi., Bro. Webb; V.G., Bro. Harston; warden, Bro, Sen ' ; E.S., Bro. S. Thompson; guardian, V.C. Bro. E. Ireland; treasurer, P.(i. Bro. T. Lr.vson (re-elected); secretary, P.P.G.M. Bro. CV' D. Role (re-elected). The Eltliam team romped over our euchre . players, on .Monday night at Stratford. Better tilings should be possible amongst the local men when the "highwaymen" have been caught. BERNARD'S PICTURES. "The Bui Mi' of .I'olW.urg" i.-, to lie ! Kiwvc-d'il lo morrow nigh! by "The Spac-i.-:i U"!:i' '." ''hi; )- ;i i; |c 'picl.ure. w';h h '••■■■■ :■■ e -iiMivn for two nights, and which is j*;».-«>»» the hig attraction to-night, is a lilai lhal stirs the blood. The /rallant )m.(. iinsievrKsfnl attempt of the ;,oinii.r .-.-(1.1i.-r <o reach the bridge ! whii-ii lie 'e- :• >■' {<: ih'riniy is followed I by the -!,ece-'~ful effort of his sister. ' who. whin no hnigir able lo pi'oeeed | by boa!. ~.vims ,loaii (li.' river, lives the Ihrhi-e. ~ hi geN bark to land again. I The I roup- iiiivl into the ' river from the burning bridge, and are | made prisoners by the enemy as they I reach the shore. "The Spartan Mother" is another war ■ drama based on an incident in the . American Civil War. At the first call ; for volunteers Colonel Mnyne recruits a I regiment, lo fighl under Ibe Confederate | Hag. Two of the youngest recruits were ', hi- two «rins. who are killed. Bobby, the | vn;v"es' •.<!!!. wili-ls. and in a very few 5 dav> is engaged in a big battle near the !■■ I'omeslead. The house is fired j by bursting shells, and Mrs. Mayne and , servants take shelter in a negro '.''•'n. The raw recruits in the Confederate army waver, afraid of the roaring cannon and bursting shells, and Bobby has to be driven back to the firing

line. But he slips away, again unnoticed, and rushes into the cabin where hie mother is. She disregards his cringing appeal for shelter, and at the point of the revolver this Spartan mother hands him a Confederate (tag, drives him out of the cabin, and orders him to rejoin his company. A delirium of fear seizes the lad, who rushes forward, heedless of where he is going. The retreating soldiers are heartened by Ms rush, and their rallying is the turning point of the battle, the Union army eventually retiring from the field. The "hospital patrol finds Bobby lying .dead with the ilag over his shoulder, and his mother, who has seen the tragic end of her boy, i,s pictured on her knees thanking heaven that her last boy has been of pervice to the cause. This picture will be shown to-morrow for the first time, and will be supported by a big programme. It was announced at Monday night's picture entertainment that Mr. Sid Bernard, eornetist in the orchestra at His Majesty's Theatre, is in communication with a firm of American film manufacturers with a view of having a series of Maori war pictures recorded on the cinematograph. Mr. Will Diamond, whose brush has produced some fine scenery for some of the biggest stage productions in the colonies, now occupies his leisure moments in painting capital bills for the big hoardings in town to advertise His Majesty's Theatre motion pictures, with the management of which he is associated. The other night he "illuminated" a big 'hoarding with .a picture of two soldiers fighting. Next morning not a Tftstige of the paper remained. "They were so true to life," said someone, "That they fought .themselves out of the town."