Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 73, 13 August 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

From oar Resident Reporter. T2l.'-';:-I-;0SE TO MOUNTAIN HOUSE Mr. J. B. Hine,. M.P., hag written to the Borough Council, under date June 25, enclosing the following letter from the Postmaster-General of that time, Mr. 11. G. Ell: "Respecting the proposal to extend the telephone line from Stratford Mountain House, via Pembroke road: I have the honor to inform you that the desired line will be erected and offices opened at Pembroke road and the Stratford Mountain House on a guarantee being given in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the attached sheet to pay a subsidy of £6 : 10s a year for five years, or on payment of a lump sum of £2G, equal to the subsidy for four years, and on suitable persons agreeing to act as telephonists without salary until the revenue from their respective offices reaches £lO per annum. The office at Pembroke would | be named 'Mangarangi,' and that at the Stratford Mountain House 'Potaema' provided the names were verified as Maori. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

The annual meeting of the Stratford Horticultural Society was held last evening, Mr. T. Reader, the president, presiding. The following report of the committee was adopted.—ln presenting their report your committee claim that the past year has been a successful one in spite of the exceptionally bad season experienced. The climatic conditions pre Tailing had their effect on the entries for the autumn show, but as an exhibition the show must be regarded as distinctly good, a contributing feature being a splendid exhibit of fruit and vegetables staged by Mr. F. Westbury, of the Rutt, to whom the thanks of the society are due. No nurserymen were present, and the hall was comfortably filled by competitors. The spring show was as usual a beautiful sight, being again supported by Mr. Osmond with a magnificent collection of blooms for exhibition only. This show resulted in a email credit balance. Membership.—The membership was about the .same as last year. As will be seen from the balance-sheet, the members' subscriptions and donations keep the society going, as with the heavy prize lisit offered at the autumn show it is almost impossible to make tlu6 show pay its way. The society's property account has been added to bv the pur- ; chase of vases, but suffered 'the loss of ■ two trophies, the Daffodil Cup and the i Dahlia Cup, which were won outright by Messrs. R. Gibson and Fred. Da vis, respectively. The committee 'gratefully remember the many friends of the society. Financial.—The society continues to have a small cash balance on the right side of the ledger, in addition to the assets accumulated. Those who havo given special prizes and donations to the prize fund, or acted as judges or i stewards at our shows, all merit our siniceiest thanks; also the Press for valuj able assistance, and the A. and P. Asso- . ciation for the use of its offiee for meetinge.

Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows:—President, Air. Percy Thompson; secretary, Mr. W. S. Cato. The spring show is to he held in the Foresters' Hall, on September 26.

A GOOD SUGGESTION. The following passage occurred in the report of Mr. T. Sullivan, borough overseer, to the Borough Council last night: —"I beg to suggest the advisableness of the council procuring a stone crusher. Now that a road roller has been purchased you have the poweT to work the crusher. Since I took charge of the borough works about four years ago the "imcil has let contracts" for crushing, y, about 1500 yards of boulders every •ar, and I say, without fear of contradiction, that in no case has a contractor landed with a crusher in a fit state of repair to do the work according to specifications, consequently the stone has been bruised instead of crushed. I have objected to work being proceeded with owing to the worn state of the jaws, and ihave been told that new jaws could not be procured in less time than six weeks. Having to wait four weeks for a contractor to make a start and a further six weeks for new jaws would mean that the work could not be done during the season the contract was let. My argument is that, if you want to do goo'a work, you must have good tools to do it with. If you have your own crusher it can be kept in a proper state of repair and always do good work. Further, it costs the council at least one shilling per yard for hire of engine and crusher, and for 1500 cubic yards of metal thi» means that the council is paying at least £75 per annum extra for crushing. I might say that I have gone into the matter very carefully, and have no hesitation in recommending the council to purchase the above plant." The suggestion, which was generally suported by the councillors, was refercvd to the Works Committee to report.

GOLF. The men's medal competition for August was won by J. F. Ritchie. The following sixteen returned cards out of 23 entrants: J. F. Ritchie 86 4 82 F. N. Fussell 93 9 84 C. H. Wright 93 9 84 W. J. Crawshaw 92 7 85 J. R. L. Stanford .... 94 7 87 F. J. Morgan 114 27 87 G. R. Wright 102 11 91 P. Wrieht 104 13 fll G. H. G. He.lditch .... 108 17 91 A. F. Grant 109 15 93 R. B. Anderson 110 16 94 S. Spence 106 9 97 V. V. Uniacke 106 9 97 J. IT. Thompson 110 13 97 F. W. Wake 112 15 97 O. Vaughan 123 14 109 The ladies' medal competition resulted as follows: Miss O'Brien 83 V 8 65 Mrs. Budd 06 25 71 Miss Wake 86 12 74 Miss Fussell 81 6 75 Mrs. Robinson 89 6 83

In the third round of the men's cihamp'onsliip, W. J. Crawshaw beat Vernon Crawshaw. 2 up and 1 to plar, and TJilchie heat Stanford by default." The second round of the junior ehamp'onship resulted as follows: —liedditch '"■ it Vaughan, 8 up and 7; Tt. Anderson h. at Budd, 3 up and 2; P. Wright beat v v'' '-p. 3up and ]; R. Spcnoe beat Budge, 2 iip and 1. THE MEAT WE EAT The following stock were slaughtered rif the local abattoirs in July:— 72 cows, r [infers, 21 bullocks, 2 calves, 203 .'•hni-p. 20 pigs, 46 tripes. Stock condemned: 10 cows, 1 heifer, and 2 sheep. OUR WATER SUPPLY Vr. TT. W. Climie has written to the borough council noting the receipt of a litif from an English firm of wchanical "v'<t filters, stating that the pressure i,' '•« water-mains of Stratford would be !;••.''"■•. d by only four or five pounds in tli' 'vent of the filters being erected I •':■• i. io the town, as Mr. Climie suggest--1 ' <"'ouncillors at a previous meeting "=sed the opinion that the erection ■ "Hers would bring about a eerious ■ion in the pressure.

STRAY PARAGRAPHS W ai f er! £" ow 7 e mornina. JJust storms before noon. Take your J* out of that. And the tum^raS,; a a s ,rdir i,,g " pointortii "' eabou< - Good business day Saturday. A gentleman who conducts one of the lamest retail businesses in central Taranaki told me yesterday that this has been an exTnTl f °, r ss aud for cash, and that the last month has been astonishingy good. This says something for Stratford, but it says a lot also for himielf mlmStratiVe abmty ° f the man Foreman Wilson's name was left out oi the list of competitors published yesterday morning for the Hallenstein trophy competition amongst fire brigade members. Old time comps. would take that as a tip, and plank their shirt on The following will represent Druids at euchre against the Egmont Club at the club rooms on Thursday, August lo:-S. Clarke, G. Pugh, H. Burmester, W. Lee A. Russ, A. Mandy, J. Shamrock, h. Chard, E. Simmonds, V. Hedgemaji J. Thompson, J. Jo neS) R.. Handley, J. E' n ee i ?• McMill au, D. Buchard, I. Ladd, C. Johnston, G. Liddington, T Rabone, W. Mclnay. * HANNAH'S BOOT SALE. One of the largest boot firms in New ' Zealand has a big and very live branch business m Stratford. The firm is not i one of those which is continually holdine «ales, but makes a policy of holding two sales a year As they say in an advertisementin this issue, they "do the thing properly when they hold a sale, and it spe Is bargains in all departments. The customer has the wihole of the £7OOO stocka to select from at marvellously xetaced prices. There is quite a numerous •Uff of assistants at the Stratford branch, of which Mr. W. Lander is the popular manager, and in such a tremendous and varied stock it should be difficult to schedule a boot want that cant be satisfied. In whatever style weight, size, or fitting, you can be suited and genuinely pleased. BERNARD'S PICTURES

The present series of pictures screened under the direction of our enterprising theatre proprietress, Mine. Bernard is undoubtedly excellent. Included in the programme is "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde " adapted from E. L. Stevenson's famous •tory, a most enthralling photo-play. "A Siren, of Impulse" is a story of impetuous Spanish blood. Mariana, the rose of the little Spanish village, has the hearts of all the young men agog, until Jose finally wins her heart and hand. Shortly after her marriage Fiesta Day arrives and though she desires to attend the dance in the evening, Jose, through jealousy, refuses to allow her to go. At first she is defiant, and dresses to go, but later she decides to respect her husr band's command and, instead of going lends her festival dress \o her friend] As the party leaves, a child enters and solicits Mariana's aid. for her sick mother. Jose, returning to the house after his temper has cooled, finds hi* wife absent, and, of course, assumes flh«. has gone to the dance.' This a-s----sumpti&n is strengthened by seeing his erstwhile rival in the distance •on the way to the gardens with Gloria, who, in his wife's attire, he reasonably mistakes for Mariana. A tragedy i's narrowly averted by .mere chance. The codemies are described as a veritable of laughter," introducing a Modern Ananias" and "A Voiee from the Deep."

The "Flexible" boots, advertised in this issue by the Egmont Clothing Company, are the acme of comfort, and the acme of style. They conform at once to the shape of your foot and your style of walking, due to the scientific construction of the "waist," and you get right from the jump that comfort that we generally -associate with' our old boots. They drive away the new boot terrors and pains.