Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 81, 22 August 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

l'rom oMr Resident Reporter. KILLED C-N THE~ RAILWAY. On Tuesday a man named George Anderson, en-raged as a teamster by the 1 üblie \\ orks Department, was found dead on the public works line between JVfangere road railhead and Whangamoiiiona tunnel, lie had apparently" been t "i"f- r ht by the cow-catcher and dra->-ed along for Mime distanee about s.3o°in | the morning, but not the slightest bump ivas noticed by the engine-driver or passengers on board, and nothing was known until the body was found later on during the morning. An inquest was held at Whangamomona yesterday, bef'iro M. T. A. lira (I ley. Acting-Coroner The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, no blame being attachable to anybody, but a rider was added that the Public Works Department should be requested to show a larger light on tile guard's van ■ when the train was bein" run backwards. D

| THE OPUNAKE RAILWAY | STRATFORD SPEAKS. A BATTLE OF ROUTES AGAIX. _ At the Stratford County Council meeting yesterday a letter was received from the Taranaki County Council, askin* this Council to endor.se its resolution urging on the Government the necessity fur making an immediate start witii the Mofuroa-Te Roti railway. The Waimate West County Council wrote on the same question. were carried: In reference to the proposed "Round the Mountain" railway: "That in the opinion of this Council the. Government are not warranted in'expending such a large sum of public money, considering tjifif small area of country greatly bene" fltcd, in carrying out t'lie ■recommendations of the Opunake" Railway Commission."

'That this Council, representing the Stratford County, desires to dTaw tire' attention of tlie Hon. Minister of Public Works to Ihe growing demands of Stratford, as' a commercial and distributing centro, and the necessity for the early completion of the Stra'tford-Jta-ponga-Manaia branch railway." STRAY PARAGRAPHS. The amalgamation proposal of the Makahu Dairy Company did not appeal successfully to the. Stratford Company on Tuesday.. The following will represent the Foresters' Lodge in a, football match against, the .Fire'Urigade at the Show grounds to-day (Thursday); Bowler, Kivell, Wood. Watkjns. Osborne, Hancock, Copestake. Rogers, Law, Roberts (2), Yandle, Wilkie. Walsh, Brown; emergencies, Nea], E. "Walsh, and Morratt. Ngaern and Kgmont Club card teams meet to-night. : ' ■ The second stage of the land debate next Thursday promises to be vefv interesting. Many of the members of thy •'Parliament" are "sitting hard." At_ a meeting of the Stratford Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday night it was decided to lay down six new courts .in Victoria Park north, at the back of t'lie croipict ground, as soon as possible, permission Laving been kindlv granted to-the Club by the Domain Board. The Club find that the old courts are .now too small to serve Hie greatly increased membership. With six centrally situated courts the Club may look forward to getting, championship" matches played in Stratford.

'"Aren't we law-makers, and are you going to make us law-breakers?" queried Cr. Thomson at the County Council meeting yesterday, when ,it was proposed to proceed with re-metalling on I lie Oluira road. He pointed out that ;!ie Council's -by-laws prohibited heavy traffic from Slay to September, inclusive, and if the Council went on with this metalling now it would break its own by-laws. Other councillors thought that as the Council was doing this metalling in the interests of economy, and on behalf of the ratepayers, it jould afford to ignore the by-laws. "Straker wagon.—This was shipped last week to a southern buyer," read the county chairman at yesterday's meeting. "Any remarks?" There were two. Cr. Walter ejaculated, "Thank the Lord!" and Cr. Thomson said, "Let her go. and good luck to her!" Owing to the labor troubles at Home the County Council's road-roller will not be here for some time yet. Nothing definite is known, as to its probable date of landing in the Dominion.

BERNARD'S PICTURES. "The Tide of Battle." showing at His lfaje>ty\« Theatre to-night, together with a brilliant array of specially selected films, is a fine picture by the famous Kalein Company, and a strikingly original dramatic story. A drama of quite another class, but equally as meritorious, is "Just Like a Woman. 1 ' Famous as the American Biograph Co. is for the breathless interest of its plays, it has never produced a. story which was more convincing, more realistic. or more gripping than this. The audience will also be takea on an aweinspiring journey to the summit- of the Matterhorn. and will be given an insight into the workings of the Berlin Automobile Fire Brigade. The quaint customs of the Arabs are pictoriallv unfolded in an interesting wanner. There are plentv of comic tilm.s, notably ,a "Cure for jealousy."