Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 174, 10 December 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

From o:ir Resident Reporter,

BOKOUGH COUNCIL At last night's meeting of the Bor ough Council the business was not par ticularly importajit. The Mayor pre sided.

The borough workmen applied to be paid "wet and dry," on account of the comparatively few dry days at certain seasons.

The abattoir manager reported for the month:—Stock slaughtered: 57 cows, 1!) heifers, 11 oxen, 2 calves, 234 sheep, 107 lambs, and 37 pigs, and 48 tripes were cleaned. Slaughtering fees, £53 3s Gd. Stock condemned: 3 cows and 3 heifers, for tuberculosis, wholly or in part. No. (i paddock had been stumped. The Library Committee reported having had a meeting with some of the library subscribers, and having arranged to have a regular supply of books. The money had been allocated as follows: £7 10s for general works of reference. This amount would supply about 100 books, and these should should arrive from England about the end of February. For current fiction £22 10s, supplying about five books per week for the next six months, after which a further supply should be arranged for. The books for the first three months would come from Wellington, and the remainder from England, at regular intervals. The committee recommended that four lamps of 50 c.p. each be placed opposite the Municipal Buildings to advertise the library and reading-room. The borough overseer, Mr. T. D. Sullivan, reported on work for the month. Footpaths had been constructed in Miranda street north, and Cordelia street south. Broadway north, from Pembroke road to Flint road, had been scarified, crushed metal and shingle spread on the weakest parts, and rolled down. He pointed out that scarifying and rolling would not make a permanent work, unless the street received at least a light coat of new material before being rolled down. A start had been made with the stone crusher hired from the Eltham County Council.

. STRATFORD BOWLING CLUB _ The green is improving daily, and so is the attendance of members. On Saturday J. Masters and N. J. King wrested "the feathers" from G. gangster and T. C. Fookes, the holders, after a good game. Several of this season's "colts" are coming along well. The nominations for club matches are good. Entries have closed for the championship singles, handicap singles, and beginners' match, entrants in this competition being limited to this year's novices.

The championship is divided into two sections. A and B. Each player playing each other player in his section.

Section A.--C. M. Porritt, N. J. King, 0. Smart, W. Mac Donald, T. H. Penn, T. C. Fookes, C. Wright. Section B.—J.' Munro, J. Masters, R. McK. Morison, A. Black, G. X. Curtis, G. Sangster, J. W. McMillan. Winners of sections to play off.

Handicaps in the Handicap Singles are:—Section A: G. Sangster (scr.), R. Morison scr.. W. Mac Donald 2points, 0. Wright 3. A. Black 3. J. Masters 4, -I. Brake 5, I-T. Sanderson 7. G. Bond 9, R. Masters 12, H. Wilson J<2. Section B: G. Smart scr.. 3S T . J. King scr., T. H. Penn 3. J. W. McMillan 3, S. M. Porritt 4. T. C. Fookes 4, H. Edgecombe 0, E. Jackson 8. R. Beckett 10, Mullen 12. Beginners' Match: Dyson, R. Beckett, R. Masters. F. Mullen, W. Lander, S. Spence. E. A. Drake. G. W. Mills. A. Henderson, White. A. Blick. J. Staples.

STRAY PARAGRAPHS Five fine flays, right on end! That'.; nearly a year's supply. Someone will be crying out for rain in a day or two, sure. The district electors' roll is in process of construction. The town clerk has my sympathy. Youngsters sell bottles to the cordial factories. Smart hoys, some of them. One nipper marched into the yard the other day. gathered up a dozen bottles, carried them into the office, and sold them. Xcxt! 31 r. James Sullivan, who has successfully conducted that popular hostelry, the Commercial Hotel, for nearly a year, has now purchased the freehold from the late F. S. Pollock's estate. The price paid was £4250. Style, quality, exclusiveness and good value. These are what the careful and well-dressed man requires in his suit. The Egmont Clothing Company, Stratford, is featuring boxed ready-to-wear suits just now, having anticipated a good demand by ordering largely and well for both men and boys. This is undeniably a -quality store, right opposite Lamason's mart.

An old man named Stephen Gedge died suddenly at his residence in Ariel street on Sunday. He was f>B years of age. Dr. Steven certified to the cause of death. The band concert oil Sunday next in the hospital grounds promises to draw quite a gathering of the people. The new isolation ward will be thrown open for inspection. A collection will be made with the Christmas effort on behalf of the hospital funds. In this connection I learn that the lady members of the Horticultural Society have undertaken to furnish some hundreds of buttonholes for sale on Hospital Day, the proceeds to go to the hospital. The main street was watered by one-man-power yesterday. The borough over-. seer had the Council's horses engaged in ■ ■arting out road metal, and the dust had to be kept down by using a length of hose and a hydrant. It settled the dust somewhat, by washing it into the side-channels. This style of street watering is not good for the roads, as it washes away the binding material. A meeting of the National Park Board is to be held in the Municipal Chambers on the morning of the 19th inst. The Primitive Methodist Sunday School had lovely weather for its anniversary services on Sunday, and the congregations were good. The Rev. B. Metson occupied the pulpit morning, afternoon and evening, preaching thoughtful and appropriate sermons. The singing of the children was hearty and good, under the baton of Mr. C. Birkett, choirmaster. Miss R. E. Robinson was the organist. Miss E. Moon sang a solo at the evening service, and Miss R. Cartwright in the afternoon, when recitations were given by Misses Winnie Egan. Doreeu Barak and Master A. Bound.

BERNARD'S PICTURES "Treasure Island" commenced its season last night, and was intensely excit- I ing, realistic and enjoyable. To those who may not have read the book, a treasure is in store, and this in more senses than one. The film is taken in the islands of the Bermudas by the Edison Company, and is a meritorious production. Among some excellent pictures, a film showing the Los Angeles Fire Brigade, recognised as one of the finest firefighting organisations in the world, at work and at play, is worthy of special note. Scenics play an important part in the programme, and "A Trip to Tahiti" is well-worth seeing, the tropical vegetation being beautifully reproduced on° the screen. "Swedish Waterfalls" is

another scenic film. The dramatic and comic films have their own admirers, and the diversified programme gives an excellent evening's entertainment. The present gathering (if films is certainly a. good one, and the audiences should be large.