STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 285, 24 April 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

FROM OUR RESIDENT REPORTER.

Telephone No. 113.

' THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION MORE CANDIDATES WANTED. There is still no opponent for Mr. W. P. Kirkwood in the Mayoralty election. The following are the candidates nominated up to 5 o'clock on Wednesday, with their nominators: Mr. William Horne Ilargreaves Young, nominated by Messrs. Hugh Good and F. P. Uniaclce.

Mr. Robert McKinney Morison, nominated- by Messrs. F. N. Dixon, Percy Thomson, H. Childs, .T. A. Thompson, W.

Brooking and E. Brooking. Mr. Josiah Wedgwood Boon, nominated by Messrs. J. McMillan, Thos. Mercer, J. B. Richards and J. Masters. Mr. Richard Dingle, nominated by Messrs. L. Riera, J. Petrie, D. J. Malone and Thos. Mercer. Mr. Joseph Henry Thompson, nominated by Messrs. R. D. Handley, A. F. Hodder.G. W. Hartnell, J. Hale, W. H. Robinson and Thos. Grubb. Mr. Francis G. Arden, nominated by Messrs. W. Brocklebank, E. A. Alger, F. Cole, E. Brocklebank, N. Brooking, J. McCluggage, W. H. Ryan, J. 11. Thompson, Alfred Coleman, C. Brooking, C. E. James and Mesdames H. Gardiner, M. Moroney and Lau. Messrs. J. B. Richards and J. Fredric are understood to be certain starters, but their nominations are not yet in.

Mr. J. Masters denies the statement

that he will be a candidate. Messrs. N. i J. King and Thos. Lawson, members of '> the present council, are almost certain ' to be nominated, the laftter appearing among the quartette to be nominated : by the south-end ratepayers.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD As yet, Mr. C. D. Sole is the only candidate nominated for the Hospital Board. NEW DOMAIN BOARD The new Stratford Domain Board has I been gazetted. The members are: [ Messrs. Geo. N. Curtis, R. McK. Morison, j T. H. Penn. W. P. Kirkwood and P. i Thomson. The only member who did not offer his name for re-appointment was Mr. Pilcher F. Ralfe, who has given years to domain and municipal work in Stratford. His place is taken by Mr. Percy Thomson, an enthusiast in horticulture and town beautification, and his advent to the Board will be welcomed, giving an opportunity to rub shoulders with the veterans of seenery preserva-1 tion and domain development in this town, and to keep the Board from growing grey and inactive. No reflection is intended on the old Board, whose members have given unsparingly of their time, but it has to be remembered that these appointments are for either seven or ten years, and even the youngest member be about middle-age before ten years have passed over his head.

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j A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. I " WIZARD " STONE MAKES A DEBUT | AT AUCKLAND. j HEIGHT OF FIFTY FEET ATTAINED. Auckland, April 21. A crowd of nearly 20,000 people gathered on the Domain cricket ground, and another four or five thousand on the other Domain on Saturday, in anticipation of viewing the first flight in New Zealand by an experienced aviator. The exhibitionist was "Wizard" Stone, an air showman from the United States, and his promoters had announced that he would make a flight in his Bleriot machine. After much trouble in controlling the' crowd which swarmed around the monoplane tent as bees around a hive, a flight of about a third of a mile at a maximum height of fifty feet was made. The machine was then returned to its canvas quarters, and although some thousands of people hovered round for some time, making occasional vocal demonstrations, nothing more was attempted with the monoplane. A quarter past three was the time advertised for the fight, but when it arrived the 30 x 30 tent in the north-west corner of the grounds was so besieged by curious watchers that Mr. I Stone and his stuff declined to fly unless given a clear run. The public did not realise the necessity for this, and it was only by the combined efforts of the 100-horse-power racing motor car driven by Percy Cornwall (a member of Stone's party) and a detachment of police, that a way sufficiently wide for the exit of the monoplane was secured, while six men held the tail of the monoplane. The engines were allowed to run for about a minute, when, at a signal from the aviator, the winged structure was set free. The machine ran forward on its pneumatic wheels in the face of a light breeze, and after keeping to the ground for a distance of 75 yards, the pilot depressed the elevator, causing the monoplane to swoop up into the air, a motion that { was accomplished by a breathless pause j among the watchers. Right past the I crowded grandstand the bird-machine went, at an altitude of about 50 feet, and then swerved towards the outer Domain. When turning, a gust of wind struck the plane, causing it to heel over, but the balance was smartly regained by the pilot. It was apparent, however, that the engine was not working strongly enough, and the monoplane immediately commenced a downward glide, alighting on the slope of the outer domain to the rear of the exhibition building. Before the pilot had time to alight, a crowd of some thousands surged about the aircraft, and this crowd grew considerably as the monoplane was lifted over the dividing fence to be wheeled back to its tent. An hour elapsed before the crowd vanished from the vicinity. Mr. Stone Said that, when leaving the cricket ground he felt that his altitude was not sufficient to clear the trees and houses ahead, hence his early descent. He said the monoplane was not injured when alighting, but the engine was not "drawing" as well as he liked it to "draw."

STRATFORD GOLF CLUB

SEASON OPENS TO-DAY

The president of the club, Mr. C. A. Budge, will to-day officially open the Stratford Golf Club's season. Members are asked to be present by 2.30 sharp. Entries for the opening match, a mixed foursome, are good. Besides those mentioned below, there are numerous other entrants, whose partners are being ar--1 ranged. A word to the secretary this morning would be appreciated from those j who have not already handed in their | names.

Entrants partnered are: Mrs. Renncll and J. R. L. Stanford, Mrs. Uniacke and F. P. Uniacke, Mrs. Abraham and R. Spence, Miss O'Brien and F. N. Fussell, Mrs. Budge and H. E. Abraham, Mrs. Copping and S. Spence, Miss Bayly and C. H. Croker, Miss Holford and V. Crawshaw, Miss N. Wake and W. J. Crawshaw, Mrs. Jackson and E. A. Jackson, Mrs. Robinson and E. S. Rutherfurd, Miss Anderson and S. Macalister, Miss Curtis and R. B. Anderson, Miss Orbell and G. R. Wright. STRATFORD ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY The Stratford Acclimatisation Society has received 25 pairs of pheasants from the Wellington Society, and these were placed yesterday in tile care of Mr. A. W. Budge, who has interested himself for some time past in this matter. Mr. W. B. Fearon, the secretary, states that the birds are an exceptionally fine lot. They will he liberated at tiie end of the shooting season.

In to-day's issue the Stratford Acclimatisation Society advertises that the I shooting season for cock pheasants and Californian quail opens oil May 1 and continues till July 31. Licenses will be issued by postmasters at Stratford, Ngaere, Toko, Midhirst, Whangamomona and Strathmore. or will be posted by the secretary to country residents. The Society oilers a reward of £."i for information that will lead to the conviction of any person shooting without a license or in any way contravening the Society's regulations. At a meeting of the Council on Tuesday night a ranger was appointed, and it was decided to make an earnest endeavor to put an end to poaching in this district.

PERSONAL Mr. Dyson, of the Public Works Department, has arrived in Stratford from the Murchison district to superintend the survey of the Opunake railway route from Te Roti. STRAY PARAGRAPHS Tlif, limit has been reached. Social agitators, immigration agents. Royal Commissioners, and economic writers can write away to their hearts' content about labor troubles, the survival of the unlit, or child slavery, but Toko Road must be. given the palm. There is no need to write columns about the incident, which can be tolil in a few words. At a. dance held at Toko road lately one of the dancers in a square dance carried her baby in her arms throughout. Next!