STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 14 May 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

FROM OUR RESIDENT REPORTER.

Telephone No. 113.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD

ej Mr. J. McAllister was yesterday pointed chairman of the Stratford H pital and Charitable ABl Board. 1 choice of the Hoard is a good one, : there is no member of the Board bet qualified for the position than Mr. 3 Allister, It is a matter for wondermc that he was passed over when maki the temporary appointment recent Mr. McAllister takes the hospital wo seriously. He enjoys the confidence the people, as shown by the recent p< the confidence and respect of his c leagues and the staff. As a town me ber he h&a been for some time in clc touch with the management of the i stitution. In thanking his fellow-mei bers for his election, Mr. McAllister sa that the interests of the County Ceu • cil and the Borough Council were to hi identical. Members of, the Board we expected to look after the interests the patients first, and of the ratepaye and staff second. He believed the mei bers were unanimous in the idea tit • tfcey elected for the.#benefit.• , th'ose; \vho Veto unfortunate enough ■ require and, while membe . did their best to conserve the interes of the ratepayers as well, they ende vored also to take a broad view < ~ matters that came under their jurisdi tion. Congratulations were express* by Messrs. Smith, Sole and Walter. FOOTBALL . The Stratford first juniors to pla . Inglewood at Inglewood on Thursda are:— Hancock, Brown (3), Callaghai Kennedy, Hockey, Osborne, Booke Bowler, Tichbon, Pearce, Rogers, Collin Stewart; emergency, Baliance. The teai travels by the 12.55 p.m. train. BOROUGH COUNCIL The Borough Council meeting on Moi day evening was short, and the appoint j ment of committees took up most c I the time. The routine business was no voluminous. STANDING COMMITTEES. ' The standing committees were ap pointed as under:— Works Committee.—Crs. Dingle, Mas tors, Thompson and King. • Library Committee.—Crs. Thompsor Richards and Arden. Fire Brigade Committee.—Crs. Ivinj Fredric and Thompson. Lighting Committee.—Crs. Richards Dingle, Fredric and Thompson. Reserves Committee. Crs. Boon J Masters, Morison and Richards. Town Hall Committee. Crs. King Boon and Arden. Abattoir Committee.—Cm. Fredric am Dingle. Band Committee.—Crs. Morison am Boon. OVERSEER'S REPORT. Mr. T. D. Sullivan, overseer, reported: I beg to report on the progress ol works for the past mouth as follows: The crushing plant has been removed from the Pembroke site and set up ai the ford crushing site, where 092 yards of boulders and 141 yards of shingle have been crushed at a cost of 2s pel yard. There is another 300 yards of boulders and about 100 yards of shingle to be crushed at this site before' the plant can be removed to the septic tank paddock to crush 300 yards there as specified. W. Green is making good progress with his contract. Metal patching has been done on Opunake road, Miranda street, Page street, Hamlet street, Swansea road and Pembroke road. A 40ft. culvert, 12in. x Oin., has been inserted in Regan street, at its junction with Sylvia street, and the approach thereto metalled. Water tables and culverts have been cleaned out on Opunake road, between Hamlet street and Mr. Dingle's residence, and in Regan street east from C ordelia street, to the borough boundary. Asphalt footpaths in Broadway have been repaired. Three water services have been put in. Broadway has had the necessary attention during the month. Work left over from last month: Water to be laid to J. Patterson's house, Miranda street. This will have attention as soon as possible. Culvert for 1 Newton King, Fenton street. A 0-inch con erete pipe culvert has been put in. GENERAL. Mr. A. E. Chard wrote, asking for repairs to Portia street south.—Referred to the Works Committee for a report. Messrs. Gredig and Mackey's application for work on the Swansea,, road, a boundary road, was deferred till the spring, Cr. Arden expressing the opinion that to work there now would be a mistake. Mr. Bnrrell, contractor for the new offices for. the Public Works Department] was granted permission to remove shingle from the Patea riverbed, the Mayor stating that while there was not a great deal there the Council should help the contractor in every way possible. THINGS ECCLESIASTICAL Stratford had a galaxy of clerical talent on Monday evening, when Bishop Crossley was entertained at a parish social in the Parish Hall, whilst a few blocks away the Rev. Roseveare. of New Plymouth, and the two Methodist Ministers of Stratford, joined the Rev Pattison and his flock in joyfully celebrating the anniversary of St. Andrew's Church. At the Parish Hall Bishop Crossley spoke eloquently on two great subjects—the Marsden centenary and Bible in Schools question—briefly narrating the life of Bishop Marsden, the first missionary of the church in New Zealand, "founder of the church and founder of the nation." In connection with the centenary celebrations, the church proposed raising, by means of thank offerings, £20,000 for the purpose of establishing a religious educational institute for teachers. A lady had already given the first £IOOO of this sum. He did not ask for any more than thev could give, but he would like each one to place in an envelope a coin of any value, for each year they had lived in New Zealand, for the happiness of this country was largely due to the man to whose memory they dedicated it. The Bishop then launched into an ardent advocacy of Bible-reading in schools, remarking that whilst he had a great respect for the Dominion scheme of education lie did not consider it perfect, lie favored the Australian system, in which pupils read, in the course of their ordinary literary exercises, portions of Bible teaching. He believed that parents were largely in favor of the Bible in schools, and asked them to sign the cards circulated favoring the system ol religious instruction in schools, and requesting the Government to take a referendum on the subject.

AC the Presbyterian anniversary all tlu> speakers congratulated the congregation upon the marked success of olmi'eli work since the nrrivi'l of the Rev. Pattison, who lias been acclaimed

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the very man for the work of rebuilding | the congregation; and mention was made }• (of the purchase of a new manse, a- | The Rev. Roseveare had something to ie : say about the lax attendance' of the ir I young at church services, and of the irjneed for evangelistic work, mentioning [ the special evangelistic effort to be made t shortly by the Rev. Pattison. g At the outset an apology was made for the Rev. Mr. Butler, who was enk gaged at the Anglican social tendered f to the Bishop of the diocese. I, STRAY PARAGRAPHS » Mr. Cyril H. Croker, who, has been . managing clerk in Mr. W. G. Malone's ; legal offi<s/for. about a ypar and a half, 1 leaves this ihorMng for' Hastings, Where - he has decided to practise on his own, i account. On Monday he was presented > by Mr. Malone's staff with a valuable [ legal text book. Mr. Croker will be i missed. He has made himself very popu- . lar in the town, socially and otherwise, ; and he has also become known as a i good, man in court work, as a keen golfer . i- and tennis playeri and he. was the lion--i oritrf solicitor and owf of the earliest I members of the-' Taranaki' Provincial Scottish Society, and one of the founders 1 of the Gymnastic Club. He has made himself a useful citizen, and Hastings peo.ple will doubtless quickly recognise and reward his good qualities. ) Too vague.—This was the Stratford j Borough Council's dictum in regard to the proposal of the Cliristchurch City Council to raise funds for providing prizes "for all time" for the men of H.M.S. New Zealand. The Council decided on this account to defer consideration of the scheme. The boisterous and wet weather of late has caused considerable damage to the electric lamps in the street lighting system. The Mayor stated at Monday's meeting of the Borough Council that the new lamps would be protected by glass globes, and this would reduce the risk of damage. Sixty-two cows, 33 heifers, 3 oxen, 4 calves, 240 sheep, 38 lambs and 48 pigs provided Stratford's meat sup- | ply last month. Prime ox beef presumably goM to the freezing works. ! On Friday afternoon next a meeting is to be held of all ladies interested in the annual Scottish social, to be held in the Stratford Town Hall on June I'2 next. ■ Mrs. Sangster, who has the immediate control of the commissariat department, reports that tKis year the arrangements will be even ahead of last year's. The Musical Committee is already making preliminary arrangements for the engagement of Scottish singers from far afield, and any engaged will be first- ] raters. A full meeting of the ladies is specially asked for Friday in the Bor-ough-Council Chambers at 3 o'clock. ;i . The scarcity of coal lately was equalled only by the ingenuity of one of.the local coal dealers in explaining the cause of it. "It's the battleship," he explained to a householder who was 1 complaining of the want of enterprise \ (or something of that sort) on the | part of the coal dealers. "You see, J I madam," he went on, "the battleship I New Zealand takes so much coal that . ! the miners couldn't send us any till the j ship had left Auckland." This little , piece of fiction was told without even i the suspicion of a smile. A leading architect, chatting yesterday | with a Daily News representative, remarked that there is considerable activity in the building trade. Carpenters and joiners are all busy, and painters and paperhangers are at a premium. As there is no better standard by which to judge the progress and prosperity of tie town the remark is well worthy of j rominence.

Business men need suits that will wear. That's the sort the Broadway Tailoring Company, of Stratford, makes. Business men want smartly-cut clothes, and well-fitting clothes, too. Here again the Broadway Tailoring Company is to the fore. Just call in and see the very latest patterns in suitings and trouserings.

A tremendous drop in the temperature has brought about a big advance in the demand for warm wear for men. "The Ivash" just now presents a new shipment of warm woollen shirts, besides which they have a great range of overcoats. Messrs. Mullen and Marshall, the proprietors, are both well acquainted with the men's wear trade.