STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 4, 5 June 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

FROM OUR RESIDENT REPORTER,

BOROUGH COUNCIL MATTERS. The Works' Committee will present quite ;i formidable list of recommendations at the next meeting of the Borough Council, in the report to be issued to-dav, the committee states that during the month an inspection has been made of the whole borough, ami the overseer has received instructions to attend to the following matters: —(1) Water tables, Broadway north, near Craig street; (2) water tables, junction of .Miranda ,street and Pembroke road; (3) to continue footpath on Pembroke road, west,, north side, to Mrs. Prentis' property; (4) to make a path on east side of Orlando street south, near properties of Mr. Rowson jr., and Mrs. Styles; (5) to spend the balance of the money allocated for the purpose (£2) on Swansea road south; (0) to prepare estimate of cost of completing footpath on ltegan street west of Brecon road; (7) to prepare estimate of -cost of footpath on south side of Warwick road, east; (8) to prepare estimate of cost of footpaths on west side of Brecon road, from Regan street to James Robson's, and on .the cast side, from Mr. Collins' to Mr. jenkinson's; (0) to inspect culvert at junction of Pembroke road and Hamlet street.

The committee recommends that £25 be spent on formation and gravelling of Juliet street, south of Warwick road; That the Railway Department be requested to remove the bank on the railway reserve at the corner of Romeo street anjd Broadway; that a footpath be formed' on Cordelia street, west side, between .Fenton street arid Cloton road; that a footpath be formed on Cloton road between Cordelia street and Swansea roacl, the full distance on the north side, and from Mr. Butcher's to powerhouse on the south side; that a new meter be procured ior railway water supply.

HOCKEY.

r" Tiie following'will represent the Strat(ford hockey team against the District | High School, at Victoria Park, at 3.30 j .sharp this_ afternoon:—Misses Hewson, D. Robson, I. Smart, C. Fryday, I. ! Parker, H. Allen, A. Fryday, E. Bray- | shaw, A. Dickinson, R. Jones, and E. ! Turkington. Emergency, Alice Dickinson.

SALE OF JERSEY CATTLE Mr. W. M. Bayly's unreserved sale of his Jersey herd yesterday drew a big attendance of Taranaki Jersey men, and, despite the mid-winter season, very satisfactory prices: were received throughout, i the quality of the cattle being well known, besides which there was the fact that the cows were in calf to Molina's [ General, son of the great Noble of Oakj lands. The. top price was reached by Ruth 11., by Rioter of Pencarrow—Rita. A typical Jersey cow, successful in the show-ring and for butter production, fashionably bred, she was bought by Mr. p. J. linn it'l2o guineas, or about 30 guineas. leßS*.than the price Mr. Bayly pp.id to, Mr. Linn himself for the cow a .(Season or two.ago. The grades sold well, up to 16 guineas' being 'obtained for some of the cows. In this section Mr. C. E. Bellringer,-.of New Plymouth bought two cows and three heifers. A grade Jersey cow offered by a Stratford town resident, with a> reserve, of £lO, was sold to Mr. A. J. Brown, 'of Mangatoki, for 1!) guineas! Messrs. Webster, Dobson & Co. conducted. the sale, and Mr. F. W. Webster \vielded the hammer during the greater portion of. it, but handed it over to Mr. P. Budd (of the Loan and Mercantile staff)'whilst he was absent holding an auction sale of property. Mr. R. T. B. Mellow's Jerseys failed to bring the owner's ideas of their value. Details of Mi - . Bayly's pedigree stock sale: Enigma, calved 1906, bred by F. W. Cornwall, of New Plymouth; by Cute Cicero—Jessica.—John Nicholson, Kaupokonui, 30 gns. Bullfinch's Rose, by Bullfinch—Little Rose; calved 1908.-—A. E. Watkin, Hawera, 51 gins.

Ruth IT., by Rioter of Pencarrow— Rita; calved: ,J. Linn, Manga•tpkij ,12,0 gua., .. Lady- Wairefe, ;:by Uncle Sam—Cinderella; calved. J. .Brown, Manga,toki. "

'■ Belvedere Silvey Dot, by K.C.B.—Silver Medal;-calved, 101.0.-tA- J- Brown. *2B gns. FairßuthiJjyj,Mn,rcus--Ruth ll|—E. J. Kirkwood, .&trstf(y - d, ; 35 gns. Wairere!s; (3®p, by Beauty's Prospect— Bullfinch's :Rps#jj„ "jailed 1912.—C. .Goodson, Haweraj<3B gns;. • ■ . Wairere's Molina, bv Molina's General —Lady Wair(trfi; Kirkwood4;l6 gns. : ; Wairere'siSiJyer,. Spec, by Darkie Bill —Belvedere Silvgr- Dot:—E. Griffiths, New PlyipQutlj,"!? gns; >. Wairere's /Naomi, by Marcus—Ruth IT.; calved 11912.—C. Goodson, Hawera, 30 gns. ' ...■■•■ij.'ii

.. STRAY PARAGRAPHS Tho.latest terror is the child's tricycle. A coupje of these darted into the track of a cyclist in one of the principal streets but fortunately the big cyclist was an expert dodger. , 4 s -v '- : Driving wit'lioublights is becoming more and mpre prevalent. The borough inspector does nbt -seem as keen after fines and convictions as he used to be.

Mr. ,C. S, ■Kelly rfejoins the reporting slaff of the Stratford Post to-day. Back on the old trail;-

"The Monk and the Woman," staged here last night, is a distinctly unusual play, and a distinctly good one. The cast includes s'omd- actors of ability, and their work last night was pleasing to a degree. 'J?eV Plymouth playgoers should not miss it.

There -was''a*'peculiarly sad incident on the incoming Whiingatnomona train yesterday. l A cliild' was being brought to Stratford f6r r medical attendance, but before the train" reached Stratford the child had passed away. The funeral of the late Mr. Reginald Bell, who died as the result of injuries received in a collision on Saturday nigiit, took place yesterday. The late Mr. Bell was a member of Mr. Newton King's staff, and the firm's premises were closed for the half-day as a mark of respect and mourning. The followers included tln'rty-two members of Mr. King's staff from the Stratford, New Plymouth and Kaponga offices, and the bearers comprised the manager and heads of departments. They were Messrs. H. E. Abraham. L. Riera. H. Ashton, J. Hignett, W. L. Lawrence and A. Prentice. There was a short service at Holy Trinity Church, conducted l>v the Rev. W. A. Butler before proceeding to the Koputama Cemeterv.

The following interesting par. appears ill the monthly report of tile borough Council The tunnel under liroadway, at the Bank of Australasia, has been cleaned out. the condition of which was as follows: The length of the tunnerfrom the manhole in Broadway to the pipes under the Bank pronerty is 54 feet. Twenty-seven feet of this distance from

Office and Job Printing Works: Next N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Broadway. Telephone No. 113.

the manhole towards the street line, in a westerly direction, I found in a very i dangerous condition. This part I tim- ; bered to make it safe for men to work j in. The remaining; 27 feet (15 feet of ! which is under the Bank property) was j as solid as the day it was driven; ccyiI sequently subsidence or shrinkage could i not take place within . a distance of | eight feet from the street line at the . Bank building. On close examination I I finil the cause of shrinkage in the street is entirely due to water from the water table percolating through the filling, eventually finding its outlet at the tunnel. Pipes have been laid for the whole of the distance. When I got the necessary concrete work done at the manhole, the filling in over the pipes in the street will be put in hand. For your information I wish to point out that the level of the footpath at the street line at the Bank has not altered for the past three years. The underground work was carried out by C. Halsey, borough employee, and J. Patterson, casual.

The Stratford! Land Exchange has an advertisement in this issue. The firm La's secured central offices in No. 5, York Chambers (first floor), and is prepared to execute all classes of commission work. Farmers and property-owners wishing to sell are invited to forward particulars, and buyers will find a varied list of farms, town properties and 1 businesses for their inspection. Mr. W. H. Thomson, formerly with Messrs. Hatrick & Co., is the manager.

People generally have a poor idea of tinifc and distance. The writer remembers a court case in which a distance of five and a half chains was sworn by several witnesses to be about half a mile, a quarter of a mile, a hundred yards, and "about twice the length of the court room!" Each one of those witnesses was striving to tell the truth, of course. On Tuesday, at the inquest on the late Reginald Bell, one of the witnesses said that he had heard Bell's motor-cycle coming. "How long was it after that that the collision occurred?" asked'gergeaiit McNeely. "Oh, about a couple of minutes," replied the witness. "You can go a. long way in a couple of minutes on h motor-bike," said the sergeant. "Did you ever ride one?" Yes, the witness said. "Well," said the Sergeant,"a motor cyclist in some countries would go a couple of miles in a couple of minutes." The witness then concluded that only a few seconds had elapsed. Yet he was perfectly honest in his first . estimate of the passage of time.

The King's Birthday does not cause anv great excitement when it falls in midwinter, as does the present Sovereign's birthdav. It is not much of a time for out-door gatherings, unless you are clothed in warm underwear, a srood suit, and topcoat from. "The Kash" (Mulden and Marshall, proprietors). The men of to-da,y and the men of tomorrow are all interested in this announcement—that the best place in Stratford for a hair-cut or shave is S. Sharp's Esrmont saloon, next Bellringer Bros. Why not buy your cigars, cigarettes. tobaccos, pipes, and matches there, too?*