STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 160, 6 January 1914, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

FROM OUR EEdID ENT REPORTER. Office and Job Printing' Works: York Chambers (upstairs) ■T®l«phos» No. 113.

OIL AT HUIROA.

VERY I'ROAIISIXO OUTLOOK. A Daily News reporter paid a visit to the New Zealand Consolidated Oilfields' bore nl lliiiron yesterday. The . report circulated in Stratford just before Christmas to tho clVei't that oil bad (icon struck at 1100 feet was found to iiavo a substratum of - truth in it. The pump, 011 tlio Friday before Christmas, undoubtedly brought to the surface matter on which the color of 'oil could be seen. Drilling lias gone on intermittently from that date, and the oil lias 1 followed thy drill. The News man saw the pump withdrawn yesterday, and there was not the slightest doubt of the presence of a scum of. oil upon the papa slush. Better still, tlioj nose detected the unmistakable odor of fresh petroleum at the mouth of j the 'bore. There has been a' certain i amount of g-as activity just recently, j The drill is now penetrating a hard I sandstone streak, and when this has been pierced the tale o/ the drill will ! prove :cven more interesting. It. may be too early to prognosticate, but the fact of oil likely to be struck inland is _reallv very important, as showing the great extent of' petroliferous territory in 'Parana ki. The ''indications" ■ over the "Consolidated" belt arc particularly well-defined and varied, and' tlio outlook'is very hopeful. | STRAY PARAGRAPHS * Mr. A. J. Davey, of the popular Empire Stables, has added to his already line hiring plant a handsome Studc-' | baker 35bp motor car, imported' through Mr. Newton King. The "Studc-1 baker" is one of America's popular /automobiles, and this favorite machine shows very graceful lines. The second banner match of the season is to be played on the Stratford bowling green on Thursday, when Stratford and Eltham will play their return match. The first match resulted in a ■draw. i Mr. and Mrs. Asliton. of Napier, are on a visit to their son, Mr. J. H. Ashton, of 8' itford. Mr. ana Mrs. W. S. Cato, and Miss Prcntis, have left oil a six weeks' holiday trip to Tasmania. • Mr. Noye, Inspector of Permanent Way, is under orders to transfer to Christchurcli. King Edward Park was .1 popular picnic ground during t'he holidays, families spending the day in its leafy shades, or— tho junior portion, at least —bathing and paddling in the Patea river. The park is an ideal place for a restful picnic. A suggestion is made, however, that a few rough table! here and there would lie a great convenience at lunch time. Don't Jcave it too long. Get your order in now for one of Dan Malone and Co.'s great value Christmas hampers. All liquors of the best brands. If delivery is required at flag station, ploase add freight. It's time to have that long promised portrait taken. No need to wait for a fine day. Fast lenses and fast plates ' make showery weather as good as sunshine. Make the opportunity to-day. McAllister's Studios will give you faithful and pleasing results. Warmer weather snakes neglige shirts more than ever desirable. "The Kash" has them in new patterns and various materials. Tennis shirts, light singlets and pants, new hosiery, new ties, new sox, new hats, are here: in fact, an entirely new stock of men's wearing apparel.—Mullen and Marshall, proprietors. (live him a nine. But let it be a good pipe. Handsome is as handsome docs, and our handsome pipes provide a delightful smoke. Fill the nine with Stan. Sharp's special mixture, or any of the regular brands, all of which are stosked here, as well as eiwars, cigarettes, cifar and cigarette holders, cases, pouches, nncl so on. Stan. Sharp's, next to Bellringer's.

COSMOPOLITAN CLUB,

j BIZARRE NEW YORK INSTITUTION. ALL RACES MEET AND TALK. "YOL'II ENEMY IS THE MAX YOU DON'T KNOW." Jt lias recently been suggested that, us London is tlie .Mecca o{ tiie world, some attempt sliould -be made to give welcome and help to the many young students who come to London from foreign lands and live lonely lives. Here is a bright description of a club for sucb students which exists in New I York: I "At a students' chili in New York foreigners studying in the universities I and colleges of the city meet every Sun- j | day afternoon, and Chinese, and Japan- j ! ese, and 'Hindus discuss world polities J with tlicir friends from Europe and | South America," says tlie New York Post. "There are also North Americans in tlh', Club, which has sonic right to call j itself cosmopolitan. If you drop in you j may find a knot of Turks, flrceks, Armenians, and Syrians over in one'eorner j talking over tlie Balkan situation ivith i ' equal harmony and freedom, in spite of ! their racial and religious differences. Most of them, by the way, arc specialising in the study of economical and poli- [ tieal problems. "At six o'clock sixty to a hundred mur representing all the continents and most of the nations and races, sit down to supper together. Pcrh<,v>s they have only I bread and milk with apples and cocoa, ■ or it may be baked beans and liam awul- [ wielies. Tlie food is prepared and served by themselves, each taking a turn at' serving the others. _ EACH HAN'S NAME PI NNED ON. , "Each man wears his name written on 1 a slip of paper and pinned to the lapel of his. coat. These togs are not only a means of rapid identification, but they 1 are effective in overcoming the diificui- 1 ties of national language barriers. It is 1 a rule of the club that no one shall be ( seated next to one of his own country- 1 men. Your neighbor on one side may be 1 a Russian or a Japanese, on. the other a ] Tur.k or a Clreek. J "The Americans are sprinkled about— - Chilians, Argentinos, Mexicans, Ginad- [ 1 ians, and four or five belonging to the 1 United States—usually men who have '' spent a part of their lives in China, Ja- s pan, Turkey, teaching, perhaps, in those ' countries. After the supper there is a . brief address by some man well known 1 in some ticld of social work or education. 1 INDIANS AND CHINESE. | "The East Indians arc in the habit ( of holding meetings late on Sunday even- r ing after supper. If you are present you j may listen as they rise one after an-j ( other and each gives bis opinion as to j the best way to throw off the British < yoke. Or S. Singh, from Bombay, may i tell a few of his best stories, or J. K. i Banerji, from Calcutta, do a few jug- 3 g'ling and slcight-of-hn«wl tricks. On one l occasion Dr. Chakraberty, a high caste Hindu, gave a lecture on the different religions of the world. At tlie close a lively argument was started among' the ( Buddhists, Brahmins, Mohammedans, J Confucians, and Christians present. No j blows or bloodshed followed. 1 "Among these cosmopolitans the Chin- j ese are pre-eminently the scholars. They I are fairly steeped in learning, and it is for the most part, tlie American university brand, although some of them have studied in German, French, and English universities as well. Here in New York they are to be found in every phase of educational work, though predominantly they are students of politics, government and education. Ten or imore of tilie younger men are studying engineering. Wen Pin-Wei, who is preparing his doc- • tor's thesis in political economy and finance, was consulted by C. C. Wong, the director of the Pekin-Mukden railroad, regarding the Chinese loan when hw was in this country. 11. C, Mi"i, a Phi Beta Knappa man of Columbia University, is at present finishing his course ' in the Columbia Law School. 11. K. Tong, a strident of the School of Journalism, is an authority on international law and mutters of publicity among the Chinese. Tong preached revolution on the streets of Shanghai more than six years ago, and so effectively that., his fiery oratory actually led to a minor uprising. Most of these men will return to their own country to oecirpv places of importance. TURKS AND JAPANESE. "Joshua Z. Kyi, of (Union, was giving some reasons the other day why a republic was a suitable form of government for China. Ail Ottoman student pointed out the failure of the revolution in Turkey, and asked if the Chinese were any better prepared for self-government than the Turks. It was promptly argued that the inhabitants of China proper were a homogeneous people, while Turkey was rent by the jealousies of a dozen nationalities. "Ahmen Emin Bey is one of the Ottoman students of New York wlio decided that the greatest service that they could perforin for their fatherland in the present trouble in Turkey was to remain in this country during the war. Deliberately they debuted the question of re- i turning, ami it was their decision that Turkey needed educated men more than she did soldiers.. Emin it*, a student of political economy and journalism. "In the club the Japanese lire known as men of business. They will inform you that Japan is now most in need of modern business methods, and that 'is what they are here for. "Some of these cosmopolitan students live at the clubhouse at No, 554 West 114 th street. Some of the men who earn their own way take care of the rooms, wait on the tables, and wash dishes. Many are self-supporting in whole or in part. Some of the Chinese, Japanese and Indians get well paid for lecture work. "The casual visitor to the Sunday niglit suppers is impressed with the spirit of good-fellowship. Everyone reaches out a welcome hand to everyone else as he looks, if lie is a newcomer, at the name label on his coat. \hese c ismopolitans, who have rubbed elbows with so many other cosmopolitans, have a saying'that 'the man who is your enemy is the man you don't know.'"