STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1915, Page 3

STRATFORD.

I (From Our Own Correspondent.) j Stratford, Yesterday. _ The Stratford Bowling Club will offi- | cialiy open their green on Thursday afternoon (wet or fine). Last Thursday the weather was decidedly against the Club's opening, and it is hoped it will be fine for Thursday next. A charge of Is will be made for admittance to all men to the green, the proceeds to go towards the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The Egmont Club Orchestra will render selections during the afternoon. The Club will be pleased to welcome visiting bowlers and ladies. COUNCIL MATTERS. At the monthly meeting of the Borough Council last evening the Electrical Supply Company wrote objecting to saddling their staff with the duties required by the Council in connection with the street lighting. The Electric Lighting Committee of the Council recommended that the conditions should be modified in the direction of informing the Company that on certain nights in each month the lights will not be required. For the present month, the street lights will not be lit from the 19th to 23rd inst. Cr. Lawson said the recommendations were simply ridiculous. It might bo raining and a pitch dark night although in the moonlight period, and yet the streets would be in, darkness because of the silly idea of the Committee. Cr. Hancock supported the report because the street lights might just as well be out every night for what little use they were. He, however, pointed out that the 23rd was a Saturday, and it might be wise to have the streets lit on that night. His Worship thought the recommendations might be given a trial, and if it was found they would not work they could easily alter them. He. did not think the town being in darkness on Saturday night would matter a great deal. However, if it was found that it was unwise to have the town unlit on Saturdays the Council could make the changes. The Minister of Railways wrote that the matter of widening the entrance to the Stratford railway station is being looked into. It was decided to offer the leases of the 'hops and offices in the new Municipal Buildings by tender. A thorough sanitary inspection of the whole Borough will shortly be made by the Borough Overseer. The Council decided to lay'the foundation stone of the new Municipal Buildings about the end of the month. The ceremony will be a public one, and a marble tablet, suitablv inscribed, will be placed in a prominent position in the building to mark the occasion. Hi)- Worship warned the Council that they would have to go slow in the matter cf expenditure during the next six months, because the Council were over their estimates in most cases, and only absolutely nectssary'works would have to be undertaken. The cost of putting in drainage had been very heavy, and niore connections had been made during the last six months than during the past five years. THE HOSPITAL. At the monthly meeting of the Stratford Hospital Board, held to-day, the medical superintendent reported that 11 patients had been admitted, 13 discharged, and 17 still remained; 7 operations had been performed. Nurse Myers (charge sister) forwarded her resignation, which was accepted with regret. Several members spoke of the good work and kindness always displayed by flie nurse, and said lier resignation was a distinct loss to the institution. The Minister of Internal Affairs wrote informing the Board that the Government would pay half the cost of alien subjects requiring help through their remittances being cut off through the war. Nurse Heah was appointed charge sister ir place of Nurse Myers, and Miss Alice Cramer was appointed probationer. STRATFORD'S FAREWELL. Stratford's farewell to the boys leaving for Trentlnim took place last evening His Woi>hip the Mayor addressed the men at the Drill Hall, and, Leaded by the Pipe Band the whole Defence Corps marched to the station. Outside the station the men were lined up, in order that their friends should.have a short chat and say good-bye before entering the station. As "soon as the troop train arrived tho men were marched right through the station to the carriages. The public cheered the men lustily as the train steamed out.