ELTHAM.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1918, Page 3

ELTHAM.

. f < r (From Our Own Correspondent) Eltham, April 27. 0 At the council meeting last night the .own clerk reported that he had forwarded a letter to a local company jornplaining of having received by rail, !or treatment at the works, oll'al or some such thing that was in a putrid itate, and created a most obnoxious jdour in the iborough whilst undergoing treatment, and suggesting that the com- *■ pany should communicate with headquarters and request that the forwarding of the stuff in that condition be dis- n continued . In the discussion that followed, it was explained that the smell given out in the treatment was not detrimental to health, although a nuisance of a kind that could not be endured. , In the annual report of the Eltham J School Committee to be submitted at t Monday's meeting, the most interesting fact is a credit balance of £27 18s j 7d. The report, besides thanking the ( teachers for their work, mentions that ( ■27 soholars qualified for swimming certi- \ ficates. Fences hail been renovated, , trees cut down, logs removed, etc., the j whole indicating a very active term of . office by the committee, several of whom i will not undertake office for the ap- ; proaehing vear. 1 Tc-day I had a look at the new premises of the C.E.M.S. Club. Good pro- j gres s is being made by the contractors, and appearances indieate that the building will prove a fine addition to the town. It should be understood that although the Church of England Men's Society is primarily responsible for the building, the premises, when complete, will be available for all returned soldiers, first free and then at a reduced fee- Messrs Bennett and Harvey, enthusiastic workers, arc keen that this should be known, and the same invitation to returned soldiers and strangers holds good in their present premises, Bridge street East. News from the front indicates that "I.cs" Willy, of Mata, has again stopped a bullet, this time in the abdomen, the date being between April 12 and 16 "Lea" was injured twelve months ago Those who know the Mata man belicTO he will be eager to get his own baek. Willy was a keen footballer before hostilities cemmonced, and there are many old-time TarartaJd followers of Rugby who remember his dad, Tom Willy, a typt of pl*je» tAltt the build and style of Dan Hughes. Friends of the family hope to hear of Les' speedy recovery. The Borough Council went into committee last night to consider the report of Mr- Sturrock, Hawera, on the septic tanks and sewerage of Eltham- Th« report was a voluminous one, and the committee resolved to hold another meeting next Friday. An inquest was held on Friday concerning the death of a three weeks' old child, F. K. Thompson. Evidence was given that the mother was subject to epileptic fits, and it is surmised that in one of these she overlaid the child. This theory was supported by Dr. Cooper, and a verdict to that effect was returned.