STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1919, Page 3

STRATFORD.

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.) (All communications, letters, etc., left with Mr. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller, will receive prompt attention.) (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Nov. in. A movement is on foot to erect an Anglican church at Whangamomona. It has been suggested by Bishop Averill, who has been on a visit to the district, that, as the Church of England is the national church of the British Empire, the building should be erected by all sections of the community as a memorial to fallen soldiers, whose names could be engraved on a tablet. A committee of residents in Whangamomona and the surrounding districts was formed with a view to carrying the project into effect. Mr. McCutcheon has already given a substantial donation. Realising the necessity for having a medical practitioner at Whangamomona this year, the Horticultural Society has decided to hand the proceeds from its show this year to the Medical Association. Mr. W. P. Kirkwood presided at a meeting of the Stratford Railway League, held last cv -ning. The Hon. J. B. Hinc wrote, stating that he would see the Minister for Public Works in regard to the introduction of steam navvies and other modem mechanical devices in connection with" the construction of the Stratford-Okahuknra line, and would inform the League of the result. The chairman said he did not think that much more could be done till they had a new Minister for Public Works. It was reported that a canvass by the secretary (Mr. Power) for new members had been very successful. The membership, it was stated, now totalled 72. A subscription was received from the Hon. ,1. B. Hine. The matter of making arrangements to meet Mr. McVilly on his visit to Stratford, and placing before him the position respecting the railway leases, was left in the hands of the chairman. The chairman stated that a sum of £30.000 had been placed on the Estimates for the cast end of the Stratford-Okahu-kura line, and £200,000 for this end, and these amounts could be exceeded by 10 per cent. The difficulty, however, was not so much in getting an amount on the Estimates, but in getting it spent. With the object of raising the money with which to improve the Stratford school grounds, a bazaar will be held early in December. Hearty support is being received, and the ' preparations should soon be well in hand. The following results of examinations for which pupils of the Sacred Heart B>h School, Stratford, sat, have just been received from Sir Isaac Pitman's College Melbourne:—Zada. Aagaard, 100 words per minute; Mabel Foraghty, 80. The following obtained certificates in shorthand theory:—Zada Aagaard, Mabel Foraghty and Freda Belcher. In these days of high cost of living it is a relief te find something to pu£ ehaß c at the old pre-war prices. Just now ladies will find at C. E. James' Broadway, Stratford, a display of Leather Hand Bags at the old value. They are a special purchase, and are sellin" at one price, 7/(i each. " Don't trust pictures you value to travellers and stranger's. If you want any photograph copied or enlarged send it to McAllister, Stratford. The result will be the best possible, and you save the canvasser's commission. Reduce the depreciation in your motor ear by taking it to C. D. Mathews. Stratford, and if it is mechanically sound he will return it looking as well as when you first bought it, at a very small cost The best paints and varnishes, and workmen who know their trade. "You're Only Young Once." Help to keep so as long as you can by readin" this story. It's like a u.nnv day in grey weather. By Margaret Widdemar, author of "The Rose Garden Husband" and "The Wishing-Ring Man." Price 5s postage 6d extra, at H. J. Hopkins' Broadway, Stratford.