STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1921, Page 6

STRATFORD.

STIUTFOBD AGENCY. Advenise-ments and items of news for DUblication in the. Taranaki Daily News should be left, at the office of our local representatives., ’Vilson Bros.. Broadway, Stratford. Orders for papers may aiso be left wit!' them. May 31. ’The statements made by a correspondent signing himself "Interested Traveller,** which appeared in yesterday’s Dail/ News, alleging that the local post office and railway station are in a filthy and insanitary condition, are hardly fair to the staffs of the post office and railway station. The sanitary arrangements in both, places are as satisfactory as can be expected in view of Hie age of the buildings, and the opinion the correspondent expresses, that "the good people of Stratford need not be surprised if a disastrous epidemic should appear in their midst,” can only be characterised as palpably absurd. What Stratford does need is a new post office and a new railway station, ajul until these are obtained, the sanitary conditions, while being no menace to public health, can never be regarded as absolutely perfect. At the Stratfprd Technical School this afternoon a pleasing little function was held on the occasion of the closing of the classes in technical education, which have been conducted for the benefit of children from the schools in the East Road district, the scholars being assembled and addressed by Mr. R. Masters, M.P., and Mr. F. Tyrer. head master of the Stratford District High School. The funeral of the late Mr. T. A. W. Nicholson yesterday was attended by a large number of mourners, testifying to the esteem in which deceased was held in the district. Many wreaths were received from business firms with whom deceased ■ had been connected, as well as from local residents, the latter including a handsome one from the Masonic fraternity, for whom Worshipful Master Bro. T. C. Fookcs read the service "at the graveside. Rev. J. AV. McKenzie (Presbyterian) also officiated at the Kopuatama Cemetery. Messrs'. AV. 11. H. Young, W. McTnnes, T. Richardson, J. McAllister, H. E. fcawrence, and J. W. Villers acted as pallbearers.

A meeting of the committed of the recefttly-l’ormed Stratford Musical Society was held last night for the purpose of considering the matter of appointing a conductor. After discussion, it was decided to recommend several names to a general meeting of members, when an appointment will be decided upon. Various other matters in connection with the work of the society were also discussed.

Mr. J a pies? Frederic left Stratford tonight on a business holiday visit to Australia and the South Sea Islands. He expects to be absent about three months. Mr. J’. Purcell, chief clerk at the Stratford Post Office, retired on superannuation to-day after 40 years’ service with the department. It is his intention to remain in Stratford for the present. The new diesel engine ordered by the Stratford Borough Council has now arrived and is being erected at the power house in Cloton Road. It is expected that it will be in working order in the course of a. few weeks. '

The Rev. Howard Elliott will address a public meeting of Protestants in the Town Hall on Thursday, June 9.

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION. At a meeting of the Stratford A. and P. Association’s executive committee on Saturday last, Messrs. G. A. Sangster and M.‘ T. Phillips were appointed a sub-committee, to report on the essential improvements to the grounds brought down as recommendations by the chairmen of sections. .Messrs. M. T. Phillips, A. IT. Huggett, and FT. A. Hunt were appointed a farm committee .for the ensuing year. Advice was received from the New Zealand Kennel Club that challenge classes in the following breeds have been allotted for competition at rhe next Stratford show: Roughcoated collies, greyhounds, and Irish water spartiels. \ WHANGAMOMONA TRAIN. Subsequent to the visit of Mr. R. W. McVilly, General Manager of Railways, to Stratford last week, representative settlers in the Whangamomona county waited on Mr. J. B. Richards, president of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce. in regard to improving the railway time-table on the Whangamomona line. As a result of their representations, the Chamber of Commerce has written to the department asking that Tuesday's train, which is now almost invariably from 30 to 45 minutes’ late, should arrive at Stratford according to time-table, and that the train depart from Stratford at 5 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. as at present; also'suggesting that Thursday’s train to Stratford depart from Kahuratahi and run on similar time-table to Tuesday’s train, departing as usual at 7 p.m. The letter asks for a more general adherence to the timetable and the installation of foot-warm-ers on the train. Before submitting the representations to the department, they received the approval of Crs. - Walter and Were, of the Stratford County Council, of Douglas and Toko respectiveiy-

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