STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1921, Page 6

STRATFORD.

STRATFORD AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for publication in tte Taranaki Daily News should be left at the office of our local representatives, Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford. Or tiers for papers may also be left will them. BOROUGH COUNCIL. September 27. A special meeting of the Borough Council was held last night for the purpose of t .--Ing a delegate to the municipal conference and consider the ■ remits to be placed before the conference. Present: The Mayor (Mr. W. McMillan), and Crs. C. Jackson, S. Ward. R. H. Cameron, S. B. Hunter, T. Lawson,; C. B. Walsh, -E. S. Rutherfurd, A. Stew art and W. Me Innes. A large number of remits were read for the council’s consideration. Tae~e are 75 remits on the agenda and the council took two hours in considering the chief ones. Most discussion was raised on a remit from fhe Warkworth Town Board, Auckland, which suggested that sub-section c of section 6 of the Municipal Corporations Act should be altered, as at present a borough council or town board might consist wholly of non-ratepayers Or. Jackson raised an emphatic, objection to the repealing of the sub-section, but several of the other councillors, spoke in support of the remit and after considerable discussion a vote was taken and it was decided to agree to the remit. It was decided on the motion of Cr. Lawson, seconded by Cr. Jackson, that the Mayor should be the representative of the council at the conference. KING EDWARD PARK. Extensive repairs are apparently needed to King Edward Park. The Mayor reported that, in company with Cr. MoInnes, he had inspected the park. It had been arranged that the council should inspect the park, but only tha two gentlemen mentioned put in an appearance. They found that there not a seat in the park and twenty were wanted. A number of young sycamore trees should be pulled out and a quantity of rubbish, such as old trees and branches, etc., should be cleared away. The new bridge needs tarring and sanding and the path leading to it requires attention, the arairi being apparently blocked. It was also recommended that a concrete base for the gun, which is at present in the entrance to the council chambers, should be placed on a suitable site. GENERAL. Miss Dora Phillips, who has been touring America with the Chatauqua Co., is returning to New Zealand by the Niagara, which is expected to arrive at Auckland on Friday. Miss Phillips will return by the mail train on Saturday to her home in Stratford, where, she will spend two or three weeks before starting a tour of Australia. A motor car which refused to answer the steering gear nearly caused a serious accident last night. A patty was proceeding along the Mountain Road and, when near Cheal Road, Ngaere, the car refused to turn and ranbff the road. It was travelling fairly fast, but tan ji to a wire fence and a hedge, and excepting for damage to the for? carriage of the car no injuries were sustained. The train from Whangamomona to-day was the longest passenger train on that branch for some time, nine carriages ’being needed to accommodate the visitors to Stratford. The reason for the in creased rolling stock on the branch was the visit of a large number of children from sehoolfi on the East line to the war trophies exhibition irt the Town Hall. It is estimated by one of the officials that 450 children visited the exhibition to-day.

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