STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1921, Page 6

STRATFORD.

STRATFORD AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for uubllc.-ition in tie Taranaki Daily News should be at the office of our local representatives, Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford. Or dei-B for papers may also be left will’ them. METHODIST TENNIS COURTS OPENED. Dec. 1. Tn fine weather a good crowd of visitors attended the opening of the new Methodist tennis courts in East Road to-day. Three courts have been laid down in concrete, coated with asphalt, and they are claimed to be the finest courts in the province. The courts were opened by the Rev. Neal, who said that they would be a social asset so far as the young people were concerned, and would also be a financial asset to the church. The revenue for the church property had previously been £lO, and the expenditure had been £ll per annum. Although the courts were the property of the ehurch, everybody was invited to join the Methodist Tennis Club, whether they were members of the church or not. He referred to the good work of the contractor (Mr. J. W. Boon) in the interests of*the club, and also to Mr. Jonas Masters, who had lent €4OO to meet the expenditure of laying down the courts. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies. The function was most enjoyable in every way. THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL. Mr. C. H. Moore, architect to the Taranaki Education Board, inspected Uae new Stratford Technical School to-jJ

day in order to pass the wor< of the contractors. The building is now practically completed, and Mr. Moore expressed pleasure at the manner in which the work had been done, and he was especially pleased with the work of the clerk of works. Mr. F. W- Sandford, and the foreman, Mr. B. Dickson. The total cost of the building will be about £19,OGO, and it is, thought to be about the cheapest job of its kind in New Zealand. The contractors are Messrs. J. T. Jillian, of New Plymouth, and sub-con-tractors are, painting and glazing, Misses Bellringer and Co.; plumbing and installation of hot water and heating, Messrs. Smart Bros.; plastering, Messrs. Hopkins and Knight. The school will be opened early in the New Year, but no definite date has yet been fixed, and there is a great deal to be done to the grounds before they will make a fitting site for the fine, impressive building, which now stands there. Tennis courts and hockey and football grounds have to be laid down, and no doubt the grounds will be beautified in some way. This work will be in the hands of the Board of Managers. The P.A.C., Stratford, draw attention to their weekly price list of meat on page 1. An Albus Portable Typewriter and carrying case for seven pounds is offered by Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford;' also a new Corona —the last word in portable typewriters —for seventeen pounds. Call early and see these machines.