STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1922, Page 6

STRATFORD.

DAILY NEWS AGENCY. » \ Advertisements and items of news fer publication in the Taranaki Daily News should be left at the office of our local n»presentatative, care Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway, Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with him. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. September 5. The monthly meeting of the Stratford School Committee was held last evening. Messrs. A. Ferguson and A. J. Fitzgerald were nominated for the vacancy on the comirjttee due to the resignation of Mr. Smith, and it was decided to recommend to the board the appointment of Mr. Ferguson. Mr. Pinhey said there was a surplus of £1 4s in the cocoa fund. In reply to the letter from the Borough Council re the erection of danger boards at the school, it was decided to meet representatives of the council immediately. ADVISORY BOARD.

Mr. Horner, of the firm of Sladden, Palmer, and Horner, reported on the progress of the work on the grounds. The sum of £590 had been paid out and £137 was still due, as well as other items, including the cost of roller and mower, not to mention the fencing, of £57. The football ground would cost £3lO, said Mr. Horner. Had the construction of the hockey ground proceeded simultaneously with the football area, the cost would have been considerably less. The expenditure to date practically amounted to the original sum raised ( £800). The meeting confirmed the action of the chairman and Mr. Horner in ordering cessation of the work. The secretary of the Stratford Model Farm wrote granting.the request of the school committee for the use of ground for a rifle range on the farm grounds subject to the approval of the Defence Department. The question of appointing a dental nurse was discussed but no action was taken. The Education Board’s architect forwarded plan of the front gateway for the Technical High School. It was intended to have everything in the construction of the gates in concrete, the cost to be about £Bo.—-The board passed a vote of thanks to the architect for the report. It was resolved to recommend the payment of £5O to the secretary (Mr. J. H. Thompson), and that members of the board (Mr. R. Masters, M.P., and Mr. Sims) be asked to support the application. The Director of Education wrote stating that Miss C. Sage had asked the department to endeavor to arrange experience for her in a French school, the High Commissioner, London, having stated that he thought it was possible to secure a position for her next year.— Received. Mr. Amess reported as follows: The roll number remains practically the same as it was at the end of July, namely, 184, and the attendance has been good. The work of the school has improved somewhat during the second term, the reports and examination results disclosing a very healthy state. On the playing fields the school’s activities have been rewarded by considerable success. The boys accounted for the central and’ southern championship in their grade at football, being beaten by the New Plymouth High School in the final after a very good game. The girls are still in the final round for the ladies’ hockey championship. The chairman expressed satisfaction with the working of the school generally, in view of the short time that the school and the sports clubs had been started.

GENERAL ITEMS. The Stratford School Committee last night unanimously nominated the chairman, Mr. J. W. Boon, for election to the board of managers to be held this month. Nominations close on September 9. Three representatives, one of whom is to be a woman, are to be elected by parents of pupils attending the Stratford Technical High School. The death occurred at the Stratford Hospital on Sunday of a very old resident of Taranaki in the person of Mrs. Annie McDonald, of Midhirst. Her death was quite, unexpected, as she had only been ailing for a few days. The deceased lady had been in Taranaki practically all her life, and had resided at Midhirst for about twenty years. She is survived by her husband and one son (Mr. J. McDonald, Stratford) and one daughter (Mrs. T. Lister, New Plymouth). The funeral leaves the hospital to-morrow afternoon for Kopuatama Cemetery. At Humphrey’s, Broadway, Stratford: —Leach’s Latest Jumper Book, Leach’s Children's Woollies No. 2, Leach’s Jazz Knitting Book. Leach’s Summer Jumper Book, “Best Way” Children’s Knitted Dresses, Coats and Suits, “Best Way” 3rd Jumper Book. “Best Way” Babies’ Woollies, Weldon’s Knitted and Crochet Jumpers, all at lOd each, postage Id.