LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 82, 4 February 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Yesterday the taxi stand was shifted to its new position—the piece of lattid in the railwfiy station entrance leased for the purpose by the Borough Council.

It is understood that there is a possibility of swimming carnival being held in the Stratford Baths in the neat- future.

As advertised elsewhere t, meeting off parishioners of the Stratford Catholic Church will take place in the Convent School after the 11 o’clock Mass to-morrow for the purpose of discussing a. suitable farewell to Rev, Father Cahill. A large attendance is requested.

In referring to the of tlpei school children, at last night’s meeting of the Primary School Committee, ‘Mr Furnte the headmaster, said he had seldom seen children, return from ‘.their holidays with such bloom on their faces. A stranger would certainly gain the impression tliit Strax'ford was to be. congratulated cm the physical condition, and incidently the behaviour of its young folk, he remarked.

At last night’s meeting of the School Committee a member remarked that there was likely to be a rjer quest for the expenditure of Borough money on repairs to the swimming pool below the baths. He thought that as the Committee had provided safe baths, they should oppose such expenditure. The pool iu King Kd-wla-rd Park was in » different category, ais it was in a public park, and some distance a'way from the baths. A motion objecting to Borough funds being expended on the pool in question was carried.

After all a springboard is only a! springboard, and cannot bear unlimited strain. The board at the Stnptford Baths on three occasions later ]y has given way under the weight of a diver who is said to weight something like 18 stone, and last night the School Committee spent somo time iu discussing whht should hie done about it. Whilst it was. a pure accident on ea'ch occasion some members thought the man should be requested not to dive in the future, and others that he should give la donation, towards the cost of repairs, others again blamed the springhoard, but all wore united in tlva. opinion that h© was a somewhat expensive season ticket bolder. It was decided to write to biin and ask for a donation, find tbe matter of the. manner 1 in wbicb repairs should be effected will be referred to Mr L. BDavis. BIRTHDAY SALE NOW, ON.—We have just completed our first year of business’ in Stratford, and are now holding our FIRST SALE (which will b e a genuine Sale). We have been accused of bringing the Prices Down and have been Found Guilty. Our genuine cheap prices and good quality goods have kept customers coming in and our goods going out. Every Article in our Hosiery, Yeist and Bloomer departments, also iu our well known Household Linen department and Men’s Clothing and Mercery departments, also all Boys’ School Clothing, etc., will he genuinely reduced for 28 Days. The Auckland Warehouse Drapery and Clothing Store. (Near Post Office, Stratford).

There were 60 bookings from Stratford for the Hawera) racecourse by ibis morning’s special train.

The flag at the local Post Office was flown at half-mast to-day to mark the funeral of the late Earl Haig.

While diving in Freeman’s Creek, near Dunedin, yesterday, a boy named Benjamin Woolsey, nine years of age. who resides with his parents an Abbotsford, received a) fracture of the •skull which necessitated his* removal to hospital.

Advice ha s been received by Mr E. Walter, M.P., from the Railway Department to the effect that during the coming financial year it is intended to instal electricity at the Tariki railway station and at the railway . cottages at Toko and Douglas.

The executive of the Ratepayers’ Protection Association,, which was formed as a result of the protest meeting held recently by ratepayers of the Tariki Power Board, intend to be present as a body at the meeting being called by the Mayor of Bltham. Afterwards, a programme of addresses in the country centres in the Power Board’s district will be arranged.

• The swimming po.ol near the Malone memorial gates is very popular in the present warm weather and is frequented daily by crowds* of swimmers. It is regrettable, therefore, to have to record that petty thefts from bathers’ clothes are reported. Yesterday a) gentleman’s pockets were rifled and a sum of money taken, and' on a previous occasion ladies’ armlets were* stolen. Some endeavour should be made to check this evil, a's otherwise people will b© afraid to bathe in the excellent pools' in King Edward Park.

Strings of flags stretched across Broadway this* morning gave preliminary notice of the opening of thp Jubilee Queen Cbrnival The function will take place* in Broadway at f. 45 o’clock this evening. The candidates will lie introduced and the watch which is to form the basis, of a guessing competition will be 1 wound. As Miss Noeline Masseys illness will be of some duration, she has definitely been withdrawn fseni the position of Band-Fir© Brigade candidate. It had been proposed that her sister, Miss Mary Massey, should take her place as candidate, but this is quite impossible, - owing to her connection with the operatic production-

Gored by ,1 bull yesterday, Mr Tommy Thompson, the well-known boxer a'nd instructoi:, of New Plymouth, was severely bruised about the hips and legs. He had a rer marhhble escape front more senou» consequences, a.s the bull attacked, him three times before Mr Thompson, escaped. Mr Thompson was droving, cattle from Kahatu towards New Plymouth. Near the Patna factory, a pedigree Jersey bull, considered a quiet animal, left the road and went over a hank to the side of a stream. Mr Thompson dismounted land went down to drive the bull back to the road, 'file hull knocked him down and three times returned to the attack before the drover reaicbed safety.