CIVIC SNAPSHOTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 72, 20 June 1928, Page 5

CIVIC SNAPSHOTS

BOKOUGIi COUNCIL MEETING. „ DISCUSSION AND REPORTS. ; More Slogans. The sealing of a contract between the Reform Party and a large firm of publicity experts means that the party will spend in the region of £15,000 in newspaper advertising during the coining election campaign, states a Wellington message to the Dunediu Evening Star. Last year the party spent £14,500 in this man-' ner, in addition to £4OOO which was expended in other ways. The decision of the Reform League "to renew the contract was taken after some discussion, but it is understood that the action was considered essential by a majority of the league's members. XX X X The Way To Do It. * As the general election approaches ' enthusiasm amongst the supporters of different parties grows. A supporter of a certain candidate in a country district not many nr'les from Hamilton recently called a meeting to discuss the political situation. He posted a notice outside the local store, inviting all supporters of his "fancy" ro attend, and asked supporters of any other party to come along and be converted. He also urged rail-sitters to attend and get pushed over. The meeting was a big one, and, regaled from a keg of beer prodded by the convenor, the supporter? of all parties finally became united. It is sugg« tted by certain persons who attended that & local noiitical association should be formed with regular'* weekly meetings. *> XX X X A Valuable Giit A collection of music .from grand opera to musical comedy, has been presented to the Auckland Public Library by Mr Lewis R. Eady, and will form the nucleus,s>f th e music section of the library, which will be open to the public. The new section contains approximately 1000 volumes of music. Mr Eady gave 670 volumes, and of these about 660 contain musical scores. These comprise orchestral, chamber, pianoforte, violin, and cello music ,and vocal scores from grand opera, oratorios, musical comedies, and comic opera. There are also collections of songs and madrigals and church music, the collection will be augmented by 180 Volumes of music, at present in the reference library. Mr L. A. Eady has promised to add to the collection from time to time. The new department will be a lending ilbrary, and volumes may be taken out under the regulations that govern the issue of books from the lending library. ; X X XX ':' Soldiers' Medial. In connection with the gold medal found buried with the body of an unknown New Zealand soldier near Flers in France, the ownership which is being sought, Mr J. S. Neville, town clerk of Christchurch, made a statement which may throw some ligt on the subject and lead to the identification' of the dead soldier. "During war-time, he said, "when Mrs Neville was chairwoman of the Lady Liverpool Fund in Christchurch, many swimming carnivals and competitions were held in order to raise money for the fund. Medals similar to the one produced were sometimes given as prizes. Mrs Neville suggests that one of .these medals may have been won hy a girl, M. Taylor, who gave i t to her boy of th e initials 8.5. C., when he went away to the front. This is quite a probable explanation and it would explain why the initials on the medal did not agree with the name on the other side. It would also explain why the initials on the medal did not agre* with the na»e on the other side. It would also explain why the department has failed to trace a i man named M. Taylor."