GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 92, 30 November 1928, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

St Andrfew*sT7ay. To-day being St. Andrew's Day local banks observed % holiday. Music Hath Charms. It looked, said Mr T. Kirkwood at frst night's meeting of the Athletic Club as though the Club had been overlooked- when, the funds from the Jubilee, (sports meeting were distributed. He thought the club jhcpW have got at least two guineas. The Citizens' Band Sot six guineas anfl the piper who played for the Highland dancing got two guineas, and perhaps if the Athletic Club bad been Ml orchestral aooiefcy they might have been treated better. Blaze at Pukengahu. The residtenee of M r J. Murphy, Eobscm Road, Pukengahu, was com, pletely destroyed by fire early yester, day morning, and Mr and Mrs Murphy and their son Jack escaped with only a. few personal effects. Shortly after midnight Mr Murphy was awakened by the smelt of smoke, but the. fire was then burning furiously in the rdir of the building, and efforts to save some of the furniture wera unavailing. Ne-'ghbours quickly came . en the scene, but they were quite j unable to do anything towards sav- J ing the bouse. The house, was light-, ly insured audi M r Murphy will be » heavy laser..

! Building Peimils, For the month of November building permits to the total value of £1220, have been issued by the Borough Council. Dwellings account for £I2OO of the amount, while one garage accounts for tlicj remaining £2O. Our Grandstand. At liasfc night's meeting of the Athletic Club th© Mayor, who presided, said that at the public meeting on Monday, the club's representative had spoken in favour of the northern site for the proposed grandstand in Victoria Park. The meeting decided tqo confirm the action of their representative. Two dissentients asked that their votes against confirmation! should be recorded. Useful Road Signs . A tribute to the- work of the Auck-i land Automobile Association in signing the roads was paid by Mr N. H. Moss, who ha,s. just returned from a motor tour to Rotorua and Taupo, in conversation with a "Post" reporter. The signs, said Mr Moss, were very helpful. There were gigtiis indicating the whereabouts of places, of interest off the main roads, and ' showing the easiest method of reaching them. Sight-Seeing at Arapuni. The electrical works at Arapuni are becoming quite a resort lor sightseers, says Mr Ni .Hj .Moss' ,whc, paid a visit to the vicinity during his recent motoring tour. The buried forest which has been uncovered and the newly-formed •waterfall attract a great deal of interest, and on the day Mr Moss was there there were about a hundred motor cars gathered at the spot. Interest in Athletics*. Thinking perhaps that the public might get the impression from the fact that the original annual meeting ' of the Athletic Club lapsed for want of* a quorum, that there was little interest in athletics, the athletes of the town made no mistake last night on the occasion of the adjourned annual meeting and turned out in splendid fashion, the A. and P. board room being crowded. The number present and the enthusiastic nature of the proceedings would seem to indicate that the athletic body in Stratford is a very live one.

Highways Board's Good Work. Mr N. H. Moss, who lias, just returned from a motoring trip to *lotorua and Taupe, tesifies to the -wonderful difference in the. roads since the Highways Board came into existence. He had been over the route six years ago, and he found the improvement in the roada on the present trip to he simply marvellous. Six years ago the trip over the, Mamnhii hill was a. great trial, the, surface being muddy, and it was necessary to cut scruh in order to pet through. To-day the. road over the hill is well metalled, and one can w over at a good touring sneed. Tn fnct, the roads wf"*e in good, order all +he way round, to Rotorua. Tauno and Kn.nier. and' an avera.o'A sneed of niilps w hour* was possible over the whole distance.