GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 98, 7 December 1928, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

The World’s Air. How can we weigh the air ? This question was readily answered in a practical form by an obliging High School boy yesterday. Though a small boy he could quote large figures! too, and was able to tell visitors thatj the total weight of air in the world] is l something like four thousand billion tons.

Taranaki Petroleum. A sample of Taranaki oil was shown at the High School yesterday and alo the process for separating out it constituent. The oil yields benzine, kerosene, light and heavy lubricating oils, vaseline and paraffin wax. A diagram showed the geological formation of oil-well country. Perhaps some day the public will see on the manufacturing scale the pro- } cess seen yesterday at the High ; School in miniature*

Exauraicn Flow Wellington, Fur the; purpose of making arrangements lor the reception of visitors to Stratford, m connection with the railway excursion to Mount Egnront next month ’ a public meeting is her mg held ou Tuesday, next. Band for Stratford Races, The “Wanganui Chronicle” o i Monday's date contains th© infer luxation that the Queen Alexandra Band has been engaged) U:i play at the Stratford • races on January Ist and 2nd next. New Route to Hawera. A Stratford motorist reports having made use of the Fraser Hoad on a trip to Hawera. He states that the road is tar-sealed for the whqle length and that tlfe drive along the route is very pleasant.

Blaze at Kohuratahi. Advice wag received in Stratford this morning that the residence of Mr E. Clarke, at Kohuratahi, was completely destroyed hy fire last night, nothing being saved. No particulars aye available. Mountain Club Wanted. " It seems that there i s room in Stratford for a good Mountain Chib, on the lines of the one previously in existence. At the Mountain House much work could h© don© by working bees in improving th© surroundings. Th© formation of a tennis court and a hfcmTing green tire suggested as works which such a chib couldj underDuke. Discharge in Bankruptcy. In th© Supreme Court at New Plymouth jpesterdaty Mir Justice Smith granted discharges from bankruptcy to Harold Lacey, James M. Mitchell (Mr C. H. Weston, instructed by Mr It. B. Baeyerfe), Griffith Jones, M. L. Schicker, Benjamin S. Ga,infart (Mr A. A. Bennett), WilIhim M. Harrison, D. H. Thoms and Grace It, Thoms (Mr A. C. Lawrey, instructed by Malone and King), G. I). McGregor (Mr A. Cbrystal) and FI. G. Harrison (Mr C. E. Monaghan). The application of P. A. Malmanche (Mr A. Colemhn) was opposed by Mr N. H. Moss, and, discharge was deferred.