GENERAL NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 100, 6 September 1929, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Elt ham By-election. An election was held yesterday to fill the vacancy on the Eltham Bor-

( ough Council caused by the death of | the late Mr G. W. Tayler, the voting being as follows:—W. Ricketts j 239, G. W. Peebles 175, W. H. Lehrke ? 49, C. N. Tapi in 42. IteeomlitJoning Footpaths. s Several of the borough staff are - at present employed in reconditionl" ing the footpaths in Regan, Fenton, 5 and Page streets. Six chains on ’ each street are being laid with a ■bitumenous substance which is be- , ing used fo r the first time in Strat- , ford. It is easier to apply than tar . and it sets like concrete, giving a good surface. , Fool haliers Entertained. The Canterbury footballer g were at dinner last night by .the Taranaki Rngby Union. The chair was occupied by Mr R. Mast- j I ers, president of the Union, and Mr j J. McLeod, chairman of the management committee, and other members of tbe Union were also present. In tlie evening the visitors were entertained at a dance at the Town Hall by the Stratford Football Club. They •left for Wellington by this morning’s mail traiiij South Taranaki Electricity. I . By 10G2 vote s to 20G ratepayers in j the inner area of the South Tara- j naki Electric Power Board’s district yesterday carried the board’s pro- j posal to raise a loan of £187.500. As I a result .of the carrying of the pfill } the board will spend £136,500 in acduiring the whole of the Hawcra j County Electric Company’s business, 1 and the balance of the sum author- | iscd will be raised from time to time j i provide for extensions of the present supply system.