TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 221, 15 April 1933, Page 4

TOWN and COUNTRY

Eartcr Monday The Stratford Post will not be published o.'i Easter Monday. ptratfcrd Bowlers Score Well The Stratford team skipped by P. Pkoglund attending the Palmerstoi North bowling tournament won all three games yesterday. Good Friday. Tin re were large congregations ". :- the Stratford Catholic Church yesterday and also at Holy Trinity Church, where special Good Friday services were held. Fire at New Plymouth Fire was discovered in the premises of W. Tuson. butcher, of Devon Street, New Plymouth, by Constable O'Neill at 1.40 this morning. ' The constable called the brigade, which quickly suppressed a small outbreak in the flooring. Little damage was done. Stratford Bowling Pairs The first day's play in the series for, the Stratford Bowling Club's Easter pair- competition was played with a full green yesterday. After five rjunds of 12 heads each four pairs :.icd with four wins each, but on the tfttvgate score S. Ewing and Tuniii- *" with 81 points were declared the \, .ners over Marsh and T. Lawson. junr., who scored 72 points. Next in order came McDonald and Summerrield G 7 and Liddell and Young CO. Thirty-two members partk ijwted.

School Pupil Injured While climbing the wall in the old play shed at the Stratford Primary School during lunch hour on Thursday, Teddy Wisnewski, aged about nine years, fell from a rail five feet, high and sustained a rather deep cut on the side of his face. First-aid- was immediately rendered by members of the staff and Mr. Hancock conveyed the boy to his home, where Dr. Steven inserted a few stitches. As a precaution against further mishap the rail was immediately removed.

Double Parking The attention of many people shopping in the vicinity of the King'3 Theatre was arrested on Thursday evening by the sound of a crash and falling glass. The cause was caused by double parking. A lorry had parked for a few minutes in the rear of a car which was in the allotted section, and the mishap occurred when the car driver endeavoured to back out. The car sustained a broken tail light and a dented mudguard. Thef* o; Marrows A prospective exhibitor of the forthcoming Stratford Winter Show, who resides on the Kahouri Road, has been relieved, by the mean act of some persons of a rollecton of a dozen large and possible prize-winning marrows which were growing near the cowshed. There were fourteen largesized marrows in the patch and two that were perhaps overlooked now remain to show the results of tliß care and time taken by the loser, who held higfh hopes of winning the laurels in this particular section at the show.

Trots Judging by the large number of fully-laden cqvr, travelling south through Rrondwnv thi« moraine, there is evßrv P'dWiticn that the Hswera Trotting Cl"b's meeting was well attended. The Railwav Department net with good natronaare considering the times "" the special rnee train from New Plymouth cnmurised seven mrriaees. each comfortably fillel. The bookings at the Stratfn-d elation for excursion ticket'! to H°weva numbered 43 and the local officers consider that total f R pr>od. Wh n u the train left Stratford it was estimated that the number of passengers totalled about 200.

Unreel Services The united church services as held yesterday by the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches were attended by large congregations and wore considered successful by the Rev. .!. McGregor and tne itev. T. Skme, who arc most enthusiastic over the lesuits.

Tne morning service was bed in tne ivaelhoaist Lnurch aii-J Doit n.in;stors conuuoloU tne service and in tlie evening the uniteU service was heiU at Si. Aiturew's, Where tne ltev. iuc-

Ul'egor oindaleu, tne Rev. foiwi.se uemg otherwise engaged at tne Bibie class camp at the i-iigh Seiiooi. As tne united services have proved popuiar it is the oojfcCt of Uotii ministers to form a coniOnieu ciioir, who will lead congregations uurnig the singing oi hymns and will also present u series oi anthems at the future united serS iCi.b. Visitors to th/e Mountain Alinough tne weacuer and visibility on tne" slopes of the lviountain are by no means good, the Strauord side oi tne mountain is being well patronised uunng the faster holidays. There was a large attendance of local and outside visitors at the reserve yesterday, and quite a number of climbing parties set out for the summit. The Mayor of Stratford, Mr. Percy Thomson, accompanied by his two sons', David and Charlie, set out on a hiking tour around the mountain on the lower slopes. The party is to camp en route. Messrs. C. McCormack and G. Carryer, members of the Alpine Club, are engaged on the work oi the completion of the telephone line from the House to the Maunganui Hut, and they spent the night at the hut. Quite a number of visitors are making the Plateau their objective today, and it is evident by the number of parties being organised that there will be a good attendance during the next two days providing the weather conditions are favourable.

Noisy Molor-cycliats In the course of u protest against the use of a certain road in Oisbornc liv motor-cycle riders as if it were a speed track, a petition presented tc tli- Gisborne Borough Council states: " This creates quite an unreasonable nuisance, and ii is possible for motorcyclists to travel quietly if the provisions of tin* makers of the machines for silencing have not been interfered with by so.ee of the riders. Export-' opinions will suppor: the contention that motor-cycles en. be operated silently by rider*. The alternative should be ten year a' nurd labour." Most people livi=i t ; (.lose to

main roads will be in agreement with the petitioners about the penalty suggested I' l -"' noisy motor-cyclists.

The point of view was strongly advanced that New Zealand had borrowed money extensively from the British money-lender, in order to develop her resources and expand the Dominion, and the country's capacity lo repay those obligations depended absolutely unon retaining full Jind free access for New Zealand produce to the British market. It was stated that both political and commercial leaders for years past had urged the industry to increase production, and the whole economic drive of the industry had been in that direction. Those interests now urging restrictions to meet a temporary need could not, it was felt, appreciate the real impact of their proposal upon the Dominion's economic life, and for that roason the board decided to maintain its previous decision. With this viewpoint, the delegates for New Zealand, Messrs. Dynes Fulton (acting chairman), W. Grounds, and T. C. Brash (secretary) left for Sydney by the Wanganella yesterday to confer with the Australian Dairy Export Control Board. The prime purpose of their visit is not to discuss export restrictions, but to attempt to co-ordinate regular shipping arrangements lor permitting more even arrival of quantities of dairy produce going forward to Great Britain.