TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 238, 9 May 1933, Page 4

TOWN and COUNTRY

Gymnartics at Midhirst The Midhirst Sports and Pastimes Club held wrestling and boxing bouts in the gymnasium on Mr. Harkness' property last night. Boxers and wrestlers were present from Waipuku and Toko. Instructors were present to instruct in boxing, wrestling and gymnastics. Eltham Girl Scalded The young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Mchrtens, Eltham. was scalded on the legs as the resiiit of .• kettle of boiling water being' upsol. She was taken to Hawera Hospital. Thursday Hockey Team A team will be chosen i'rein the fol lowing players to represent. fie Stratford Mens Club junior team against Waitara at Victoria Park on Thursday at 'i p.m.: Vincent, CuttieUl, Wuuch, Cage, Thomson, f'lvie, C. Jury, Thompson, Skuse, Claridge, MeGillivray, Ilefferen.. Ladies' Hockey The Stratford Old Girls' Hockey Club senior team to meet Eltham at Stratford on Thursday is: N. Lash, M. Fergusson. M. McCluggage, C. C*<k, R- Childs, L. Wickham, M. Y«U«.g, U. Mills, B. Walkins, G. Hale, K Ixwin; emergencies, K. Home, J. Wnitmil. The match commences at 2 p.m. Donation of Heifer A rising two-year-old pedigree! Pnesian heifer donated to tne Stratford Technical High School by Mr. 1 W J Poison M.P., from his herd at, Fordell arrived at Stratford last, night. The animal was selected from the large herd by Messrs. A. H. R.; Amess and H. C. Johnson, and Willi increase the number at the school to; four—three females and one male. ;

New Railway Track The large bulk of the work involved in forming a railway triangle at Stratford has now been completed. At present a gang of workmen is engaged on the Fenton Street crossing preparing the foundation for the new track that will connect the line, the portions on either side of the crossing having been completed. Three sets of rails cross the street at present.

Stratford Unemployed Five applications for registration on the Stratford unemployment register were dealt with at last night's meeting of the Stratford Unemployment Committee. Each application was accompanied with a request that the applicants be placed on the farms of certain farmers in the district who, it was stated, were willing to accept. The men were placed on the register, hut the matter of placing them was deferred. The regulations governing the relief schemes created some difficulty.

Community Singing Hard on the heels of the prompt action at Friday night's meeting, called for the purpose of devising means whereby money may be raised for the relief of distress in Stratford is the prompt action of the entertainment committee appointed at the meeting. The committee has arranged to stags a community sing in the Parish Hall en Monday night, the leaders of which will be announced in a day or so. Dances, a play and a big charity ball will also be held.

Relief of Distress The need for relief of distress in the community is urgent. A meeting of representatives of men's organisations was held on Friday night to consider proposals for raising funds and a further meeting has been called for this evening to be held in the Borough Chambers at 8 o'clock The meeting will be open to all men, and the proposals of the entertainment committee and the general commit tee will be explained and the campaign for raising funds generally advanced.

Mysterious Visits Two Stratford residents are convinced that there is some mystery smiuunumg visits to their homes last evening by unknown persons. About 11.15 p.m. a Fenton Street resident was roused from sleep by a knock on the wall of his house between his bedroom window and the front door. When he called out, "Who is there?" the visitor promptly left. This morning some footmarks cf large size on the lawn indicated that the visitor had jumped there from the verandah in nis nurry to beat a retreat. Another resident in the same street had a similar experience at about the same time. .

Claim for Grazing Fees No finality was reached before the Court adjourned in a case at the Stratford court yesterday in which Mrs. Violet Chaney Williams, Huiroa, sued Norman Bailey Fletcher, farmer, Huiroa, tor £.ZO and for £5 7s 3d, allegedly the balance of grazing cnarges due. The evidence of the plaintm' was on the lines of the summary of counsel (Mr. T. King) publisned in last night's "Post." Her daughter, Mary, aged 14 years, also gave evidence, and ?aid she was present at the interview between her mother and Fletcher. Fletcher said that unless any further stock was purchased while he was on leave all the cows bought from Newton King Ltd. were paid for. The girl told Mr Moss that the interview lasted for about two hours, and admitted that her mother had asked her if she remembered certain paits of the conversation at the interview.

Stratford Canary Club A large amount of enthusiasm is being evinced in the recently formed Stratford Canary and Caged Bird Club. Last night a meeting of the club was held, Mr. 11. Dixon presiding over an attendance of JS members. Complete arrangements for exhibiting at. the forthcoming Stratford Poultry and Winter Show Association's show were made, details being discussed ami various committees were set up to organise the respective sections. The secretary, Mr. M. Thompson, reported that the club had affiliated with the jiewly-l'ormed New Zealand Fedora-; tion of Canary and Caged Bird Clubs and the show will be held under tne rules of the federation. It was further reported that the show will include at least 100 entries from as far, as as Auckland.

Jury Exemptions

Eight men applied for exemption from service when a new jury was being empanelled in the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday morning. Four were successful. Included in those whose excuses were not considered sufficient was a bank clerk, Mr. Justice Blair remarking that the bank would have to make its own arrangements.

German Broadcast A complete programme was broadcast from the German "pocket" battleship Koln in Sydney on Saturday evening and was heard with the greatest clarity by many listeners-in in New Zealand. The commander made a speech in German and English, and the ship's crew contributed band selections and vocal numbers.

N.Z. Soccer Team Members of the New Zealand Soccer football team to tour Australia ■will arrive in Wellington tomorrow morning—six from Auckland, one from South Auckland, one from Buller and four from OtagO. Three Wellington players will join them. They will sail by "the Wpnganella on Thursday. The team and manager, Mr. H. L. Godber will be tendered an informal farewell dinner tomorrow evening.

University Footballers The Australian Universities' Rugby football team, which was to have travelled to Auckland by the Monowai is now expected to leave Sydney for Wellington by the Maunganui en Thursday. Arriving at Wellington on Monday moring, the team will travel north that night, and will open its tour against the Auckland University College on the following Wednesday, according to the prearranged itinerary.

Reduced Flocks The maintenance of sheep farms is being neglected, said Sir William Hunt, when addressing school teachers at (he Auckland Training College. This will mean a steady falling off in the carrying capacity. During the two years ended April 30, 1932, New Zealand's sheep flocks were reduced in numbers to not far short of 25,000,000. "When returns come out for April 30 I am satisfied that another substantial drop will be recorded, probably a 4,000,000 drop for three years," said Sir' William. "This means that we have exported during the last three years 4,000,000 of our capital stock, in addition to our surplus."

Dunedin Flagship Again

Ii.M.S. Jjuuedin wiU again become the llagship of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy at two o'clock on 'i'nursday afternoon, when Commodore l\ Burgess-Watson will iransier his broad pennant to that snip trom the uiomede. Tne transfer of tne pennant will be made with full liiivai ceicmouy. as the commodore is piped on board his new flagship, where a guard will be mounted on tne quarter-deck, the pennant will be broken at the masthead. At the same time the pennant flying from th. 9 Dlomede will be hauled down.

Heavy Seas at Patea The force of the heavy seas on the coast during the recent gales was evidenced at Patea when a five-ton concrete block was washed from the eastern wall. The block, which was made recently for repair work on the breakwater, was on top of the wall, and a considerable distance inside the point where heavy seas break during bad weather.

"Chioroform the Pup" "When 1 was in Broken Hill, Australia, I used to try to keep a garden, an extravagant luxury," said the Rev. J. Paterson, when addressing the Wanganui Rotary Club yesterday. "At the same time a small brother of mine used to keep a fox terrier, although I warned him that if the pup played havoc with the garden the pup would have to go. One day it did get loose in the garden and made it obvious that the garden and the dog could not thrive together, so it received an overdose of chloroform. Shortly afterwards an assistant of mine was taking a children's service and, dealing with the subject of gardens, asked what it waß necessary to do to keep a garden. Instantly one of the children replied, 'First chloroform your pup/"