TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 239, 10 May 1933, Page 4

TOWN and COUNTRY

i Earthquake Danger j In order to reduce to a minimum : the danger of an earthquake on a Dig ; building, the brick and concrete paraj pet along the lop of the Bank of | New Zealand in Broadway is being : removed. Since the Napier earthi quake in 1901 there lias been marked : activity along such lines, and hundreds of parapets and towers have been demolished.

New Mayor Mr. J. W. McMillan will bo officially installed as Mayor of Stratford at the special meeting of the council this evening when the councillors will also be sworn in. This is a statutory meeting of the council, and it is not expected that the proceedings will b, lengthy.

Hurried Preparations Hurried preparations had to be made by Mrs. Masters, who is accom panying her husband to England on Friday. It was not until midnight <>n Monday Uia' ■■.: pci -g ■> *i.• Al legation was settled and Mrs. Masters

was advised by telephone a f r -w minutes later. She left tor Wellington by (he mail train the following morning.

oils Inland The sight of seagulls, as far inland as Stratford is a rare one, yet a big flock of the birds was seen by a local resident recently. He was engaged in a visit of inspection to the proposed landing field for aeroplanes west of the town and while he was there about 90 seagulls circled the area. Incidentally, lie considered Hie flight of the birds a remarkable co-incidence in view of the plans for converting the area into a flying field.

Scout Camp The scout camp at the Stratford camping site in King Edward Park is now in full swing. The camp was established yesterday and last evening a real camp atmosphere was created whoa a big camp fire gathering was held. The Patca contingent has,- arrived and there arc now 53 boys in the camp. The arrangements made by the local committee are. operating perfectly and the boys are assured of a pleasant week. Tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon a sports programme will be conducted. Visitors are welcome at the camp.

More Mysterious Visits The slumbers of two Fenton Street residents were rudely awakened on Monday night by visits from an unknown person or persons and further reports have come to hand of similar experiences within the last week. Mystery surrounds the visitor and the motive of his visits —it is definitely established, according to one resident that the visitor is a male as the resident in question states that he saw the intruder on Monday night running from the backyard of his property In two or three cases the mysterious visitor knocked at doors and when he heard activity within decamped hurriedly.

Dump for Boilers An area in Cloton Road, formerly unused, but now the site of a bulk petrol installation, appears to have been in the past, a dumping ground for discarded boilers. Some rime ago when the greater portion of the area was being levelled in preparation for the bulk installation a large boiler was removed from a slight depression in the centre. Today, when a number of relief workers were engaged in forming a road alongside the site another boiler was discovered, and as it protruded above the intended roadlevel, it had to be removed. The men dug a deep pit and with the md of levers rolled in the heavy boiler, thus ns it were, killing two birds with one stono as the obstacle was rmnov. d and a good foundation provided.

First-aid Practice The weekly first-aid practice evening of the local branch of the St John Ambulance Association was In la in the A. and P. board rooms last night, there being about 30 membra present. The earlier part of the wm ing was fully occupied m I’rmoual demonstrations in the work of midaging the various limbs and too m ting of splints. Following the m-mmi-ptrations the memb.rs eatiea oil tlic-ir practice under emirinual apCi vision. During the'latter part of the evening Dr. W. P. P. generously gave a lecture relative to the exorcises. It was stated that at the o nd of a number of weeks' course an examination will bo held to enable the members to gam the certificates required to administer first-aid undei the Order of St. John.

Canary Show on June 8 The recently formed Stratford Canary and Cage Bird Club has arranged a bird show to be held in the Stratford Town Hall on Thursday, June 8 A paragraph in this column in last night’s “Post” erroneously stated that the club would exhibit at the Stiatford Poultry and Winter Show Association’s show in July. The Canary and Cage Bird Club, however, has completed arrangements for their first annual show, and already the indications are that the event will he favoured with large entries. Inquiries Pave been made from Napier, Hastings, Hamilton, Huntly and Auckland, and in addition to entries from fanciers in those towns, large cnliics will lie made by Taranaki fanciers. Members of the New Plymouth Club alone have guaranteed 80 entries.

Trinity College Examiner The Board of Trinity College ot Music (London) announce Mr. Anderson Tyrer as examiner for the college in practical subjects: Pianoforte, organ, violin, singing and elocution. Mr. Tyrer is expected to arrive in New Zealand in July, and in the course of his examinations will visit Stratford in October. Mr. Tyrer was educated at the Royal Manchester College of Music, and Manchester University. studying pianoforte, violin, voice production and gesture. Tie was elected Honorary Fellow of tlie College (F.11.M.C.M.) in 1931. He made his dehut in 1919 at Queen’s Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra and has appeared at all the important musical festival;}. As .a composer he has written many works including a piano concerto, produced in 191(1, and a violin concerto, produced in 1914. , aic-

Access to Gravel

To provide easier access to gravel supplies in the Paten stream a road is being constructed from Clotou Road at a point adjacent to the bulk petrol storage site, down to the river bank. Supplies of gravel are drawn from the locality for work in the borough, but formerly the track has been unformed and the pull has been particularly steep on the return trip when the drays have been loaded. Relief workers" are forming the new track. Traffic Hold-up A mishap which occurred this morning to a cow in a herd of cattle crossing a bridge over the Kahouri stream on the main road, to New Plymouth delayed traffic for several minutes. A hind leg of (he animal slipped between the outside planking of the bridge. The beast was unable to rise. The drover in charge of the herd and some motorists —one of whom, incidentally, was a veterinary surgeon—assisted the animal from its predicament and enabled the road to he cleared.