TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 240, 11 May 1933, Page 4

TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Senior Team The Stratford Football Club sen'or team will play Inglewood at Inglewood on Saturday, the players being as follow: Harkness, Taylor, Collins, Sang ster (2), Trotter, Phillips, Smith (.2), Ilinton, Pastier, Robson, Butcher. Hockey Dance Tonight A dance to be held in the Par! li Hall this evening under the auspif.' of the combined Indie;.' and men':hockey clubs promises to be an .■::.! ■; ■* able function. A similar func! ion ■ few weeks ago p:v,-v> ,| .i-v ;•■ ..•'•.- p<nUlar and it -'•- an', i.-13• r■ 1■ d iliai pai v<<v age will b' just as greai ifni.ttlH. 'i'he Ambassadors' dance luuiu will upyly the music. Association Football The following will represent the Stratford Association Football Club against Caledonians at New Plymouth on Saturday: Gibbs, J. Jones, L. Jones, Blyth, Pattenden. Trueman, Miller, Rorison, Henderson, Batt and Barron; reserves, Gorringe, McMillan, Sandford, Benjamin. The team is requested to meet; at the post office, Stratford, at 1.30 p.m.

Cr/ncillors to Attend Service A special divine service m the Stratford Methodist Church on the evening of Sunday, May 21, will be attended by the Mayor, Mr. J. W. McMillan, and councillors of the Stratford Borough. At last night's meeting of the council a letter A rom Rev. T. Sku.-e emphasised the importance of the council's responsibilities, and stated that the Methodist Church would remember the council in its prayers. He extended an invitation to attend a special divine service, and the council decided to attend.

Scout Sports Boy Scouts are good athletes. A sports programme at the King Edward Park camping site this afternoon, where over 50 scouts are encamped, proved interesting both to competitors and spectators alike, there being a good attendance of the latter. Despite the fact that the vagaries of the weather at this time of the year are many, the camp has experienced com parativcly good weather during the last few days and this afternoon the elements could not have combined more favourably. While there was a bracing keenness in the air the sun shone from a bright blue sky and made for very pleasant conditions.

An Easy Lift Some railway workers' operations , -r. r <i l( . Fnnto" Street crossing nt- i tracted some attention about midday i today from passers-by. A buffer block | at the end of one set of rails was in | course of removal from its position , to allow the workmen to proceed with : laying the new line that is portion of , the shunting triangle that has been j constructed. The mobile steam crane* was brought into action and with no apparent effort the huge block was lifted and swung sideways into the j new bed prepared for it.

Committee Increased I" the past thp Finance Committee of the Stratford Borough Council has consisted of threo lumbers. At last night's meeting of the newly-elected council four councillors and the Mayor were appointed a Finance Committee, M-Mis increasing the number'by two. The matter cropped up for decision when Cr. R. F. Harkness asked: Is it to onlv throe.' The Mayor, Mr. J. W. McMillan: Vou can have more if you like. Cr ;!';ikucs« moved that the number be increased to five, and the motion was parsed. Cr. C. R. Finnerty expressing Ihe opinion that three were sufficient in view of the fact that all the committee's re : commendations were placed before the council.

Nearly a "Kill" Who has not met the callous school boy who scorns pity for the quarry of a yelping dog? He would have been able to exercise his scorn to the full in the backyard of a Stratford house today if he had baen there. A fox terrier was in hot. pursuit over a small bantam hen and the chase went over the lawn and garden in full view of a young lady standing at the door. The feminine screams and yells that rent the air as the terrier closed on his quarry would put to shame the best that a talkie could produce in the way of screaming and terrified young ladies. By a miracle, however, the bantam escaped and its relief could not have been greater than that of the young lady standing at the door.

Suspension Bridge Scoutcraft of a high standard obtains at the scout camp at the King Edward Park camp site. An evidence of the splendid practical work of which scouts are capable was given yesterday afternoon when Mr. W. H. Humphrey, an old commissioner of the district, and now connected with the St. Andrew's troop, Stratford, erected a suspension bridge with the assistance of his own troop and the Stratford troop. With a span of 20 feet the bridge proved to be of strong construction and easily bore the weight of three senior boys. Mr. Humphrey explained the names of the various members used in the bridge and and the manner in which it was put together. He added that the structure was identical with one erected at New Plymouth on the occasion of the Prince of Wales' visit in 1920. Mr. Humphrey has an autographed photograph of the bridge with the Prince, himself a keen scout, standing on it.

Panel Exhausted When a jury was being empanelled in the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday in a case concerning an accident claim, it was found after ten jurymen bad taken their seats, and alter each of the two counsel bad exercised his right of challenge four times that the panel was exhausted Therefore, if the jury were to lie made up to its usual figure of twelve, it would have been necessary to pray a tales, that is, call upon bystanders in the courtroom. When the judge was informed that the panel was exhausted, he ordered the deputy-regis-trar to pray a tales, and the doors of the courtroom were ordered to be closed. One counsel, however, suggested that, the difficulty might be solved by agreeing to take the verdict: of a jury of ten, and this course was adopted. . ... .. „„*.. ■