TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 355, 12 September 1933, Page 4

TOWN and COUNTRY

Summer Time Summer time in New Zealand will commence this year at 2 a.m. on Sunday, October S, when clocks will be advanced half an hour. Standard time will be reverted to at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March IS. S.T.H.S. Board Nominations for the position of parents representative on the S.T.H.S. Board of managers will be received pu till noon on Saturday. According to (lie regulations the representative chosen hi this case must be a woman. Mrs J. W. McMillan is the retiring member and is eligible for re-election.

Show Pig Pavilion The foundation for the new pig pavilion at the Stratford Showgrounds lias been laid and the wooden framework for the corrugated iron

and the roof have been erected. The work should be completed in a fortnight.

No License Required Tile application of a Stratford carrier, Mr M. C. Moore, for a goods service license was easily dealt with by the No. 5 Licensing Authority yr ‘orday. The chairman of the utiC.i .ty, Mr P. Thomson, was satislied after a few questions that all the merchandise the applicant carried was in connection with his business, and he was informed that a license was not required. Splendid Display At present there is a magnificent show of polyanthus and primroses in the. garden of Mr T. Lawson in Orlando Street south. In all there are 500 plants and there are no two of them the same. A great deal of interest is being taken in the display and several visitors have visited the garden to view it. Mr Lawson is only to please to welcome those desiring to inspect his garden. Last year also he had a splendid display of similar blooms when visitors came from all parts of Taranaki and even further afield, but. this year there are two hundred more plants than was the case then. To have 500 distinct varieties must surely be a record. Opening the Shew Advice has been received that His Excellency the Governor General is unable to accept the invitation to open the next Stratford A and P. Associations spring show. It has not been decided who will now be asked to officiate but the suggestion has been made that if Mrs McCombs should be elected to Parliament tomorrow it would be a good plan to ask Nf»w Zealand’s first lady M.P. to official". On the other hand it is suggested by several people that the official opening of the Show in unnecessary. As one man stated this morning people go to the show to see the show and the attractions it has to offer and' many resent the programme being interrupted by speech making.

Old Grandfather Clock A grandfather clock over SO years old has recently been brought to Okaiawa by Mr J. C. Barclay. It was originally in the possession of his gandfather in Scotland, and has passed through three generations. The face surrounding the dial is painted with scenes descriptive of the Waterloo period. There is the Duke of Wellington and others of the noted leaders of that time. The works arc operated by means of weights hanging on cords of gut. The clock keeps good time.

Otira Gorge Road The main part of the work in the restoration of the Otira Gorge Road, which has been closed since early in February, is now practically completed, and it is expected that the road will be reopened for traffic in November, states the Grey River Argus. The remaining work includes the construction of the Wesley and Peg-leg Creek bridges. U is the intention of the executive o L the Greymouth branch of the Canterbury Automobile Association to visit the gorge this week.

A “Modern Grandmother.” So far no one has accepted the challenge to walk any woman 40 miles recently issued by Mrs K. O’Sullivan, “New Zealand’s Mpdern Grandmother,” as she signs herself in a letter received by the Dominion from Sydney. Medical men apparently think even 20 miles too much for a woman, but, Mrs O’Sullivan, however, is still out to do something outstanding. “1 am leaving for Melbourne by train,” she writes from Sydney, “and shall walk back to break the existing record, which is 28 days. The distance is about the same as the South Island, which t walked in 20A days. 1 shall ,try to better that.”

A Lost Sale A visitor to Auckland wanted a cheap second-hand car. The salecinan had several to offer. An outstanding bargain was a little-used, car of reliable make in perfect order which llio salesman quoted at £35. The visitor was impatient to get to his bank to cash his letter of credit for the necessary amount. Before he left however, the salesman went into the oflice to get a card and report an easy sale to the manager. He soon returned with a long face and the news that lie had made a slight mistake —the car was a great bargain at. £135, and he hoped the would-be purchaser did not mind tire* slight difference. Whooping Cough and Mumps Following a suggestion by Mr F. T. Vasey, the Russell Street School Committee, Palmerston North decided. to approach the Health Department to ascertain the feeling towards making mumps and whooping cough notifiable disease, states (he Manawatu Standard. Mr Vasey said that the depletion of the attendance at the school had been large through what had become a mild epidemic of the two troubles, and that if they were notifiable diseases th ( e possibility of their spreading through the school would tic very much lessened. The children who had either whooping cough or mumps would not lie allowed to attend school and so pass their complaints on to others. Such a. step would he for the protection c.f j the children who were not suffering ] Horn either complaint. ‘