STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1920, Page 3

STRATFORD.

(From Onr Own Correspondent.) (All communications, letters, etc., left with Mr. H. J. Hopklos, bookseller, will recelva prompt attendee.) March.lo. The local retailers have decided to observe the usual weekly half-holiday to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon, in view of the number of sports gatherings arranged for the day, A meeting of the Stratford Hepatization Committee was held on Monday night. In connection with an application for a business loan of £3OO, the chairman reported that the applicant had been asked to complete the security, but had not done. so. The chairman's action in recommending an application to the Lands Department for £IOOO for a house and section was confirmed. Ir, connection with an application for a business loan of £225, an unfavorable report was received regarding the proposition. It was decided to return the application without prejudice. Two" applicants for business loans were requested to supply further information by a fixecf date, otherwise their applications would lapse. Two applicants for an advance of £IOOO each from the Lands Department to purchase sections and dwellings were examined, and both reCommended. An applicant for instruction and training on a State farm was recommended for the first vacancy. An application for a loan of £3OO, with which to acquire heifers, was recommended. A business .application for a partnership loan of £250 each, which was received from two men, was recommended. Two applications for business loans, from applicants residing outside of Stratford, but within the scope of the committee, were dealt with. One case was left in the bands of the chairman and secretary with power to act, and the other was deferred pending further information. . Two applications < for furniture loans were held over pending further information No action Was taken in regard to 'an application for an advance of £450 from the Unas Department, owing to the nonappearance of the applicant. Tn view of the number of applications received from Whan<jamomona, it was decided to ask Mr. K. W. Bovis, of that district, to act on behalf of the committee. The secretary was directed to make enquiries as to what provision was made for a change in the personnel of the committee. GENERAL. At the last meeting of the Stratford Repatriation Committee a letter was received from the New Zealand Keturned Soldiers' Association, enclosing a remit forwarded to the Repatriation Department, asking that the business loans should be increased from £2te) to £SOO, of wliich £IOO should be free of interest, and that the furniture loan should be increased from £SO to £75, ; free of interest. In connection with the matter the Ministerial Repatriation Board had replied stating that as the amount of the business loans had been fixed at £3OO by Statute, special legislation would be required to amend "the advance, and the Board was not favorable to adopting such a com 1 v. The increase of the furniture loan to £75 , had been agreed to, and the extra £25 would bo granted for the purpose, of ' acquiring additional furriturc,to aprJi- . rants previously assisted by the Board, , provided they bad met all their obligations to the Board.

The chairman of the Stratford Railway League hasi written to the general manager of the railways, pointing out the inconvenience caused to the public through carriages being taken off at various points without warning the passengers, and suggesting that steps should he taken to inform the public beforehand of the removal of any carriages. A reply has now been received from the general manager stating that the matter will receive the attention of the Department.* In connection with the change in the control of the Stratford Domain, which will shortly be taken over by the Borough Council, some intereisting correspondence has passed between the Domain Board and the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth. The Commissioner recently wrote to the chairman of the board stating that he had received a letter from the Stratford Borough Council in which the Council stated that it had already agreed to all the conditions laid dowii by the Commissioner, but that it could not agree to the conditions as suggested by the Domain Board. The Council had stated that its object in seeking to gain control of the Domain was to spend money on it, but it did not wish to bind itself to any particular mim, and witli this view the Commissioner concurred. To this letter Mr. fi. X, Curtis, chairman of the Domain Board, lias replied stating that the Board's oTiject was to see that the Borough Council, in. taking one of the Domains, would at least upend more money on it than the Board had been able to do, and would keep down noxious weeds, which, judging by the past experience of the Borough Council's management of its reserves, it was not likely to do unless a competent caretaker was appointed. The matter will be finally considered at the next meeting of the' Domain Board to be held shortlv.

Considerable discussion took place at the Borough Council meeting on Monday night on the motion by the Mavor that the abattoir reports be handed to the Press, so that the public might sec for themselves what manner of "meat thev were obtaining from their 'butcher. Opinions differed, but the motion was carried. The following are the details of the stock "killed:—(A) 25 cows, i) heifers, 1 ox: (R) 7 fOW |S, 27 oxen; (O C> cows, 7 heifers; (D) 8 cows; (E) 3.3 cows, 0 heifers. 1 ox; (F) 9 cows, 1 heifer; (G) 12 cows. The Oddfellows' dance at Didhirst Hall takes nlace on Friday evening, whm an enjoyable lime is assured for all patrons.

Secure the greatest degree of pleasure from motoring bv having vour car renovated, by C. D. Matthews, Pago Street, Stratford. He specialises in rehooding and repainting, and will make your car look like new, for a very small cost. The very best of materials are' used, and only first-class workmen are employed. On Monday next, the schools will be re-opening, and the kiddies are now preparing to resume their lessons, after the long holiday they have had. The selection of school requirements is an important matter, and wise parents will make a point of inspecting the full stock at H. .T. Hopkins', bookseller and stationer, Broadway. Hero they will find everything the kiddies require, and always at the lowest possible price. It's time to have that long-promised portrait taken. No need to wait for a flue day. With the equipment at McAllister's Studio, Stratford, you can be taken any time, day or night. The most up-to-date Studio in Taranaki—Mc Alliit«r'«-