STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1923, Page 6

STRATFORD.

DAILY NEWS AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for publication in the Taranaki Dally News should * be left at the oflPce of our local representative, care Mr. W, 11. Humphrey, Broadway, f Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left 5 with him. 1 SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL. i AN ARCH RECOMMENDED. April 28. i A meeting of the Stratford Soldiers’ Memorial Committee was held in the Borough Council Chambers last night, i The Mayor (Mr. J. W. McMillan) presided, and there were also present Messrs. W. P. Kirkwood, D. J. Malone, i R| Masters, M.P., P. Thomson, A. E. Copping, S. Macalister, J. S. Lyons, Dr D. Steven, and W. Power (secretary). Mr. Malone reported, on. behalf of the ,■ sub-committee set up for the purpose, that an architect had been consulted < with reference to the cost of a suggested ; memorial pavilion in Victoria Park. A rough estimate of the cost was £3500, and this the committee considered was too much, and that the matter should be dropped. Mr. Kirkwood said the principal thing they had to consider in erecting a me- i morial was the sentiment that entered into the matter. He suggested the 1 erection of a cenotaph in the centre o: Broadway With reference to another proposal to erect a memorial arch and gates a. the entrance to Victoria Park at the corner of Fenton and Orlando Streets, Mr. S. Macalister said he believed the public misunderstood the intention of the committee, and that the suggestion was for gates alone. If the public understood that it was proposed to erect an artistic arch as well as the gates he thought their attitude would be more favorable. They could make the areh as ornate and costly as they liked. Public sentiment did not favor a ultilitarian memorial. Mr. P. Thomson moved that the ‘ meeting recommend to a public meeting the erection of a memorial arch and gates at the entrance to Victoria Park at the corner of Fenton and Orlando Streets. Mr. A. E. Copping seconded. He thought the arch could be made a beautiful memorial, and suggested that memorial tablets, bearing the names of the fallen should be let into the arch. A cenotaph might easily become an obstruction in a street. It was necessary to look ahead as the memorial would probably be a permanent one. The Mayor thought the suggestion would meet with general favor. They had a fine memorial in the photographs in the corridor of the Municipal Building. To make these permanent they should get positive plates of the photographs taken so that the photographs could be renewed. This would cost £2O jor £3O. The present photographs might fade, and they should set an amount to have plates of the photographs made. This suggestion was generally agreed to, and was added as a recommendation to the public meeting. The hope was expressed of making the memorial a district one, and not one for the town of Stratford alone. Mr. J. S. Lyons hoped that the plain names would be placed on the memorial irrespective of the fallen soldier’s rank. A minimum sum was fixed by the committee as the recommended cost of the memorial, and it was decided to hold the public meeting in the Council Cham bers on May 4. GENERAL ITEMS. The St. Andrew’s chrysanthemum show, to bo hold in the Stratford Town Hall on May 3, promises to be the greatest exhibition of chrysanthemum-? over held in Taranaki. Mr. F. Daines, of New Plymouth, who won 24 prizes in 12 classes at the New Plymouth show, has promised to enter exhibits,' and other growers from Wanganu’. Wellington and various parts of the North Island will be showing. The death took place at Toko to-day of Mrs. Charles Tuck, wife of Mr. C. Tuck, at the age of 39 years. Mrs. Tuck is survived by a family of six children. The seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. McDonald died this morning. The boy had been ill for some time. Constable H. Shield, of Wellington, who has been transferred to Stratford, took up duty to-day. Under the auspice's of the Taranaki Provincial Scottish Society, a very enjoyable social and dance was hold in the Parish Hall on Friday night, when there was a very large attendance. An excellent programme of vocal items and Highland dancing was given; and th: hall was then cleared for dancing. During the evening, Mr. S. Macalister, chief of the society, presented Mr. and Mrs. T. .Smith with a handsome travellingrug on behalf of the executive. Mr. ani Mrs. Smith arc shortly leaving for a holiday in Scotland. Particulars of fuurniture sale on be half of Mr. Jenkins are inserted in th.’s issue. WIRELESS! WIRELESS! WIRELESS! The cheapest firm in New Zealand for all classes of wireless goods is J. G. Dennison, Kaitaia. and W. H. Humphrey, Broadway, Stratford, is the sole agent for North Taranaki. Tn stock at present Wilmaco 2-step amplifiers, beau* k tifully finished with mahoganite panel and polished walnut case. Mark 111 tuners, Sorsing ‘“Tunits,” "Wilmaco long-distance coils, sets of slab inductances, Remler Giblin coils, Triple coil mountings, Varieouplers, Variometres, Switch arms and contact points, Terminals, Knobs and Dials, etc., etc. etc. Valves in stock French “R.” Cunningham 300 and 301, also Marconi V 24. Phones: We have supplies of the following: Browns, Cory, Dreyfus, Murdock and K. and C. The residents of Stratford and district are notified that Ernest Davies, the Lon-don-qualified sight-testing optician, visits Stratford every Tuesday, and may be consulted at Mr. Gaffaney’s, Broadway. Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.