ALLOCATION FOR RELIEF

Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1934, Page 8

ALLOCATION FOR RELIEF

THE POSITION AT STRATFORD. REPLY FROM THE COMMISSIONER. A reply was received by the Stratford Unemployment Relief Committee last night from the Commissioner of Unemployment, who dealt with the protest of the committee against the allocations given to Stratford and the dissatisfaction expressed at the general administration of the fund. “The resolution has been fully considered,” stated the commissioner, “but it is pointed out that Stratford is receiving its proportionate share of the available funds and, the amount allocated bears favourable comparison with other centres. “From practical experience the board is convinced that the present method of allocation is the most satisfactory and represents the most equitable basis upon which to administer the funds available.” TARIKI PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss E. Taylor, Surrey Road, is spending a holiday at New Plymouth. Mrs. Pettitt sen. is spending a holiday at Edgecumbe, Bay of Plenty. Mrs. Hucker sen., who has been indisposed for some time, is slowly improving. SINGLES BOWLING CHAMPIONS. WINNERS IN CENTRAL DIVISION. Bowling clubs in the central division have completed the competitions for the championships and the winners are: Eltham, C. E. Rowe; Stratford, W. Harris; Avon, A. Dickinson; Tariki, W. Blair; Inglewood, E. F. Maetzig. For the fourth year in succession W. Harris has emerged as the champion singles bowler of Stratford Club. This year there were nearly 30 aspirants for the honour and the competition had to be played in two sections. Harris went through the A section without a loss, but several bowlers had chances in the B section. During the week-end W. G. Liddell and L. B. Davis played to determine who should meet Harris. Liddell won by a few points. In the final Liddell continued to roll up good bowls, but Harris, playing at the top of his form, was unbeatable and won comfortably by a good margin. Dickinson made his claim to the Avon title secure by defeating Ansley by 23 to 17. He played through the competition without losing a game.

METALLING RAEKOHUA ROAD. ACTIVITIES AT TANGARAKAU. Raekohua Road between Tahora and Tangarakau has been a source of annoyance and hardship to the settlers of Tangarakau for a long period on account of its condition in wet weather, and consequently the settlers have been endeavouring by working bees and petitions to secure improvement of the road to such a state that vehicles and pedestrians may be enabled to traverse it with tolerable ease and safety in all seasons of the year. A letter was written to the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates “to draw his attention to the immediate necessity to metal Raekohua Road.” A reply was received on January 17 to the effect that the Minister- of Public Works had advised that on December 12 Raekohua Road was formally handed over to the Whangamomona County Council. On the same day a letter was despatched advising Mr. Coates that the road handed over on December 12 was “for a distance of about 21 chains from the Raekohua stream near the corner of Section 7—not three and a half miles. Mr. Coates was also advised that the council was not in a financial position to improve access. On January 25 the Minister of Public Works was again petitioned and Mr. Polson was asked to support the endeavour to secure the metalling. Letters were also sent to Mr. Coates and Mr. M. J. Savage, Leader of the Opposition, requesting their assistance in making suitable representations on the petitioners’ behalf. HOSPITAL SEEKS IMPROVEMENT. MR. R. MASTERS’ INTEREST. With a fairly large proportion of the members of the newly formed Ponatu Medical Association residing at Tangarakau, the Stratford Hospital Board is concerned at the bad state of Raekohua Road. Especially in wet weather the road, which provides the only means of access for an ambulance, becomes almost impossible. The board has already communicated with the Whangamomona County Council on the matter and Mr. W. J. Polson, M.P., has taken the opportunity of the Hon. R. Masters’ visit to Stratford to draw attention once again to the position. In explaining the board’s difficulties of administering the area beyond Tahora, Mr. Polson said the people of Tangarakau were often cut off from the outside world except by train. In the case of urgent illness, the train service was not always satisfactory and all weather access by road was urgently desired. He explained the difficulties being faced by the Whangamomona council and settlers. He expressed the hope that Mr.

Masters would do what he could to have the road placed in order by the establishment of a relief camp. Mr. Masters expressed sympathy with the settlers in the position in which they found themselves and promised to ’ discuss the matter with the Minister of • Public Works (the Hon. John Bitchener). ■ i ] GENERAL ITEMS. Country Cricket Match. A cricket match in the week-end be- ; tween Waipuku and Pembroke Road re- , suited in a win for Waipuku by an in- j nings and 31 runs. Waipuku’s innings pro- , duced 121 runs, A. Thompson (36), Vesty • (28) and Hunwick (28) Being the best a scorers. Pembroke Road made 38 in the . first innings and 52 in the second innings, - Kemsley (10) being the only double-fig- ■ ure scorer in the first innings, while Kemsley (16) and Davidson (11) were the j best batsmen in the second innings. : “Low” and “No.” Arising out of a discussion at last meet- t ing of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce a settler on Raekohua Road, Whangamomona County, has communicated with the chamber objecting to the statement attributed to a member that “no rates had been paid on the road.” The member in question has explained that what he said was that the Whangamomona County Council would be unable to proceed with any metalling project because the “low” rates collected on the road were insufficient to enable the work to be done without outside assistance and that representations made for this assistance had been unsuccessful. He regretted that the acoustic properties of the room, made the word “low” sound to the reporters as “no” and was sorry that this mistake should have caused any inconvenience to those settlers who he knew had duly paid their rates. CYCLING RACES AT STRATFORD. DECLARATION OF HANDICAPS. The following handicaps have been declared by Mr. M. Lawson for the Stratford Cycle Club’s events at 6 p.m. tomorrow:— “ Half-mile and one and a-half mile:— K. Mehrtens 35yds and 85yds, D. Coleman 40 and 100, E. Stockman 45 and 110, W. Ludlum 45 and 110, F. Belk 60 and 145, L. Volzke 60 and 145, C. Pittams 60 and 150, L. Pittams 55 and 140, J. Stewart 70 and 165, W. Mclvor 55 and 140, A. Mclvor 65 and 160, P. Wisnewski 65 and 170, K. Webb 75 and 180, R. Kelly 80. Post entries will be received from Inglewood, Waitara and New Plymouth riders. . f' ■ .

ENTERTAINMENT AT TARIKI. SPORTS AND PASTIMES DANCE.’ The Tariki Sports and Pastimes Club held its first dance and euchre this season,- when there was a good attendance, including visitors from as far away as , Opunake, Hawera, Waitara and New Plymouth. Music was played by the Royal Maori String Band. Their melodious Maori songs were appreciated, as was a yodel- . ling, song by Mr. Inderbitsen. Extras were played by Miss King and Mr. Jack Hooker. Mr. F. G. Woodward was master of ceremonies. A feature of the even-, ing was a Monte Carlo waltz which was won by Mr. E. Christensen and Miss H. Young, Tariki, with Mr. *D. Allen (Inglewood) and Miss Eva Cassidy (Tariki) second. The “log cabin” : dance proved popular. . The honours in the euchre room were gained by Mrs. E., Mahon (Tariki) 1, Miss Lovell (Inglewood) 2, Mrs. Hewson (Inglewood). 3, Mr. T. Huzziff (Johns Road) 1, Mr. B. Dombroski (Norfolk Road) 2, Mr. L. Old (Inglewood) 3. Supper was served, by the. ladies, assisted by members of the club. ON HOTEL AREA AFTER HOURS. MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS. Having been found on hotel premises after hours without any excuse, Sidney Reuben Salmon was yesterday fined £2 with costs 10s by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., at the Stratford Court. Salmon did not appear in court. Sergeant S. G. Clist. said that at 7.15 p.m. on February 21 he found Salmon in the main entrance of the Commercial Hotel, and he failed to give any satisfactory reason for his presence there. When Salmon later came on the main street he was arrested for drunkenness. PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss Gwen Silver has returned home from a holiday. Mr. and Mrs. H. McDonald, New Plymouth, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Belcher at the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. S. Knuckey, Mr, D. Silver and Miss Gwen Ware spent the weekend at Dawson Falls. Mrs. W. Stevens and Mrs. S. Edlin, Timaru, are spending a holiday at Stratford with Mrs. Stevens’ daughter, Mrs. A. G. Beal. Sergeant T. Kelly, who has been on leave, returned to Stratford yesterday and will resume his duties to-morrow.