BOROUGH COUNCIL RECEIPTS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1934, Page 6

BOROUGH COUNCIL RECEIPTS

EXCELLENT RATE COLLECTIONS. EXPENDITURE BELOW ESTIMATE. Expenditure during the Stratford Borough Council’s financial year just closed was £lOB6 less han estimated, according to figures compiled by the town clerk (Mr. P. Skoglund). The total rates struck for the year were £10,898 and of this £9853 has been collected, leaving £1045 outstanding. Against this £977 outstanding rates from the previous year have been collected, making the total collections only £6B short of the amount levied. At the end of the 1932-33 period there was £l7Ol outstanding, of which £977 was paid, leaving £724 outstanding for that year. Thus the total mount of rates collectable till March 31, 1934, was £12,599, the amount collected was £10,830 and the outstanding total is £1769. GENERAL ITEMS. Makahu Weigh-Guessing. The sheep weight guessing competitions at the Makahu farmers’ sports were won as follows: Ladies, Mrs. B. Gatton; men, Messrs. H. Rodgers, E. Rodgers and W. Garlick equal 1. Soccer Football Ground. The Stratford Association Football Club hopes this season to provide dressing and seating accommodation at the Regan Street ground, according to a paragraph in the annual report. Season’s First Ingleside. The first ingleside of the season was held by the Taranaki Provincial Scottish Society at Stratford on Tuesday night. In spite of heavy rain there were about 60 couples present Vinsen’s Ambassador’s provided the music, with extras by Mrs. Marsh and Mr. W. Schlichting. Mr. G. Littlejohn was master of ceremonies. Supper was provided by a ladies’ committee and the society’s executive under Chief T. Smith was responsible for other arrangements. Eltham Legion Dance. Another of the Eltham Legion of Frontiersmen’s dances was held in the club room on Tuesday. The music was played by Mrs. Attrill and extras by Mrs. Corkill, Mrs. Paton and Mr. Walsh. Mr. W. Pratt was master of ceremonies. FIRE IN WINGROVE ROAD. FACTORY WASHHOUSE LOST. A washhouse at the premises of Mr. V. Scanlon, manager of the Wingrove Road dairy factory, was destroyed by fire late on Monday night. Mr. T. Taylor, an employee, who was sleeping in a room nearby, heard a crackling noise and roused the manager, who had just retired to bed. With the aid of assistants’ with buckets the flames were prevented from reaching the dwelling only a few yards away. The wind was blowing away from the house, otherwise it would have been difficult to save the building. The copper had been used during the day and it is surmised some of the embers were left under the copper and caused the outbreak. A quantity of clothes and tools was destroyed, the loss being estimated at over £2O. PRIMARY SCHOOL SOCCER. CENTRAL TARANAKI PROGRESS. During last season a Taranaki Association was formed for inculcating the first principles of Association football in the primary schools, states a paragraph in the annual report of the Stratford Association Football Club, to be presented to-night. Great advances were made at New Plymouth last year.- Messrs. R. Trueman and D. A. Benjamin, who are the vice-presidents of the association, in charge in Central Taranaki, would welcome any applications by school teachers for information or association footballs. Last season a meeting of Stratford boys interested was held and officers were elected, such being subject to the control of the Stratford club. However, all teachers will be approached in an endeavour to have a competition in Central Taranaki during 1934. ELTHAM TALKIES. “THE LAST TRAIL.” George O’Brien and Zane Grey join forces again in “The Last Trail,” showing at the Eltham Theatre to-night and to-morrow night It is the latest story by the dean of adventure authors. The film is a '"Western!' only in that its locale represents the plains of th-? West But the plot has a central theme that involves adventure and intrigue of a truly cosmopolitan nature. It shows the attempts of city criminals to force their methods on the cattle men, the daring opposition of the men who face danger daily and to whom the bravado of racketeers is mere child’s play. It is a combination of actors, representing the leading artists in pach of their fields, that makes this film one of the most outstanding adventure films in recent screen history.