TRANSPORT FOR NURSE

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1934, Page 6

TRANSPORT FOR NURSE

TAHORA-TANGARAKAU PROBLEM JIGGER TO BE MADE AVAILABLE. An announcement that in future the district nurse at Whangamomona could travel by jigger on the railway between Tahora and Tangarakau was made by Mr. W. J. Polson, M.P., at Stratford on Saturday, when a deputation sought, his aid in obtaining provision for transport for the, nurse between Tahora and Tangarakau. Though the nurse has a car, the road between Tahora and Tangarakau is unmetalled and in cases of urgent calls she has had to contend with all manner of difficulties such ,as walking and carrying her bag over three miles of mud road impassable for motor traffic. The Railway Department, Mr. Polson, said, was prepared to place a jigger at the nurse’s disposal when necessary, and would not make any charge except for the time of the man who worked the jigger. “I think we will be very well satisfied with that,” Mr. C. K. McCutcheon (Whangamomona) commented. ELTHAM TRAFFIC CENSUS. TALLY OF VEHICLES TAKEN. ' Traffic at the rate of 61,1 vehicles, a day was recorded in the traffic census taken on Rotokare Road, Eltham, on the last seven days of August. The total was 428, including 290 private cars and 101 lorries. On the main road traffic .was at the rate of 341.4 vehicles a day, the number of cars being 1570, lorries 376 and motorcycles 157. On Rawhitiroa Road the traffic averaged 155.28 vehicles a day. KING’S, STRATFORD. “BY CANDLELIGHT.” “By Candlelight,” a Continental comedy which will be screen finally to-night at the King’s Theatre, is the cleverest picture in many a day. This engaging screen play deals with gay doings among the nobility of Europe, and presents Elissa Landi and Paul Lukas as stars in a story which is filled with a swift succession of situations which are embarrassing, to say the least. In the picture the pair are both servants of royal masters who succeed in convincing each other that they themselves are of noble rank, but retribution, in the form of jealous husbands, soon places them in a position from which they are glad to be retrieved even at the expense of discovery. Miss Landi and Lukas are delightful and are ably supported by such sterling players as Nils Asther, Esther Ralston, Lawrence Grant, Dorothy Revier and Warburton Gamble.

PLAZA, STRATFORD. “TELL ME TO-NIGHT. Capacity houses greeted this wonderful musical triumph which will be screened finally to-day at matinee and evening sessions. Amid a setting of Switzerland’s wonderful mountain scenery, by road, by lake and by mountain, is heard the screen’s golden voiced tenor, Jan Kiepura, taking the part of the fascinating Ferraro singing his way through amusing adventures and unexpected situations. A clever story is wound round the desire of the lionised Ferraro to find a sanctuary from the shrill and persistent attentions of his lady. There is a grand scene towards the close when Ferraro takes tire role in “La Boheme” with the local opera players, and ends by claiming the beautiful girl who won his regard in the overalls of a mechanic and won his love by her delightful character. “Tell Me To-night” is the theme song of the production. Everyone knows the charming melody, but until Jan Kiepura is heard none can have appreciated it. “Tell Me To-night” has well been named the most beautiful comedy of the year It is the merriest, most magical, musical story Stratford patrons will have the opportunity of seeing and hearing for a long time.

Commencing to-morrow at the matinee the New Zealand film, “Romantic New Zealand,” which depicts the birth and rise of our wonderful country, is a picture everyone should see. The beauties and glories of New Zealand are shown in a glorious travelogue.