BOROUGH BUSINESS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1934, Page 8

BOROUGH BUSINESS

COUNCIL’S MONTHLY MEETING. OFFICERS’ REPORTS SUBMITTED. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Borough Council was held last night, the Mayor (Mr. J. W. McMillan) presiding. Also present were Crs. A. H. Nelson, C. R. Finnerty, C. H. Speck, A. H. Trotter, J. W. Crowe, W. P. P. Gordon, R. R. Curtis, R. E. Carryer and R. F. Harkness. The Department of Internal Affairs forwarded advice oh the procedure the council should follow in purchasing the area to be developed into an aerodrome. The foreman, Mr. R. Richards, reported that maintenance work was done on all streets.where necessary. Loose metal was raked and picked up on the metalled roads and the roads coated with fine shingle. The parking area at the golf links on Pembroke Road was levelled and coated with river shingle. The parking area improvements fronting the church in Miranda Street central were extended to Regan Street. Twenty chains of Brecon Road south were remetalled, the road straightened, and a dip filled for about four chains. With the exception of about four chains vzhere another filling would be required the work of remetalling the road from Page Street to Warwick Road boundary, a distance of about 45 chains, was completed. Good, progress was made with the formation ,and metalling on Portia Street south. Weather permitting the road would be completed to Opunake- Road in four weeks’ time. The footpath in Celia Street east was widened for about 10 chains and gravelling would be done during the mmth. The staff was chipping and cleaning footpaths which would take till Christmas to complete. There were no-interuptions in the bulk supply during the month, reported the electrical inspector, Mr. A. E. Pollock. Units purchased totalled 206,400 (193,200 for the same month last year), the maximum demand being 505 k.v.a. (465). The librarian, Mr. C. S. Kelly, reported the issue of 2748 books, extras 162 and new books 39. The total of subscribers was 238. . Six tenders were received for the provision of 12in pipes for the water supply scheme, that of the New Zealand Steel Pipe and Engineering Co., Wanganui, being accepted at £1905 including valves. , Following a request from athletic bodies that the sportsground in Victoria Park be lighted the electrical inspector was instructed to estimate the cost of installing ten lights and to experiment with the two flood lights already in stock. The capacity of the main sub-station in the Stratford electrical supply system is to be increased to 1000 k.v.a. at an approximate cost of £335. The amount will be included in next year’s estimates. The following stock was killed at the abbatoir during the past month: 124 cows, 62 heifers, 18 oxen, 3 calves, 349 sheep and 115 pigs. Slaughtering fees totalled £ll7 4s 6d. It was decided to employ a man m the cemetery for one week to tidy grave plots that had been neglected. The Railway Department will be asked .not to erect a hoarding along the vacant section in Broadway as suggested by the Chamber' of Commerce. RULES FOR PEDESTRIANS. BOROUGH COUNCIL MOTION LOST. The Mayor, Mr. J. W. McMillan, suggested to the Stratford Borough Council last night that people should be asked to keep to the left on Broadway footpaths but he met opposition from Crs. C. H. Speck, A. H. Trotter and R. F. Harkness. They claimed it Would be a mistake to introduce a “pin-pricking” rule which Cr. Harkness said, might easily drive people to other towns, whereupon the retailers would protest as they dia when the collection of heavy traffic fees was insisted on. • “So you want ‘rafferty rules to continue?” the Mayor asked. “It is positively uncomfortable walking along Broadway on a Saturday night and if people would keep to the left and keep moving they would not cluster round shop doorways as they do now.” He took a division on the question, but Crs. C. R. Finnerty and R. E. Carryer joined the opposition and his motion was defeated. PLAZA THEATRE. "THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD.” "The House of Rothschild,” which continues to attract capacity house audiences to the Plaza Theatre, is a great entertainment because it is a gripping story of a struggle for power and for l ove —a story reinforced by the very best of acting and photography, culminating in luxurious technicolour scenes. If, in addition to enjoying a good story told in the George Arliss manner, the theatregoer wishes to believe that the money of Rothschilds as well as the soldiers of Wellington and Blucher saved Europe from. Napoleon, then he cannot go to a better place than the Plaza Theatre to see such an aspect of history staged with all the conviction that dramatic art can impart. Briefly, the picture relates that the Rothschilds, though sorely tempted by Prussian pogroms to throw their millions behind Napoleon when he returned from Elba, yet decided against Napoleon because his return meant undying war in Europe. The supporting films are of an exceptionally fine nature, including "Funny Little Bunnies,” a new all-colour silly symphony by Walt Disney. ELTHAM TALKIES. “GRAND CANARY” TO-NIGHT. Warner Baxter scores a decided hit with his splendid portrayal of the young doctor and scientist fn “Grand Canary,” showing at the Eltham Theatre to-night and to-morrow night, and if you like your romance really glamorous and your drama different, then this production will please. The picture has captured the spirit of A. J. Cronin’s novel of the same name. It develops both a magnificent story and a gripping theme of regeneration, with a background of rare and exotic beauty. Baxter has one of the finest roles of his career. He is utterly convincing as the doctor, called "murderer” by the world, because his new serum has apparently failed,, who starts on a voyage to oblivion to scatter the wreckage of his life. On the voyage he meets Lady Mary Fielding. His romance with her after they land in the beautiful Canary Islands inspires Baxter to fight back through a devastating plague of yellow fever, and in which he vindicates himself by putting an end to the epidemic by his sem—