TARANAKI NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1938, Page 1

TARANAKI NEWS

South Taranaki Power Board Loan. The South Taranaki Power Board has completed negotiations fpr the raising of a loan of £10,000 for ektensions. Fine Dahlias at Kaponga. , Particularly fine afid well protected dahlias were exhibited 'at St. Mark's, Kaponga, show in spite of recent bad weather. Five-Day Weck in England? London business people are showing an increasing tendency to observe a fiveday week, according to a visitor to New Plymouth. Benefits Under Will. Substantial bequests for the care of the blind and for orphans are made undei the • will of the late Mr. F. Kaufmann, Stratford. "Extravagant Expenditure." Criticism of the "lavish and unnecessary expenditure" of public money on roads was voiced at yesterday's meeting of the Stratford County Council. Hawera Aero PageanL Five aeroplanes arrived at , Hawera yesterday in readiness for the pageant and official opening of the aerodrome. Several more are expected this morning. Hawera Poultry Show. The New Zealand Wyandotte and Utility Minorca clubs have advised the Hawera Poultry Club that their annual championships have been allotted to the Hawera winter show. Infantry Manoeuvres. Manoeuvres will be carried out on a large scale by the 2nd Composite Infantry Battalion, incjuding men from Taranaki, when it goes into camp near Hastings next week-end. Future ofc Young Farmers. The need for a land policy securing the future of voung farmers was emphasised by Mr. S. J. Hollard at the presentation of the W. Stuart Wilson Cup to Ron Balsom, Meremere school.. Strathmore Tunnel Project. No support for the proposed tunnelling of the Strathmore saddle was forthcoming from the Stratford County Council yesterday, when a resolution was received from the Whangamomona council asking the Stratford council to take the matter up, -f '4