STRATFORD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9124, 3 July 1891, Page 2

STRATFORD.

[from our resident agent.] luly 3. — A committee of the Town Board net on Saturday ovening and accepted the :ender oE Mr Gate for the much-needed julvert and logging oa Miranda-street lorth. This work will give direct access ;o the saleyards, and enable the Board ;o prohibit tho driving of stock along tho nain Btreet. The upset prices were alno ixed for tho Municipal Reserves which ,he Board has still to let. They vary from E2 per acre per annum for small, grazing paddocks : up to £5 per acre for buildings feites In the former case the term of v jeafle is seven yeurs, and in the latter twenty-one, with an increase of rent at the expiration of the seventh and four-, teenth years. Substantial improvements liavo to, be effected under the , building leases. ;, <>,!,,. j I -yonder whether it ever occurs to the fnembors of tho last Board that tlioy wore • possibly a ti'iile premature iv letting so many reserves at nominal rents V What is jhe present value of that half-a-crowa a year section on the main road. ' Sections are still changing hands at enhanced ' values, tho bobm having now ' extended to side streets. ' - - •■ i Amusement seekers are -going to be jvell caterfed for as regards quantity at a'ny^ ' rate. There ia a dance on ihida}' in conSection with the rink, which by the bye changed hands, and is now being run ' under the spirited management of Messrs Hewer aridPhipps. -A- billaifd-room' liaa boen opened iv Stratford south by a Mr p'Toole.' v Madame Tiscli'er .diagnoses- > Character and expounds the future iri a'^ temporary' cave of mystery over the way) v Harre, of musical fame, announced fyi (| concert a^n. early date, the proceeds "of ivhich n,re to bo,- devoted to tliev laudable ■ purpose of planting, trees in the Domain. The Town Board gives an entertainment,,, the following week, at which it, or such v portion as has acquired the requisite _pro£oiency, Svill give Stratfordites a foretast* of pleasure to come. A dramatic per-' 1 fouuance is promised in aid of the Read-ing-roomj and a sacred concert l in connection with the Presbyterian Church, ijmd, last but not least, there is a blessed hope of litigation over the permanent Bevels. Young men who are desirous of" seeing a little '.' life ", cannot do bettor tihan come to Stratford, *

The longest spell of , frost within the.-, memory, of the oldest inhabitant came to • .in end yesternay, having laeted throe v weeks and a- day. Bush purties out east-.' ward speak of . the cold as being very ' tjevere, water taken from the creek at; . ljreaki'a6t time and left in a Jjuckot- being - ijound frozen at. midday. ,• Such com«<> garatively large sheets of water as the data • t(t Mr Tiseh's have been frozen over ' in the early morning. The exceptional l gold, following upon a remarkably severe winter on the other side of the globe, iji.ikeS j one wonder it 1 tliere can bo any- < thing in the often mooted theory that the; character of the season here follows that of tha preceding one in tho Old Country. 1 suppose there cannot possibly be any con* necuon, but tho coincidence lituj happened prutty ir^uciUly vi' kUi y y*u,

The, general committee, o£ the Church of England ' ' yorigVegation' * wW ' Ho' have mot on Wednesday ' aftornoon, but I owing ' presumably 'to [. •? J th^ -^ jjwain j there was so,t small a^^tftn'dariSdjlhat i an adjournment to Wednesday, loth inst., j at 3 p.m., was. unanimously,- ug^bed upon. < The newly electod Vestry Coihmittoe, 11 ot, ; and elected Mr E. J.'AHsworth, oKfiirmau, ■ and Mr T. H. Ponn,' secretary and troa'^ilVor. Arrangements were.'mado for, .carrying ; v on tho weekly services.; ; - --1-1 -' -'- > •'- '. . ' ■ It was reported l la§fc .'weokTt'that^tl'e Wesleyans were abouttpcstubljs.fiachui'ch in Stratford, but I havo hoard further of tho movement. This.. JbTorly is 1 Btrong at Mid hirst and at Cardififj and at, the latter placo a church is being erected. Shares ,in tho Dairy Factory, or Stratford Farmers' Union as I should say, ' are not going oil" vory fast. ' There, appears to bo a need of an energetip canva-'ser, ,,orr r tvo Messrs Dixon and Corkill had a'dayi at it, and met with very fair' success. I. understand . negotiations aro, in, .progress' with a Ilawera firm to oreot a factory, and 1 buy tho milk. Is there a ' ratepayer who has not signed the Harbor. Rate Petition ? •If • there be such a dilatory individual let him " stand not upon the order of ' hia going,; but go, at once," the instant he roads this, and , ' attach hia . i hieroglyphics. The; Secretary to the Central Committee lias received 1 a letter 'from' "Mr F, MeGuire,' M.H.R., oppressing approval of. ,the move j merit, andurging/anearly despatch of the; petition. , ' ll ' r ;,"/' ', '," ' ' That is ratlier an unfortunate affair of l Opnnake Koad loan, but those who; 'are' disposed to cay naaty things of the. County 1 Council should remember that at the' timej the slip was made the Council wag very; young, its paients wero inexperienced, and; the nurse had, not. entered upqn;tbei^duties| of the office. The mistake w^s n a. purely J technical one, a lapse from the rules of, red-tape in.carrying out ! the provisions of' Loans to Local Bodies' .Act, — -.a measure! from tie 1 interpretation w. hereof: it is said,the very law ..officers ".of, 1 tfie Crown have. been known to ■ 'shrink > in "dismay. : It is ! •till hoped the difficulty niay be got .over! without taking the poll afresh, bnt J if "riot, 1 those who, bad voted before will have,! probably at some inconvenience, to come ! to the poll again. It will never ,do letj such un important work hang iire through ' so trivial a blunder. ' • •

Mr Brooking's Club Hotel was oponed yesterday with solemnities befitting the occasion... t The enterprising proprietor had -a : free -table goings ' at^ which he entertained coaatant relays o£. friends from noon till dewy eve. Tho " dew, , by-the-bye, I can testify ' from personal observation is of the .most reoheqche character; its hygienic .. properties' yi&y perhaps, be best understood when I slate that a carefuHnspectionofthe, town this morning failed to reveal the presence of a single headache. Considering; thrtf'.yfesfe'r;day afterroon and evening were what 6ne might call wet, this fact speaks votuijiues. With, regard, to the hotel itself i,t is Really one of the pleasantest little, houses a tolerably , large, acquaintance, with such homes for' the -homeless has brought me in -r with. Everything^has 'been arranged and' carried out with 'a view to the combination of airiness -and comforti. The "greatest; credit is due to the contractor 1 , Mr John li'vine', and to all ' wlio have

worfied witn him.