STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11607, 23 August 1899, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

'FROM OUR RESIDENT AGENT.] August, 22.— The visitor to Stratford during this fine frosty weather 6hould on no account miss the view of tho Straits of Toko, to be seen from the upper sido of tho township. It is only necessary to walk a little way up th 3 Opuuiko Koad in the early morning. Turn round and look ea'twarj and there, to all appearance', is a beautiful arm of the s(a, studded with v/ooded iilets, and with thj Matemateongd Rango for tho opposite <<hore. Of cour.-e, it h only the rniafc filling the Pa tea Valley, but ths illusion 13 often perfect. One could imagine onosolf the {.oHs-.tßor of tho wonderful " Time Machine," and to lnvo reverted pome hundred thousand years, whit timo Egmont . was ritiug from the azuro main and Toko oysters woro starting the contract for metalling tho Ohum Road. The Borough Council mot to-night to roceivo tho report of the Street Lighting Committee. Ihe report reoommendo i the lighting of the main street from Perns broke Read to Opunako Road with 32 caudle-power electric light Iho recommendation was adopted and ordered to be given effect to. It haviDg been stated thit tho supposed intention of tho 'v,ounul to build a new Town Hall or considerably enlarge tho present one was acting as a deterrent to private enterprise in that direction, a resolution was passed to-,night expressly disclaiming any such iusention. Tho new by-laws are beginning to soak into the intelligence of our townspeople, and there is talk of forming a "Liberty League " with a view of counteracting the efforts of the fanatics who seek to prevent people keoping fow.'s in their backyards and throuiog soap-suds on tho street. Parents who require their children's services at homo Jour days a week are cordially askod.to join. For a motto, they havo gone ono bettor than Herbert Spencer, and havo adopted that of merry Monks of Medmenhaoi of fragrant memory.