STRATFORD NEW&.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11825, 23 November 1901, Page 2

STRATFORD NEWS.

(FROM OUR RESIDENT AGENT

November 20. — The last few re% mainiug_!roro:Wn-n'j«cU<?lS'T; -inq-the ougli f:dy& sblei Mi auction, yesteroaj at pri&ls'tidnSldfcramy set. This was tho last of a series o£> ships' ; extending [over racra' /fthfet^ 20' years', We first having beenhelo on August, 2§th, 18.78,, when th(first section" was' sold 1 tb the Bank'o.' N.Z. yesterday. Mr ,W. j.^ovett bought the last. The Stratford Rifle Volunteers, under _ Captain Malone. and Lieut ICimbeit,; "weVo * officially' *nsp6tled?^>ji Colonel N«wall yesterday evening, ' and came throdgh 1 tile ordeal with great credit.

We had all the~big-wigs of the Railway:. Jlepgrtmwlilhere, jresterSay, talking over the alterationt to the; station that ai'e necessary owing to; the increased traffic and.«,the neai' openittg' oi the ToKd'HrfeS 0 <it a is^a»i derstood that tho platform will lie lengthened and a—blind siding constructed, for the,. Tp.kx^it^aiu. .Ati the back 'of the newly Vrected shops. Ii will be necessary" 'tb 3 lay a double line of rails across both Fenton itv Regan-streets. This will be a nuisance, but it is a choice of two evils,' either to da the shunting across thej. streets or to move the station out ; of the centre of the town. When one* thinks, of the millions ,that .are spent rfciMay'&tKtMn on a" tekral slfe^if would seem madness to voluntarily give up tho convenience that we already possess. If our rose leaves arei crumpled we must grin and; beat it.

A public mooting is called to try and remove the, reproach to the town in that we 'cannoj/ .r.oJse^an athletic sports gathering. I wish thd movement every -success,' bMt it is the dire necessity for work— the primeval curse— that stands in ,-the way. The Socialists' dream ,of a two hours' working day ,is yet a long way pff, and un^il .that daj comes a man smiply 'cannot "-fulfil! all the demands made upon him "'"to belong to Athletic Clubs, Cricket Clubs, Football Clubs, Tennis.>i€lar.>i Golf Clubs, Bowling Clubs, Rifle Clubs, Racing Clubs, Volunteer Corps,.,^?ii^ Brig^,de&,,. Photographic SocieftoK, rtotfto; Aeih'«on sUoh-trifles as Coufity 1 ebtftfisfis,' Borougli Coun-' cils, Road Boards, School Committoes, and the lllcri. < ' .-- '