STRATFORD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14343, 22 October 1910, Page 2

STRATFORD.

(From Our Resident Agent.) Oct. 21.—The bowling green was opened for the season this afternoon. Airs. Sangster, the wife of _the president, throwing up the jack in the presence of a fair number of players and their friends. The president, _ after his Opening remarks, took occasion to present the O.M. Curtis championship trophy to last season’s successful aspirant, Air. R. AlclC. Morison. A sumptuous afternoon tea followed, and then tho orthodox match, president v. vice-president. Several visitors were present from Hawera and Eltham. The green was a little rough and heavy, but is splendidly grassed, and promises well for the season. The Stratford Dairy Company has given a £lO prize in connection with tho buttorfat competition at tho approaching A. and P. Show. ■ Tho great event of tho children’s year, the Fire Brigade’s plain and fancy dress hail, took place last night, and was as usual attended by all tho youth and beauty of tho district, and bv large numbers whoso youth is of the past, and beauty of the autumnal typo. In deciding to resign its functions as Board of Health to the Hospital Board, Hie Countv Council has taken the sensible course', which tho Borough Council should have no hesitation in following. The county is tho predominant partner in tlie business, finding over two-thirds of the money, and it will he ridiculous for the borough to insist on peddling along on its own. ’Flic contention that the authority that has to expel the invader should have charge of the measures necessary to prevent an invasion is unanswerable. Some people think that the change would give the Hospital Board power to order extensive and expensive additions to the borough sewerage system, but this is not so.” Except in congested areas, such as we do not and are not likely to possess, sanitation is not dependent on sewers.