LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 68, 25 July 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Territorials are reminded <of thf meeting to'be held in the School Gymnasium at 8.30 to-night, to further discuss arrangements in connection wit'li the military' ; ball,’ winch is to W held on 28th August.

Sydney possesses a novel little society called the “Anti-Encore Associa lion,” composed of members who argujc that when a performer has given the items printed on a concert programme his contract,is fulfilled. They regard a demand .by the audience for extra nmpbers. as,quite TV League places no bar on the recall and will cherfully sit through ten minutes of bowing, hut directly the accompanist tries to force his way back, its order is “IJp, off, out.”

The case Lovelock v. Rutledge was struck out at the Court this nforning, counsel announcing that a setlemem had been arrived at. Plaintiff claimed the value of forty sheep alleged to have been destroyed by a dog said to belong to defendant, defendant denying ownership! of the dog. Mr Rutherford appeared for plaintiff and Mr Spence for defendant.

Some time was spent at the Court tliis morning as a result of wrong names being included in an information', the name of a boy called Cyrii John being given as “Jack” and other names being similarly contracted. The S.M., who took some trouble in ascertaining the names, remarked to counsel (Mr P. Thomson) that the getting of exact names Avas sometimes a hard job. Even in the witness-box, witnesses when asked their names gave only one of their names and had to he specially asked whether or not they had any more.

Grief-stricken at the death of sere ral friends and rivals, Mr Lincoln Beachey, the famous American airman, announces that he will never again enter an aeroplane. “I’ve done,” lie said, records the New York correspondent of the Daily Mail. “They call mo in America the ‘master hirdman, hut ono thing only drew crowds to my exhibitions—-a morbid desire to see something happen. They paid to see me die. At Chicago last year, the mother of my friend Kearney begged me not to teach him any more tricks. Horace turned round and said, ‘Mother, I must he. as good as Beachey or take a back seat.’ He died The wife of my friend M elfh begged him not to do spirals. ‘Beachey does them,’ he said, ‘and so must I.’ Two weeks later Welsh was performing the reverse spiral when a wire snapped, and he was killed. I felt as though 1 had murdered him. ‘You made him do it,’ Mi’s Welsh bitterly said to me. A little while later T sept tickets to Mrs Ely. She returned them and wrote, “My son Eugene would ho with mo now if lie had never seen you fly.’ I vowed then never again to enter an aeroplane.”

The petroleum bore at Huiroa was officially opened on Wednesday before a gathering of local land-owners. The boro had been dug for about twenty feet, and a further fifteen foot was sunk with the drill.

There was a good attendance at the Egmont Club Parliament last night, when “Premier” Spratt introduced a Bill for the reform of juries. Excellent speeches against the measure were made by Messrs Staples, Jlewitt,

McAllister and Masters, and for it by Messrs Sole, King, Fredric, E. Jackson, Mulvey and Trask. Next week the Club will debate Mr Hewitt’s proposition: “Is the Press worthy of public support?”

At the Court this morning the case of Dunham v. Charles Edward Neale, a charge under the Defence Act of failing to attend drill, was called on. Neither party put in an appearance. The ease had been adjourned to enable defendant to attend drills, and as since the date of the hearing defendant had attended all drills, a conviction was recorded, no fine being imposed.

Yesterday afternoon a nasty accident happened to Mr H. A. Wunsch, proprietor of the Midhirst Central Store. Mr Wunsch, with his brother, paid a visit to Tarata in Mr Wunsch’s motor car, and on the return journey, just after leaving Tarata, the car skidded and ran into a bank, Mr Wunch being thrown out. Mr Wunch sustained a fracture of the loft forearm, but bis brother, who kept his seat, escaped unhurt.

Judgment by default was given in the following cases at the Court this morning:—McCluggage Bros. v. Thomas Coffey, £lO 10s, costs £1 10s 6:1; Whangamomona County Council v. Harata.te Kiore, £43 13s 2d, costs £2 14s ; same v. Samuel Hanna, £1 8s 7d, costs ,14s; Court and Cottier v. William Pope, £26 11s 7d, costs £2 14s.

An excellent illustration of the cunring of the average Chinese came to light at Masterton a few days ago, when Mr W. V. Hobbs, auctioneer, received a consignment of bankrupt stock. Among the spectators watching the removal of the goods from the lorry to the auction room there was an elderly Chinese. When the last case had been trucked inside the Mongolian hastily followed the auctioneer, and, poihting to a small-sized case, he

said, ‘How mncllee?'” “I sell him tomorrow,” replied the i auctioneer. “.Vo time to-moller,” answered the Chinanian. “Me buy now,”' and he eventually'.secured the case for £l6. Half hir hour had elapsed : when he made a re-appearance, M and -so great was his emotional vocabulary that an was summoned. The outcome was ludicrous. It appears that the case bore an inscription written in Chinese characters stating that the c.asd .contained a false bottom concealing £IOO worth of opium, but On being opened up another label at the bottom of the case red, “Better luck next time.”

Eva Lucy-Terry, late :of, Waipuku and now of Stratford, applied at the Court this morning for a maintenance order against her husband in respect of herself and four young children, and also for a separation order, with legal custody of the children. There was no apucarartce of defendant., Mr Kenrick vS.M., after hearing evidence, said ho had sufficient grounds for making an order for maintenance, hut did not feel disposed in the circumstances to make an order for separation. The information as communicated to defendant merely set out that maintenance was applied for, no mention being made of separation. Mr Thomson, who appeared for Mrs Terry, argued that separation and custody might he granted on an application for maintenance; hut the S.M. said he would not feel justified in making a separation order unless he was sure that defendant had had sufficient specific notice that one was to be applied for. Tn the circumstances counsel decided to take an adjournment for a fortnight to allow of notice being served on defendant.