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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 19 September 1913, Page 4

The Stratford Dairy Company pays out £'l-150 in milk cheques this month.

This morning a horse and cart belonging to Masters and Son was stand-

ing in trout of ih ( > shop when the horse bolted down Broadway. There

was nobody at the time in the cart, which collided with a motor car standing in front of the County Hotel. The cart was capsized and the motor car damaged. .

The folowing fines were inll.'e.ed at the Court this morning on offenders against the Borough by-laws: -Biding bicycles on footpaths, Arthur Waslov and T. I. Lamason, fine 10s, costs 7s;

driving loose horses, Arthur Hanson, fine 10s, costs 7s; removing soil from a street, T. Cormick, fine 20s, costs

"1 caught him riding on the footpath on a bicycle early in the morning," said tfte Borough Inspector at the Court this morning. "He then gave me a wrong name but saw me in x,he evening, and gave me his right name." Mr Kenrick said that for riding on the footpath at the early hour stated ho would have inflicted a fine of five shillings, but in view of the wrong name being given he would fix the fine at ten shillings.

A final reminder is given of the Flower Social in- St. Andrew's. Hall this evening. There is a large and interesting programme, consisting of recitations, violin, and pianoforte solos, songs, etc. Supper will be provided by the ladies of the congregation.

lii • tolling "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," some people become extremely verbose. Tims the Borough Inspector at the Court this morning: '-1 was on my horse and caught up on defendant, I said: "Good day.' He said: "Good day.'" The Magistrate: "Oh, get past the civilities and come to the business."

Farmers' prospects for the coming season at present appear particularly bright states the Eltham Argus. There is every prospect of securing a 'good price this season, the Eltham Dairy Company having consigned G.W.11. at old for half of their output, and at 5 13-16 d for the remainder. We are also informed that the supply so far this season—the company having commenced cheesemaking on 11th September is particularly good.

Judgment by default was given in the following cases at the Court this morning:—R. H. Bright v. Lewis Watt, £lB 17s 10d,, costs. £1 .lls.Qd.;, „. Whangamomona County Council v. J. Prendergast, 7s 4d,: ■ costs £1 ; TL ;L". [ fij Paget v. W.. Nobles, £2 9s, costs 10s; E. G. Perrott v. Mauiri Nuku, £7, costs £3 lis 6d; J. A. Stanford v. A. Wornall, £2 3s 6d, costs 8s; W. H. H. Young and Co. v. F. Muir, £6 18s Bd, costs £1 10s 6d; C.B.A. v. John James, £1 14s 2d, costs ss; George Liddingtou v. John James, 10s, costs ss; It. Hannah and Co. v. Lawrence Terry, 13s 6d, costs' 3s.

~ The prohibition proclivities of a pi inter member of the Stratford Evening Post staff received quite a shock one day this week, when he attended at the office counter in response to a customer's call. "A ssh-naps un ssh-noda, please!" was snapped at him, and as the inky one received at the same time the full blast of the strange customer's snappy breath he almost collapsed. However, his presence of mind and manners enabled him, somewhat indignantly, it must he admitted, to reply: "This is not a pub!," and as the stranger pursued the uneven tenor of his way, our man rushed to the water-tap wondering what fearful insult would next be heaped upon his beloved trade.

There is one young lady in Sydney whom the quarantine authorities will allow to travel anywhere in Australia as long as she keeps her left sleeve rolled up (says the Sun). It happened this way. During the rush for vaccination this young lady, who is a nurse, was engaged as an assistant in a surgery. She loyally obeyed medical advice, and was vaccinated too. She asked the doctor for a certificate, as the vaccination had been undoubtedly successful. "Roll up your sleeve," the doctor demanded. He picked up two rubber stamps. One printed the word "Successful," the other printed his initials, "W. R. G." He stamped them neatly on the white skin of the pretty round arm. "Take that up to the Town Hall," he said. The nurse went to the Town Hall, where the officials knew exactly what was. required of them. A quarter of an hour later the nurse was hack at the surgery with the official stamp on her arm below the doctor's certificate. That is why she carries a full and adequate passport to travel as long as her sleeve is left hare to her shoulder.