LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 81, 5 December 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A prohibition order was issued a the court this morning against ; married woman.

The Kaupokouui Co-op. Dary factory Co. received 8,335,31 libs of milk for the month of October last, valued at £15,019, as against 7,(305,075, valued at £13,724, for the corresponding period of last year.

Judgment by default was given in the following cases at the Court this morning:—-Smart Bros. v. George H. Thomas, £1 is sd. costs 13s; Newton King v. John Zurcher, £25 10s 6tl, costs £2 Us; Alexander Ferguson v. Paul Collyier, £lO Us 2d, costs £1 10s Od; llalfe and Archer v. Denis Wildermoth, £l4 6s sd, costs £T 10s Gd.

The Supreme Court- at Wanganui was occupied for two days by the hearing of a retrial of the compensation case Broad v. The King, in which Mrs W. E. Broad claimed £2OOO as the result of a collision between a motorcycle which her husband was riding,’ and a train at the level-crossing ac Marton last April, in which her husband was killed. The jury awarded her £2OOO damages, wilt costs. Certain law points were reserved lor ‘argument.

The export of gold for the past eleven months was 318,914 ounces, valued at £391,936, less than for the corresponding; period of 1912. Ihe export of silver since the beginning of the present year has been 812,350 ounces, valued at £391,986, less than for the corresponding period of 1912. The export of silver since the beginning of the present year ha,s been 842,300 ounces, valued at £B9ffol, being an increase of 62,510 ounces, valued at £7,508.

The Stratford Operatic Society gave their fourth performance of the “Pirates of Penzance” last night before an enthusiastic if not very large audience. The various items were received with applause, encores being demanded in several cases. The performers showed a good deal of finish in their work, and the ballet was performed very well, dancers and orchestra combining to make this feature a charming cutractc. \ \

The Methodist Church at Stratford will hold their Sunday School Anniversary in the Regan Street school hall on' Sandal 1 . The Rev. E. -0. Riant ifes is tlie preacher for the/ day. There should b6‘.‘a pleasant afternoon for the children, and Rev. Blamires will give tin address. The 1 Anniversary will he'continued oh Tuesday,. •tf’lten there wiirbe'a ami an en J te’rtaihmelit will bo givihr by the children in the evening. It is anticipated that the hall will be well crowded at these services.

In the Police Court, at Invercargill, yeserday, Alfred Brooks, auctioneer, was charged with carrying on the Xew Zealand Railways as luggage certain 'goods intended' for'salt'. Inspector Norwood said that * 'c'ould carry a * certain amount of 'goods • 'as luggage at hC reduced' rate,provided they were--for-, exhibition? -‘only. ' The defendant carried two' cases and' a package from 'Christchurch, and .when'

brought to Invercargill the goods were' •taken out and Sold by ‘public auction. Defendant, by exposing them for sale, had committed a breach of the Act. The Department pressed for a heavy penalty, as such eases were extremely hard to detect. A fine of £2 was i posed.

“Ten shillings, seven shillings costs,” was the fate of two men named Henry Withers and dames Mischewski, who were charged at the Court this morning with driving vehicles without lights. In one case Sergeant McXcely repeated the excuse of one defendant that he had had an accident to his harness. The Sergeant gave evidence that Jie had examined the harness and had signs of a mishap. Mr Kenrick, in indicting a fine, said that the accident was a good excuse for defendant being late in getting to Broadway, but it did not excuse him for not carrying lights on his vehicle.

in the House of Representatives last , evening, the Prime Minister (the Hon \\. I. Massey) stated, with regard I to licensing legislation, that a Bill would he circulated this session, but it would not be gone on with until early next session. The House, said Mr Massey, would be given an opportunity of votin gon three proposals: —(1) A clause making clear the questions on the ballot-papers; (2), a clause remedying a defect in connection with the registration of barmaisd; and (3) a provision to reduce the majority required for.carrying national prohibition from 60 per cent, to 55 per cent. There would be other minor amendments. The questions would not be made party ones, nor would the Bill be regarded as a policy measure. Each member would vote in accordance with bis convictions and pledges. There were differences in the House and in the Cabinet on the matter, and the whole thing would ho tor the House! to decide.

The Court was “a happy family”this morning. There Was nobody present ni the Court room beyond solicitors and officials. Two judgment debtors failed to appear at the Court this morning. Robert \\ . Schaffer was ordered to pay £5 Ss lid to E. A. Drake, in default seven days’ imprisonment, and Sydney Medea If was ordered to pay £9 (is Gd to the Cash Tailoring Co., in default seven days’ imprisonment.

Over 900 people visited Bernard’s I ictures last evening. The public were provided with plenty ot “show” variety, as Barton’s Circus and the “Pirates of Penzance” were also run- * N uing. V The recent raid on the Mount Egmont Hotel was finally disposed of at the Court this morning, when a man named Gray (of whom there was no appearance i was fined 10s, with costs

is, for being on the premises on October 17th at a time during which tho premises were supposed to be closed.

A Wellingon Press Association telegram to-day states that as the result of a cable from ’Frisco, the police, on the arrival of the Tahiti, a passenger was arrested on a special warrant issued under the Extradition Act on suspicion of being identical with a man named Henry A .Brune, who is accused of committing forgery.

Owing to a misunderstanding in connection with the drawing of the Art Union of Mr Harry IV. Kirkwood’s pictures on the show ground yesterday, the * results are not available. This Was not owing to any fault on the part of the management, who have now arranged for the drawing at an early date, \fchen the i-esults will be published in the columns of the “Stratford Evening Post.”

There is money in .the side-show business, judging from the whispers that float around the show grounds. It is stated that the management of a freak exhibition on the Stratford grounds yesterday was offered a sum of £2OO to-,jfcalk out, but the tempting offer was refused. This show started in a small way at Hastings, it seems, with a couple of animals, a sheep and a cow, and has grown into a collection of 3 sheep, 2 cows, a duck, and a hybrid, rat-rabbit. Now, a local resident has put the management on the scent of a pig which walks on five legs, and which is likely soon to make part of the show.

Last night the Hastings Borough Council discussed a letter from the Auditor-General, who asked why Or. should not be disqualified from acting op the Council, he having done sanitary work and having received payment totalling £267, which was advanced iby the Council to applicants for loans, for house connections with the sewer. The Mayor stated the Borough solicitor and Mr Martin, Municipal Association solicitor, held that no' breach of the , Municipal Corporations Act, th9oSs had • occurred, and that Cr.' AVade was perfectly in order, in undertaking and receiving payment for the work. The Council resolved to request Cr. AVade to continue his duties as Councillor.—P.A.

The Railway Department is undertaking the construction of a locomotive that is to be electrically driven. The /engine i&; being built at the Petone Railway Workshops, and the design is knpwn .as the “Westinghouse petrol electric.’,’m Petrol is only ;to be used to start the engine, the driving power being obtained from electric motors. Some time ago the department experimented with an oil-fed locomotive, hut, mainly on account of the high price of crude oil and the fact that the engine was built on a rigid frame, the engine was not a complete success. The locomotive now under construction is to have a bogey under-carriage.

W. T. Mills, known as “Professor”' Mills, was charged at Christchurch on Wednesday with holding a public meeting at Sumner so as to obstruct the traffic. Evidence was given that Mills addressed a crowd on the Esplanade from a motor car and there was some disorder. A constable asked the driver to move on. He did so promptly. The constable knew of no individual who obstructeed the traffic. Mills said there was no obstruction. Directly he learned that the car was trespassing on the footpath he moved on. The case was dismissed.

Mr Barlow, the local Borough Inspector and Mr Ken rick, S.M., had a slight argument at the Court this morning. The Borough Inspector entered tiie witness-box armed to proceed against F. J. Barton in that ha did hold a circus in Stratford without first procuring a license so to do. Ho said the Borough Council had instructed him to abandon proceedings; but he reminded the bench that in previous proceedings in which he (Mr Barlow) had been concerned it had been laid down by the Bench that ha was avers© to conceding discontinuance unless reasonable cause was shown therefor. Mi- Kenrick told Mr Barlow that the rule applied only to charges in which’ the general public was concerned driving gigs without lights, allowing stock to wander, riding bicycles on

footpaths, etc., and not to cases where the matter in dispute was one wholly ami entirely affecting only the Council aiui the party proceeded against.

At Auckland yesterday, Gordon Rosser Weir, a restaurant-keeper, was lined £GO for making a false entry in his wages book, girls being paid 15s, whereas 22s a Week was recorded in Ihe book.

Yesterday the traffic in Broadway and cnroute to the Show Grounds was very congested, and in the natural order of things there were many narrow escapes v from accident. Among incidents which have come under the notice of the press were the case of a little fellow of about five or six years of age, who in the early part .oi the ' morning while riding his tricycle on ' the road, was caught between two vehicles and had a miraculous escape from being rijin over. In the afternoon a motor car running to the grounds, so nearly approached a headon collision that the driver applied the brakes with such effect as to slew his car broadside on to the track, when one of the tyres burst with startling effect. The occupants breathed freely only when they recovered their equilibrium, and had found the extent of the damage. In a third instance two men on a motor cycle, in attempting to negotiate a passage, were side-stepped by the machine and sent sprawling on the road, when a passing cab just missed running over the outstretched hands of one of the cyclists.