LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 76, 20 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A land agent's license was granted at the Court this morning to Mr W. H. H. Young.

The case It. H. Cameron (Mr Rutherfurd) v. Jonas Masters (Mr Lawrey) was called at the Court this morning-; when leave was granted, on the application of Mr Lowry, to remove the matter to the Supreme Court. ! *

Mr Newton King has received the; following advice re London wool sales:—"Sales have closed firm, 4000 hales held over. Greasy merino, inferior and faulty and scoured merino inferior declined 5 per cent. All other descriptions of wool, market shows no change."

An inquiry is to he held by the North Island Brass Band Association at Palmerston North next week into the demonstration" made by a large number of competing bandsmen against the judge during the Exhibition Contest in Auckland last month. It is understood (states a P.A. wire to-day) that charges alleging misconduct in this connection has been preferred by the Exhibition authorities against Wellington City and Wanganui brass bands. , . . „

The Midhirst Settlers' Sports Committee have put on a very .generous programme for their meeting to be held in the Factory Grounds 0:1 Thursday, the first event taking place at 11.30 sharp. A dance in the evening in the Town Hall will conclude the day.

Under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, the Postmaster-General has ordered that no money order in favor of Scott and Martindale shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to them shall he registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand. This order appears in the last issue of- the Gazette.

Mr Samuel Copley, the cattle king of Western Australia, has just completed a tidy little sale of 10,000,000 acres of land and 140,000 head of cattle. He began life as a barber in Melbourne, and, going ■ west, went into the meat supply of Perth, with much profit. He holds the key to the meat situation In the West, and the Government has altogether failed to get. it away from him. He is a plain-spoken, vigorous, and genial j millionaire. j

Judgment by default was given in the following cases at the Court this morning: Alex Ferguson v. S. H. Alvis,' £2 3s, costs 19s ; Edward Mason v. Denis King, £lO 10s, costs £2 2s 6d; Joseph P. Cameron v. John J. Flower, £7 17s 6d, costs £1 3s 6d: Richard H. Bright v. Cyril Esau. £2 4s, costs 10s; Francis A. Cramer v. John J. Flower, £1 6s 2d, .costs ss; Archibald C. Marr v. James Corrigan, £ll 15s 6d, costs £1 10s 6d; Robert Morrison v. William H. Thomson, £2 12s 6d, costs 10s.

In the Christchmvh Magistrate's ' Court on Monday Frederick Kibblewhite (Mr Ward) claimed from Br. , T..Paget (Mr A. T. Donnelly) the sum of £2B lis 7d, repairs to a motor car. There was a counter-claim for £7 15s, being damages alleged to have been done by the plaintiff to the gear-box of defendant's car. Counsel for plaintiff said'that T)r. Paget had been touring Canterbury a year ago,.when his car broke down. The car was tak e ri to Kibblewhite's garage, and they were given four days in which to do a job which really required a fortnight's work. When the account was sent in the doctor took exception to certain amounts, and entered his counter claim. Judgment was for the amount paid into Court (£2O), and £8 lis 7d, the amount of the claim. The counter-claim was disallowed. Costs were allowed plaintiff on the! claim. It- will be remembered that! evidence for the defence in this case was heard in Stratford a short time ago.

Mr W -T. Jennings lost his case in connection with his seat on the Waitara Harbor Board. The decision of Mr Justice Edwards was that an order must be made in favor of the Crown, and that costs (£10) and necessary disbursements must be allowed against Mr Jennings. If he had resigned when his attention was first drawn to the matter, the judge was of opinion that no costs should be allowed against him, but. as he sat on the Board live times after being notified that his reappointment was illegal, costs must be allowed. The whole trouble was caused by a departmental blunder.

Mr H. Norman Liardet, General Manager for the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Ltd., in New Zealand, who is just now on an official visit to the Stratford district, last evening received cable advice that at the 43rd annual meeting of the Corporation, held in London, the income tor the year 1913 was reported to have been £2,235,350. The balance to the credit of profit and loss account, after paying all claims and expenses, and including provision for outstanding claims, was £1,627,443. The jreserves at 31st December were £2,670,150, and the total assets £2,965,900. Tim year's business shows a remarkable advance, and, as the above figures indicate, the Ocean is in an enormously strong position.

States a Press Association wire:— The Napier Chamber of Commerce have resolved to circulate all Chambers in the Dominion with a view to urging on the railway authorities the necessity for arranging for the sale of tickets in town, instead of compelling travellers to crowd round a small ticket office; also, pointing out the absolute inadequacy of the porterage on many of the principal stations, especially at busy junctions like Palmer ston. Anotlier matter to be brought under the manager's notice is in reference to workers' tickets. These are issued to Hastings for 2s Gd weekly, but, the worker travelling to Whakatu, where freezing works are being erected, and which .is four \miles shorter in distance, have to pay five shillings.

At the Court this morning Mr A. F. Wilson, Inspector of Noxious Weeds, handed to the S.M. a copy of the resolution recently passed by the Stratford Couny Council in reference to noxious weeds in the County. The S.M. remarked that the Inspector had a large district to look after, and it could not be expected that the Inspector could visit the properties half a dozen times to see if the work was carried out. Landowners or occupiers seemed to be under the impression that they must receive a notice to cleaV their weeds, but this is not. necessary according to the Act. Landowners whose weeds might take a pound to clear are perhaps the cause of neighbours having to spend several pounds the following season.