LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 61, 3 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Another of the popular series of dances is to he held at the Cardiff school this evening.

According to the Commonwealth Year Book for 1914, there are 433,224 unionists in Australia.

John W. Chadwick was fined £5, with 7s costs, in default 28 days’ military detention, at the Court this morning on a charge of failing to attend annual camp. Sergt-Major McGiadc said defendant was a very bad attendei at parades. During the yei'- he had only attended eight parades and he did his last parade on November 7th last.

The Fire Brigade turned out at live o’clock this morning to combat an outbreak of fire at Mr J. Melville’s stables and workshop near the racecourse, but they arrived only to see the building fall to pieces. The origin ot the fire is a mystery. Mr Melville was out of town, but some members of the household who arrived home at 3 o’clock after attending a local social saw no sign of fxro about the premises. Mr Melville was also the loser of about £4O worth of carpenter’s tools. Fortunately no horses occupied r u e stalls and loosehoxes at the time of the outbreak. Captain Grubb was in command of the Brigade.

By producing 1059.59 pounds of but-ter-fat in a year, a new world’s record has been established by a Guernsey cow ate the Cassatt farm at Berwyn, Pa., according to an announcement by Mr William D. Caldwell, secretary of the Guernsey Cattle Association. The former record was held by a Holstein cow owned by F. F. Field, of Brockton, Mass., which produced 1058 pounds of butter-fat in a year. The Cassatt cow produced 19.639.58 pounds of milk during the year. Caldwell says that the record of the cow was oerti'fied hy State and Government inspectors.

“I am astonished at the meanness of my own sox,” declared Mrs W augh, president of the Australian Womens Liberal League. “The suffragettes have insulted our King, they have destroyed buildings by lire and bombs, and they have destroyed works of art that have been admired for centuries. But the thing that strikes me most among all these enormous crimes is the indescribable injury to their own sex. It sometimes makes me almost ashamed of my sex. The moment they are put in prison they are mean enough to- hunger-strike, knowing that men will not see them suffer, hut will release them. Where is the spirit of Charlotte Corday, who committed a political murder and then walked fearlessly to the scaffold? The redeeming feature of these women, however, is their earnestness. Members of the league-absolutely repudiate their behaviour, but no ouu can fail to acknowledge their earnestness“

Mails for Whangamomona since the opening of the railway through, close at Stratford daily at 6 p.m., and on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 9 a.ni.

The monthly meeting of the W.C. T.U. was held on Thursday afternoon in Broadway Methodist Church, when a good number were present. One new member was also enrolled.

Two judgments were given by default at the Court this morning:— Manoy and Hassall v. Thos. Bichardson, £l2 10s 3d, costs £1 17s 6d, and same v. James Dunn, £5 18s, costs £2 3s Gd.

Messrs Boon Bros, have secured the contract for the construction of a ferroconcrete building in Bridge Street, Eltham, as u garage, which is being built to the order of M r Felix McGuire, and the plans for which were drawn bv Mr A. D. Blick, Stratford.

A tip-top programme has been arranged by those responsible for the social and dance in the Midhirst Hall on Thursday, July 9th, the proceeds of which will be devoted to paying off th e ball piano. A big crowd is expected from Stratford.

On Tuesday a social will be held in the Tuna school, when Mr Robert Masters, a member of the Education Board, will present prizes to the children at the request of the chairman, Mr W. Hathaway. Many have been invited to be and the gathering is to conclude with a dance.

Teams of sixteen representing Tuna and Ngaere met in,a cribbage match, at Elder’s rooms last night, the northern men winning by 56 games to 48, which came as a surprise to them, as they regarded the Ngaere men as champions. A very pleasant evening was spent.

An Auckland Press Association message states that Captain Post has sent a wireless message from the Government steamer Tutanekai, that he expects to arrive in Auckland on Saturday night or early on Sunday, with the residents of Sunday Island. He found no trace of the missing launch.

“In these days of rapid travelling by motor cars and cycles it is absolutely essential that these vehicles should carry lights, and I will make the fines for cars or cycles going without lights heavier than in the case of gigs and other horse vehicles.” These remarks were made at the Court this morning by Mr Kenrick, S.M., in fining E. L. Malone 40s, with costs 7s for driving a motor car in Broadway on June 25th without lights.

A fine of 20s, with costs 7s, was imopsed at the Court this morning on J. A. Stanford for allowing two horses to trespass on the railway station yarn at Toko on June 9th. Defendant pleaded guilty and stated that he li> - ed nine miles from Toko, his business there being under another person’s control. Sufficient paddocking was suppiisd lor the horses and their wandering was whollv the fault of the man in charge of them. The man had left his employ the day before the summons was received. Sergt. McNeely stated that defendant had been previously warned for a similar offence, but defendant said that this warning was in respect of an occurrence at Huiroa.

Gerald O’Carroll,who did not appear, was charged at the Court this morning with having at Toko on June 15th been drunk while in charge of a horse and gig. Constable McGowan gave evidence that at about 6.30 p.m. on the day in question he met defendant, who was driving a gig, another man being with him. Witness was riding his horse and was forced in towards an embankment by defendant. The horses collided, and both fell, defendant being thrown out of the gig. He was under the influence of liquor. There were no lights on the gig. The horse was being driven at full gallop. Sergt. McNeely said it was unfortunate that there was no County by-law on the matter of lights. The East Road was au important main thoroughfare and was used hy a great many settlers. A fine of £3, with costs 7s, in default fourteen -days’ imprisonment, was imposed.

Albert Belk was charged at the Court this morning with having on July 2nd cruelly ill-treated a horse hy working it in a dray while it was suffering from an injured fetlock. He did not appear. Mr E. Mason, veterinary surgeon, gave evidence that he had examined 'the horse and had found that it was suffering from a spraine ankle, the injury having been sustained some time before, and there was also atrophy of the shoulder muscles. The horse was in great pain. It was not fit for work at the time and would not be fit for work for some time. The only thing that had been done for the horse’s injured foot was the application of a blister, which appeared to have been put on three weeks previously. Sergt. McNeely said the horse was limping badly and the owner could not have failed to know that it was unfit for work. Defendant was working tor his father. A fine of 20s, with costs £1 8s was imposed. Sergt. McNeely then applied for an order authorising him to destroy the horse. Mr Mason gave evidence that the horse would be fit for soft farm work if treated by a surgeon and then graze for two years. The S.M. said it appeared that the owner would not be likely to take that course, and made the desired order.