LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 73, 17 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. The Midhirst , main **'dairy factorywill re-open on Monday.

A reminder is given of the dance at the Cardiff schoolroom this (Friday) evening, when a good attendance is expected.

The Borough Inspector had only one case afc the Court to-day, J. Steele being lined 10s with costs 8s for driving a dray with only one light on June ,27 th. •

I At Aughton, in Lancashire, there 'is a public elementary school consisting of three boys, two girls and a schoolmaster. One child six years old forms the infant department, there are two children in Standard VII. at the other end of the scale, and Standards 111. and VI. contain one child each.

An instance of a “fat living” for an English ecclisiastic is recorded in a Home paper just to hand. Stathern, a parish in Leicestershire has a population of 600,and Rev. W. New, rector of Exford, has een presented with the living by tlie Masters and Fellows of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge. The net value of this is about £6OO a year with residence, while the rectory of Exford, in Somerset, with a population of 100, is worth about £3OO n year with house, and is also in the gift of Peterhouse,

A Palmerston North business man has just received what he regards as a curio. It is a memo from the Official Assignee in Wellington, enclosing a penny stamp as the dividend in an estate in which the local resident is a creditor. Attached was a receipt and stamped envelope in which to return the receipt. The sending of the penny stamp cost the Official Assignee twopence—one penny for the envelope containing the remittance, and one penny to return the receipt. Another local creditor in the same estate received a dividend of 2d.

Two prohibition orders were issued at the Court this morning.

The Sydney Sun newspaper’s certified daily circulation which the Sun claims*as an Australian record.

Judgment by default was given at the Court this morning in the case in which Court and Cottier sued Mark Cronin for £l3 los 4d, the costs' being £1 10s 6d.

The Ngaere Co-operative Dairy Co. are paying out a bonus to-morrow (Saturday), amounting to £3044, and the Cardiff Co-operative Daily Co. to the amount of £l3ll.

The practice of children, called for yesterday in connection with the Fire Brigade’s annual juvenile ball, was postponed till next Thursday at 3.30 p.m. The meeting of ladies was similarly postponed.

Between 6000 and 7000 immigrants from Great Britain, comprising farm workers, British boys, and domestic servants, are expected to arrive in, Victoria before the end of the year. Altogether 6900 berths have been booked by intending immigrants for the latter half of the vear.

At the Sydney stud sheep fair (reports the Daily Telegraph) English Leicesters were not much in request, but Borders sold well in advance of last year’s rates. A feature of the sale was a draffc of Romney Marsh sheep from New Zealand, on account of Mr Joseph A. Murdock. There were 16 ram hoggets, some of which realised 35gns., 43gns., 50gns., 65gns., and 70 gns.

The following will represent Stratford at a cribbage match at Denbigh Road to-night:—W. Collins, J, Sharrock, C. Gollop, A. Nelson, Gr. Lowe, G. Kelly, F. Stewart, J. Yandel, P. Speck, W. Yardley, F. Collins, C. Kelly, G. Baker-Green, J. Jones, F. Sharrock, D. McAllum. Drag leaves Davey’s Stables at 7. o’clock sharp.

A private message received in town to-day shows that should the Education Bill, which is now before the House of Representatives, pass in its present form, and with the beundaries as set forth therein, it is quite certain the Taranaki Education Board will •*- cease to exist as a board and will be merged in the Wanganui Education Board. No doubt, as stated by the Minister of Education in the report of the proceedings in Parliament, which are published in another column, Taranaki will come under the jurisdiction of a district council.

A libel case in whicn the claim is for £2OOO is reported in an Australian paper. Matthew Wallace, of Macksville (N.S.W.), has been served with a writ at the instance of Cluster S. White, editor of the Nambuc :a News, for alleged libel published in the Macksville Times. In another libel case, imputing improper conduct with reference to a road contract to a shire councillor, the proprietor of the Macksville Times was mulcted in £SO damages.

At last week’s sitting of the Court the S.M. made some remarks on the question of the noise made by persons entering and leaving the Court, and it was stated that Sergt-Major Bonar had left the Court just before the S.M. started speaking. At this morning’s sitting Sergt-Major Bonar said he desired to offer an apology to the Bench for the noise he had made at th© previous sitting. The S.M. said the remarks did not apply to the Sergt-Major particularly. The door had been slammed once or twice before the time m question. The remarks were largely of a general nature. Sergt-Major Bonar said he had a bundle of papers in his hand at the time and the wind slammed the door to. In consequence of a newspaper paragraph, headquarters had desired him to “Please Explain,” and therefore he wished to make an explanation. The S.M. again assured the Sergt-Major that the remarks were of a general character, and stated that the door he had used was really for the use of the officers of the Court only. If the public door were used it would not make a noise.

A man giving the name of Arthur Weston appeared at the Court this morning on a charge of drunkenness. Sergt. McNeely said accused had been in Stratford for some days and had been cadging about the town. He apparently had several names, giving a number of different names after arrest. The S.M. asked accused if he had not appeared at the Hawera Court about a fortnight ago, but accused stoutly denied this. The S.M. : “Did you not say you wanted to get to Stratford to get work, and did the Presbyterian clergyman not give you money to take you to Stratford?” Accused then ad-* mitted his identity. The S.M. : You promised to see Sergeant McNeely and ask him to find work for you and also to apply for a probation order, but you did neither.” Accused: “The order can be made now. I want a chance to get to Inglewood. I have a job there and you can ring up the Town Clerk, who gave it to me.” In , reply to the S.M. accused said his real name was John Cameron. At this point the hearing was adjourned to enable accused’s “list” to be looked up. Ou the list being produced it was seen that accused had been convicted last month of being a rogue and vagabond aud a prohibition order was issuA against him. In the circumstances the S.M. said his only course was to inflict a fine of 20s in default seven days’ imprisonment.