Second Edition. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 76, 21 July 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Wellington to-day (states tho Press Association), James 'O'Donoghue, a youth witix a bad record, who terrorised his aged mother and stole articles from the house and pawned t;:?m to buy drink, was sentenced to tiu'ee years' reformative treatment by Mv Cooper, S.M., who called accused "a. wretched waster and a despicable blackguard."

An inquest held at Dunedin this morning on James Dunnett who died from burns; on Saturday. IJis o.va statement was that the tent was burned down, but this was not so. It is supposed he had a seizure and f.ll into the fire. The evidence showed that death resulted from burns, but there was no evidence to show how the accident occurred: —P.A.

The following new books have been added to the Stratford Public Library: "A Tail of Gold" (David Hennessey), "The Hand of Allah" (W. Le. Quoux), ''The Woman's Way?' (Charles Garrice), "The Toll" (W. Westrup), "The Cost of Wings' 1 (Richard Dehan), 'The Six Rubies" (Justus Form an), "The Priceless Thing" ('S. Rawson), "London 1913" (Mrs Staekpoole), "The Woman's Law" (M. Thompson), \The Price of Dehisioin" (Sir M. Magnay), "The Silent .Captain" (May Wynne},'''"The Folk of Furry Farm" (A. Prudon), "Heroines and Others" (St. .fohn Lucas)', "Boding Rectory" (A .Marshall), "Cloudesley Tempest" ,'E. H. Watson), "Belle Nairn" (Roy "Ueldrum), "The Spotted Panther" M." Dwyer), "Chignett Street" (Paul Xeuman), "Matthew Hargraves" (S. G. Tallentyre).