LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4, 3 September 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Stratford County Council is in receipt of £350, from the Public Works .Department, which is the first instalment of the £ for £ subsidy tor the Puniwbakaii iTbad works.

At tlie Stratford Magistrate’s Court to-day, in tlit* case, Tom Davis v. J. Li Lndachefski, judgment was given for plaintiff I»y default, lor £1 6s 7d and costs. — fn Alfred v. A. Johnson, defendant was ordered to pay £6 10s 2d forthwith, in default I t days in Xew Plymouth prison. the warrant* to ho suspended so long as debtor pays £2 per week.

The collision case, Watkin v. Donald, again occupied the attention ol the Stratford Magistrate's Court today. when evidence was given by William Cnbbon, driver of the ear ; W . \ . Wilson, who estimated the military worth of the horse at £H> to £TS: Lords Cramer, who was in the ear; and James Donald, owner of the ear. The last named stated that the ear weighed ddewt.\ and he was of the opinion that even if it had been travelling at two miles per hour, the impact would break the horse’s leg. The Magistrate intimated that he would give his decision next, Friday.