STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81858, 5 October 1906, Page 2

STRATFORD.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Before Mr. A. Turnbull, S.M., on Wednesday, Mr C. J. Wickham, Inspector ot S.P.C.A., charged a local cattle drover that he did confine 40 head of cattlo in a section near Stratlord without proper and sufficient tood. Defendant, who was represented by counsel, at first pleaded not gui'ty, but the plea was withdrawn and defendant's counsel pleaded gin ty under mitigating circumstances. lh c cai[ ] e | KK | |j een . jt on |lie section for a longer time than intended, but had been removed to the saleyards in good cundition, so that apparently tlrey had not suffered much. Defendant was fined £1 and costs. Cases such as this have in P as < » e cn frequent, so this shoudl ac. as a warning, as the inspector means to rigorously enforce the law. , or a "°wing a horse to wander in the borough, a local carter was fined 5/ ai.d cos.s, and for taking by force the ' use when in the ranger's custody he was fined without costs. On Monday about ;o pigeons beonguig to the Wanganui Flying Club were liberated at Stratford, and the weather being fine and clear, they after circling round for one or two minutes, fl cw off m u le direction of Biiml" 1 ]" 1 ' ° n Wednosda y. Mr D. jv . ' h °n- of the Egmont Homing Club, Hawera, forwarded 17 birds to be liberated on the "rival 0 . loko 'ram at Douglas-road 1 understand from Mr Birrell that the >: ibZ n ri I" 11 " 1 *! C ' ub was sta « cd a e,dv " X ' C , atlcl thcro 18 alieacy a membership of 17. Anis taken 1,-,ir^ rCE i t0 "' Purt that Ml ' c harlio Lmcti, who was well known and a favourite in Midhirst, was taken to he 1 [awora Hospital o n Friday sufeiillg from bronchitis, and' died then, on Sunday. Considerable interest was taken i„ render CC | llon pf . a , bor " u « :h councillor rendered vacant through the resiirn-i noi, of M r Ralfe. Moss™ Kirlnvood and Masters were the candidal and ne"rh wnngrf the poll on 'Wednesday at 9 a.m., to the closing at 7 p.m the partisans of lhc ure working hard. The result of 1 I'"" was declared shortly after - P.m by Mr Hemingway, iturnin ■ 1 • , ' w ! wn was fnund that Mr Kirkwood was successful by 35 votes bo voting being 2J5 , nd will be M, kirkwood's first term as a councillor, and as he is n vomit, the n h,!r n, ' r r l,C ' a " d ? irai « Mfo '«ard, fl, may re'y that their innejvly elected counalior!'' 1 "' ' ,y cleH 1 " wZ inffWay ' ,] '° pnpu,ar ttw » fie hnrn 1 T . ru ' urnln «' officer for I .1 boiough election, was paid a bitr ! ssrs Kirkwood and Mahtcrb. Neither of these gentlemen appointed a scrutineer, thereby testiHeniingw'ay. CoQ ' idtni; llle y ' lac ' in Mr

nro,vrn I ! liard , tournamont is now 'n -• i-t ."'\ an<; ' m "ch interest is beinu i'm. I" T*" lament is taklhrd P ro tC m th i° Coimt y Hotel billate of T? n! ltler Mr Chas - Ca ««'. late of Plymouth.