WAITARA NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 310, 27 June 1912, Page 7

WAITARA NEWS

S.M. COURT. I (!»«■ Our Ow» C«rr«ip«nd«ttt.) Before Mr. Crooke, S.M., judgment by ■ default in the following civil cases was given.—Thompson v. T. Falconer, judgment for costs, os; Ford v. Manumate Kingi, claim £l2 10s, costs 10s; T. S. Drynan v. S. Bevan, claim £3 12s, and possession- of house within one week, with 10s costs. POLICE BUSINESS. 1 Otto McKoy, for being drunk while j in charge of a horse at Wai-iti, pleaded guilty and was fined 10s and costs 7s. —.lames Smith, on a similar charge, was fined IDs and casts 15s.—Graham Watson pleaded guilty to using obscene language at Urenui, and was fined £2 and costs, 15s. —James Miles, who did not appear, for creating a disturbance at Urenui, was fined 20s and costs 15s.— C. Stockman, with whom the previous defendant had been fighting, was fined 20.s and costs 12s. The above cases were the aftermath of a picnic held on Wai-iti beach last month. Constable Lapouple said that he desired to point out to the Court that so far as the promoters of the picnic I were concerned they had nothing to do J with the provision of the liquor. They j were very Tespectable farmers, but many 1 people carried a bottle of whisky to the j picnic, and the day being very cold it seemed to have had a bad effect on those j drinking. For allowing a horse to' wander at i large on Okoke road, Charles Hundley was fined 10s and costs, 26s 6d. Mr. Grey appeared for the Clifton County Council, which body laid the charge. , The death of Mrs B. C. Lawrence on 1 Monday evening, came as a shock to the [community, her demise being almost ] eudden. Her illness lasted only a week, j when the end unexpectedly came. The ; trouble was pneumonia, supervening on : j fatty degeneration of the heart. The ' I deceased was a daughter of the late J. ; Colesley, and had spent practically the 1 whole of her life in Waitara. Her husband and a son and daughter are left to mourn the loss. The funeral talfes, j place to-day. , J The first pile of the new ferro-con-i Crete bridge was driven on Monday, His. j Worship, the. Mayor, Mr. W. F. Jenkins, > handling'the, lever for the first blow; The. work of driving will now go on in earnes 1 To-day the usual preliminary troubles exist, and driving is somewhat; retarded, but it will go more freely from'now on. The ntpnkey in use weighs 3% tons,, and the , ground now being! i driven, through'is very solid, the rate, of [driving being! about 2% to 3 iiWin por minute. If i,all fthe ground is (as. heavy the bridge will be on a very substan-, tial foundation. There are 04 piles: ito be driven,, the accumulated , weight be : , ing from 250 to 300 tons, some weigh-, ' >ing close on five tons each. Thp Weight of the girders to be used is nine 1 tforteapiece* so Mat the structure.teh'oiildiiibe of a lasting The contractors, Messrs J. Morton and Co.. hope to have the work completed by Christmas.. <'Mr j C. F. Dawsett-is the engineer.. < f jThe \ council will deserve the thanks'fofithe' whole surrounding communitv for erefit- ._ ing a bridge, of this nature. The-cos% of , the work is somewhat over £IO,OOO. ' The householders again let the meeting for the purpose of electing aschtfol committee igo' by without .an■''election. Mr W. Bitdling left for a two months' j holiday trip to Sydney and Melbourne by yesterday morning's train.. He' will j go via Wellington and the Bluff.