Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 312, 29 June 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

< From our Resident Reporter. A VALUELESS CHEQUE. A "GENTLEMAN" MAKES A HAUL. In the S.M. Court yesterday there was another of those eases of carelessness in cashing cheques. In this ease Frank Rhodes, a publican, sued Alfred George for £9 ss, the amount which had been obtained by George from Rhodes' barmaid by presenting a cheque signed "A. Buckland." The cheque had evidently •been forged, and the police 'have been [advised. The defendant's story was that i lie had cashed the cheque for another man, whom he more often referred to in his evidence as "the other gentleman," and that the "gentleman"'left for Eltham with the money. He considered it very hard that he should have to pay for another man's roguery. | His Worship: You handled thischeque, and you tried to get it cashed.' Of course, you must pay Mr. Rhodes back, and get it from the man. Mr. Spence: The girl would not have cashed this cheque for the other man, 1 but she knew tihis man. His Worship: Yes; defendant guar--anteed this cheque to be good. . Defendant: I never guaranteed it. He : was there all the time. \ His Worship explained that the fact of the defendant having presented the cheque was giving a guarantee td the, barmaid of its being a genuine one. "It's the old tale," he said. "Cheques were never intended to V accepted between any but business people, and as a matter of convenience. I notice of late that there has been a lot of trouble caused through accepting cheques from '■ strangers. People should not accept' a cheque from a person they do not know. Defendant: But I did' know this gentleman. Judgment was given for plaintiff for' £9 SS; and costs £1 IGs. EDUCATION BOARD ELECTION. Mr. R. Masters, the sitting member on the Taranaki Education Board for this ward, has been again nominated for'the seat by the following school committee's: —Stratford, Huiroa, Stanley,, Douglas,' MatauJ Radnor, Makahu, Ngaere, Awatuna, Whangamomona, Huinkama, Bird Road, Mahoe, Huirimoana, Tututawa. GENERAL NEWS. - •'■' A man named Schaffer was fined by the S.M. yesterday for driving loose horses in the borough streets. In Waitara the' ither day a young lady was seriously in-' jured by a collision between her: arid 3ne of these uncontrolled horses. The i practice is one • that should be firmly, suppressed. - • <• ) The mails from To Wera to Whanga- ] nomona are shortly to be carried "by the J Public Works Department per train and] iram. Work on the tram from Mangere j road to Whangamomona is proceeding j satisfactorily. ' It rained ' a ' few' on Thursday night. J 3ne of the side-channels, in Regan? street .was- running twelve to fifteen ■] nches deep, so 'tis said, when a man j ■valked off the. footpath towards, the niddle of the road, He hadn't seen the diannel. He got wet, right to the boot ;ops. He started to jump back to the 3ath. and slipped. He sat in it—th'e vater, I mean, not the path. His anguage was as hot as if he had never ieen near the drain. ' '■ I At the Stratford S.M. Court yesterday a defendant in a case swore' that he [had been served with a summons on a 'Saturday, whereas the affidavit'set out. that it: had been served on the day previous. In order to ascertain' which man is an fault, the bailiff at New Plymouth or the defendant, the case has. been adjourned. Roads in the Whangamomona district are in a terrible state.. A .settler tbl'd" me that the other day a five-horse team was unable to pull an empty waggon through, the mud. . '. ; Having missed sums of monev from \ the baij of the Midhirst. Hotel, JVfrs.J O'Connell, wife.of the licensee, made ax- j' rangements for a couple of men to J watch,the bar through the night of the 22nd inst. .At about 3 o'clock in the morning, a man entered the bar. The watchers heard liquor being poured from a bottle, rushed over the counter, and Caught a man just outside the. dopr. ,IJtwas .the hotel cook. The man, 'Edward ' Alexander Pepin' by name, was at the fj>.M. Court yesterday with break-'" , ing and, entering and theft, and pleaded ; guilty; He was' committed to, the Su- ' ; preme Court for sentence. The Sergeant of Police gave evidence : that t'lie rnan ' had admitted ' going into the bar r drink, and that he had two screwdrivers, two files, two bunches of keys,' and a pair of snips in his possession. ''''"■ BERNARD'S PICTURES. To-night marks .the list night of'the present great series of pictures. Travelling companies come and go, and are rS : ' ported on as good, bad, or indifferent. The pictures ar'e always good. That's one thing in their favor, and a big thing, too. The management deserves "a good for the enterprise displayed". '■ "The Gfirl and the Sheriff" •-is-an': appealing j drama, and "The ' Sunbeam'' is [another} .The pictures of the Oxford-' | Cambridge boat'race, "Nature in Winter IClothes" and, the regular '•'Gnaettc" areI all essentially good films, and the other[dramatic and the huniorous filmS'.are all of a high standard. The usual takes place to-day at 2.30 p.m. , . * COULD HARDLY BREATHE. -.. •' "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was the means : of curing my cold and bronchitis. I had, pains and tightness in .the chest until 1 could hardly breathe. lam a member of the Lodge and got some medicine, ljut it had no effect," writes Mr. T. Johnson, 243 Harrington St., Hobart, Tas.- "I then tried Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and one bottle completely cured me." ! • FELT SICK AND DIZZY. .. "For'two years I suffered from heal, ache,- caused by liver disorder and'..irregular action of the bowels," writes Mrs. Jane Royes, Ravenwood. Q. "A few doses of' Chamberlain's Tablets quickly relieved me, and after taking them .regularly for a short time my liver was in perfect order, and 1 was no longer troubled with sick headache. Now if J feel a little bit out of sorts I take a dose or two of Chamberlain'B Tablets, and am very soon myself atMin." Sold, oy aJI