Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

hTom our Resident Keporter. " OUR REGIMENT." The Stratford Town Hall lias been pencilled for a date in October for the production of the comedy, "Our Regiment," in aid of the sports fund of "our regiment, the 11th Regiment, Taranaki Riile.s. Captain and Mrs. Lampen will play the principal parts, and as they played exactly the same characters in the very fine production of the comedy in Wellington, and are both well-known performers, the public can look forward to something good. The caste comprises ten characters, and is nearly complete.-

A CALLOUS YOUTH. I On Saturday last the police observed [ a lame horse being ridden in the street. The youth on its back seemed quite indifferent to the fact that the horse was evidently in great pain, each step causing it, as' Sergeant McXeely said in Court yesterday, to "almost bump its nose on the ground." The horse was taken to the stables, where a veterinary, surgeon declared its hoof was nstulous,'and must have given great pain. The youth was charged at the Court yesterday with cruelty to the horse, and his employer, C. R. Abbott, with being an accessory in that, being the owner of the horse, he allowed it to be ill-treated. The latter pleaded that lie had told the youth to ride the horse to Stratford and sell it, but he had not known it was diseased, thinking the lameness was caused by tight shoes; to which Sergeant McXeely replied that the smell of the hoof was enough to dispel any such idea. The S.M. lectured the young man on his cruelty, and said it was no justification that ho was obeying the orders of his master. He should have declined to ride the animal, and the law would have upheld him. He was convicted and discharged, and Abbott fined £2 and 28s costs.

SOCIAL NEWS Mesdamos J. W. Brayshaw and F. Mackey. tlie lady chaperons of St. Andrew's Tennis Club, gave a very pleasant evening on Thursday to members and friends in the Foresters' Hall. The , invitations issued drew a very General acceptance, and the guests were just sufficiently numerous to fill the hall comfortably. Dancing, interspersed with j songs by Miss Marcia Mackey and Messrs. P. Thomson. Hale, Walters, and I card games for the non-dancers provided ! a pleasant evening's enjoyment. Miss McDonald, assisted by Mesdames McXeely and Brayshaw and Miss M. Mackey, played the dance mu.sic. During a very appreciative treatment of a capital supper Mr. P. Thomson thanked the hostesses on behalf of the assembled company, and Mr. Brayshaw, in responding on their behalf, said the hostesses hoped to have the pleasure of seeing | their friends at future socials, and that these would tend to promote the social side of the club, and a spirit of friendship amongst its members. " Anld Lang •Syne" and three cheers for the hostesses brought a very pleasant gathering to a close shortly after midnight. ' The Druid's fortnightly social on Wednesday night was a capital function, about a hundred dancers enjoying themselves on a glassy floor. Bro. J. Jones was M.C., Mr. Rogers' orchestra supplied the music (Mrs. Bianchi playing extras), and the Druids provided a capital supper. The next of these popular socials is barely a week off now.

STRAY PARAGRAPHS. It is stated that Mr. Xewton King has definitely decided to erect two-storeyed concrete premises on the site of his auction mart in Broadway. The extent of the building may depend on the result of negotiations with the Railway Department, from whom the site is leased. Pity they will not sell the freehold". That leasehold is keeping the town back.

The Stratford First Juniors are illpleased with the decision of the T.R.U. against the request to be allowed to replay the Tnglewpod match. The explanation is that the failure to meet the In- ' glewood men was due to no fault of the club, and that the team is entitled to have the match played. Mr. T. A. Wilson bas joined 'Mr. J. H. Thompson's -land agency staff. Mr. Wilson is_ very well known in the dis-' trict, having been here for some years, and, possessing some, "push" and*"go," should just about' fill'the bill. A young fellow named Frank Cowell was charged at the S.M. Court yesterday with having obtained ,£2 5s by'false prev tences from T. I. La'mason, 'auctioneer, by collecting the proceeds of the sale of a saddle and bridle, handed in for sale by his step-brother. The accused represented himself as the brother of the vendor, and on that false representation received the money. The monev had since been refunded by the accused's step- , father. Cowell, who 'had "done time" i for similar offences since this offence was I committed, was described as a good I. workman, but easily influenced by drink, | was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. He consented to take out a prohibition orHder against -himself.

In the following debt cases judgment was given yesterday for plaintiffs by default in, the Stratford S.M. Court: '— J. Masters and Son (Mr. T. G. Fookes) V. E. A. Smith, claim'£l2 13s Id and costs •CI 10s fid; Wilson, Drake and Co. (Mr. Cecil Duff) v. T. Paget Jones, claim £i 5s lid, costs Ss. In the judgment summons cases, no order was made in the case of R. ITannah & Co. (Mr. Cecil Duff) v; J. Christensen. claim for £2 7s lid. Tn A. J. Davey (Mr. Cecil Duff) v. Wm. Rlair, and same v. A. George, there being no appearance of judgment debtors and no excuse offered, debtors were ordered to pay the full amount forthwith, in default seven days in Xew Plymouth prison. BERNARD'S PICTURES. One of the finest pictures ever seen in Stratford is included in the present programme at His Majesty's Theatre. The title k "The Bullet Dancer." Next Monday at the usual change of pictures a most remarkable set of pictures will be screened, including the greatest of all sensational dramas, "Zigomar versus Nick Carter." A 3000 ft. subject requires more than the average amount of merit if it is to find favor with anv audience. "Zigomar." the Eclair Company's latest ambitious staging, despite its length, holds the attention in a manner which call only be described „ s remarkable. .It is oni' of the few subjects which one ! would not wish shorter. Tn this production the Eclair Company has surpassed itself, not only in tlie presenta- | tion of those wonderful light, effects of which they alone .seem to possess the secret, but by a series of mechanical I devicej v-hich make such scenes as the J collapse of the pillars and roof of a vault convincing to a degree rarely obtained in pictures. "Zigomar" is as remarkable an example of stagecraft as it is of drama, and cannot but leave every--1 one who it with a great.lv increased i appreciation of the powers of the film producer.