Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 136, 26 October 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

I From our Kesident Reporter. CKUELTY-ITS HEW&RD. A glaring case of cruelty to a horse was met in the Stratford S.M. Court yesterday by a 10s fine, the owner to be ordered also to pay 7s costs. The Sergeant of Toliee, in his evidence, stated that Constable McGowan brought defendant's horse and gig to the police station. He found altogether six sores on the body;' three of th'em could be described as very bad sores. One, under the saddle, was apparently an old sore. It had 'healed in one part, but had worn into a very deep hole. , The saddle was touching that sore. On each side of the neck, under the collar, was a sore. One sore was one and a half inches in length, and the one on the other side was not quite so long. It was not very deep there. The collar was touching these sores. On the oil' shoulder was a place about the size of a shilling—red and raw. He would judge that the sore had been made that day. Under the girth, on each side, was a very bad sore. On the body and on the fore-leg were sores. One sore under the girth he should judge would be the size of a two shilling piece, or bigger. The place was red, and looked very painful. He would not describe the horse as being in good condition. .As it was driven away, he noticed it was lame. He instructed the defendant not to work it any more, and defendant took it out of the harness immediately, and led it home. The de- ' fendant stated that he was a man who had always taken a pride in his horsey and had not seen these sores, though thx animal' was "thin-skinned," and constantly breaking out in sores. The Magistrate held there was cruelty; hence • the enormous fine.

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. At the Synod very satisfactory reports were read of Church and Sunday School work in the district, particularly in the latter, there having been added new schools and a large number of scholars •and a teacher. The church property account was in a very satisfactory condition, the debt on the district having .been reduced in the year by £3OO. The following resolutions on public questions were unanimously carried:— (1) Bible in Schools.—The Synod un- ; animously endorsed the following reso- | lutions of the P.M. Public Questions j Committee: That in view of the divided ■ state of opinion in our church concern- ! ing the platform of the Bible in Schools League, which advocates the New South Wales system, including denominational teaching in our State schools, and also bearing in mind the fact that we shall so soon cease to have a separate existence as a church in this Dominion, this committee does not deem-it wise to make any oifficial pronouncement on the Bible in Schools question. (2) Gambling.—That this Synod protests against the attempt at present ! being made to increase the number of race days allowed in this Dominion. We call upon the Government to risk everything in order to defeat so retrograde a ! proposal. (3) Licensing: That this Synod recommends the Primitive Methodists of Tara- J i naki to accept the pledge of the New I Zealand Alliance not to vote for Parlia- ' Imentary candidates who will not advocate the reduction of the three-fifth ma- ■ jority.

BUSINESS CHANGES j Mr. John Lpydon has sold his furnish j ing business to Mr. Garrett Wilson. { Messrs. McCluggage and Co. negotiated the sale. Mr. Leydon, who is one of the best known business men in the island, relinquished his itinerary auctioneering 1 business eleven years ago, having decided that no place in his travels could compare with Stratford for business oppor- [ tunity. Soon he confined his energies to the furnishing business, and equipped a factory in Juliet street. The business advanced by leaps and bounds, the furniture department having for some years past been under the direct supervision of Mr. Sidney Clarke, formerly of New Plymouth and Auckland. Mr. Leydon's recent accident having affected his health, he is compelled to relinquish } business, and after settling up his afI fairs will probably leave for Auckland. j His genial manner has made him many friends here, and the small fry will miss him at the picnics, for the children's races are his especial delight. Mr. Wilson, who took over the business yesterday, is a very old resident of Stwttf«rd, and a very popular .ie, and we wish him all success in his i dertaking. He has been fortunate in retaining Mr. Clarke in charge of the manufacturing department.

NEW ZEALAND'S TOURING CADETS. The New Zealand Cadets, who have recently returned from a tour of Canada, will arrive in Stratford on Monday night, and will be here till Thursday night! They will be billeted amongst the townspeople. There are twenty cadets and the officer in charge. The Mayor has offered to billet four Cadets, Mr." J. B. Richards two, Colonel Malone one, and Mr. W. J. Crawshaw one. Captain Lampen will be glad to hear from those willing to billet one or more of these, bovs, sons of New Zealand, who have done so nobly in the great Dominion of Canada. 'The boys were victorious in seven competitions out of eight, against the cadets of the world—no" mean accomplishment. The lads will be the guests of the Stratford Territorials at "Our Regiment" on Wednesday cveniii". :•;;■' will" probably given an exhibition of physical drill, rifle exercises or some other form of training in which they have *hown themselves to excel. The visitors will probably be taken for a drive to Mount Egmont, and to the oil wells at New Plvmoirtn. The-'' c:'deN were beaten in Canada in musketry, but they showed their real form subsequently by beating an adult ride team handsomely. On Monday night the Cadets will visit Pictures by invitation of the management.

STRAY PARAGRAPHS. Stratford is not represented on the, deputation which lias gone to see the Prime Minister about our new Taranaki railway. Tt is possible that the line is to be authorised this session, despite Hie new Prime Minister's promise that lie would go over the route before Riving effect to the recommendations of the Railway Commission. "Put not your faith in promises." or in Ministers of the Crown. This doctrine, popular in a, section of the community when the Seddon"tt ard-Mnekenzie Administration was in power, is unpalatable in the same quarters io-dav. The local manager of the New Zealand Loan & M-rcantilc Agency Co., Ltd. (Mr. W \ Hewitt) has received cabled advice from' London that the management has {rented to the staff a bonus of five percent, on their sabmes. The past year's operations have been of a very satisfactory nature. Tohn P.ucklcv. n .n old man. was lined yesterdav in the S.M. Court for breach of his prohibition order. W. A. Cannon, Whose horse and enrt cleared out the other (lav from Teuton street, was fined

for leaving the vehicle unattended and not properly secured. The road roller, a 10-ton McLaren, scarified and rolled a length of Broadway North yesterday. The machine ripped up the metal like winking, and did in tea minutes what two men might try to do in a day. Uphill or downhill there was no trouble. A fireplug got in the way, and there was a bit of a flood. The various auctioneering firms in Stratford announce in this issue that their premises will be closed on Labor Day (Monday next).

BERNARD'S PICTURES The present programme has nearly run its course, and will be shown tonight for the last time. The films are undoubtedly a great' series, and deserving of the big audiences which have greeted them so far. Look out on Monday for the thrilling Gaumont drama, "Rose Kate, or a Race for a Life," and the Yitagraph star "Nemesis," featuring Maurice Costello; and see the show tonight.