Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 166, 30 November 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

From o:ir Resident Reporter. ALLEGED FORGERY AND UTTERING A BIG! SUM INVOLVED. Percy Vfm. Wilson appeared on remand,. charged with having, on May 24 last, forged a voucher drawn in favor of J. Mcintosh ior 15s, by altering the voucher from ' fie day" to "21 days," and from 15s £ls 15s, and with having uttered it to the New Zealand Government with intent that it should be acted upon as trefinii) IMee tmwScvgea i!! Rod darn a ppeared for the prosecution, :n :1 applied for a remand for- :i week. The accused. he said, was until raent-y in the employ of the Civil Service in the Public Works Department. at Strotf- •'«!. in charge of t!ie imprest account. Since the accused had been before tile Court first on the present charge, that imprest account, of which accused was the head, had been audited, and defalcations amounting in all to between ,£!)00 and .CIOOO had been discovered; Witnesses would have to be produced from all parts of-New Zealand. In the circumstances the police applied for a substantial 'bail, and DetectiveSergeant Boddam stated that at next hearing a further remand would probably be asked for.

Mi-. FJpc.vv wbo appeared for the i accused, said the amount of the ■ bail was not of so much importance as | the people who would go bail. In ~iis ease jjio accused had surrendered to his bail. They had to consider, not the amount involved in the charges, but the character of the person charged, and the possibility of his answering to the bail or otherwise. This fixing of bail in huge sureties served no useful purpose, but "unnecessarily alarmed the public, and might prejudice the accused when he came before a jury. No reason whatever had been urged for increasing the bail. The remand was granted to December 6. His Worship said he thought the 'bail should 'be increased to two sureties of £IOO each, and accused in his own recognisance of £IOO.

A DELINQUENT TERRITORIAL.

THE COST OF AXTI-MILITAEISM.

FIRST SENTENCE UNDER THE NEW

At Stratford yesterday Thomas Charles Ferret. ;i Territorial, was charged with failing to carry out his obligations under the Dominion defence scheme. Captain Lamp en prosecuted, and stated that the defendant had registered at Midhirst. and had not attended parades or eamps. Re had now been located at Cardiff. He had never notified his change of address, and had not taken any notice of the notices and warnings sent him.

The defendant did not appear. The Magistrate said he did not intend to ipako the lines wider the Defence Act as 1 ight as icretofore. but would make them sufficient to impress on youths that they have to attend these camps and drills or go to Xew Plymouth. He had not fully read the new Act, but he knew from it that defendant was liable to be fined as heretofore, and in default j to he handed over into military custody I for 2S days, and if his behaviour there j was not satisfactory then he was liable i to be kept there for another 28 days, j In this case a fine of £2 and costs would { be inflict«i, fi

Addressing Captain Lain pen. His Worship said lie would give the defendant till next Friday to pay. If the fine were unpaid then he would order the youth to be handed over into military custody, and the area officer should obtain instructions from the defence headquarters as to what he should do with a Territorial placed in his custody in this way. The di-f -ndant paid the fine at the conclusion of th<> case. STRAY PARAGRAPHS Some visiting dog fanciers want to know why special reference was not made in the s-how report to the general nvuiiifrer of the dog section. Mr. T. Kirkwood. He deserves a whole paragraph to himself, fie is a battler for entries. Fanciers enter just to please him, and send along the dogs because they know that failure to do so would cause "Tom" sorrow. He guards them, sees them dressed and undressed, fed and watered, untruelied and trucked, keeps the pressmen supplied with details, and works like a hero. Never so happy as when really busy, lie is ever ready with a quip, and certainly deserves all the nice things that competitors say about him. You ought to have seen "Tom" on "Dougal" at Ihe head of the dog parade! Several ladies have spoken to me in praise 'of the. W.C.T.U. rest tent ..for women at the A. & 'P. Show. It was unshed, and the marquee was far too small. Meant as a resting place for tired mothers and their children for a longer time and in greater comfort and privacy than could 'be obtained in any ordinary refreshment booth, those tired mothers showed their appreciation of it. Many took it as quite a matter of course, hut the great majority were cognisant of (lie fact that the rest tent was conducted voluntarily-by the ladies of the Stratford and Ngaere branches of this great organisation, and they appreciated the service. Refreshments were sold for the A. & P. Association at the ordinary tariff, and quite a respectable sum was handed in. This would have been bigger had there been more supplies and more space. "lie puts ilii'se two Aananiases in the box to give evidence."—A remark by counsel in the S.M. Court yesterday. "My friend is an honest man." ('harming admission by a Stratford lawyer in Court yesterday. "He told me," said the inspector, "that this was- the first time he had ridden on the path. I said, 'lt's the first time I've caughtcher; I'll have to reportcher.'" The Poet Laureate of | Stratford must look to his laurels.

Capital arrangements were made by ihe stationmaster, Mr. Campbell, for binding and' unloading sock for the Stratford Show, and the visiting exhibitors have nothing but praise for this department. Next year the A. & P. Association will I iave to provide a bigger luncheon rocsn, more attendants, and separate doors for ingress and egress. A hungry crowd eanno.t afford to lose any time. fn this issue the N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., ef Stratford, advertises entries for next Tuesday's Stratford stock sale, held in conjunction with Messrs. W. IT. Young & Co. The grand parade of stock on Thursday was timed for two o'clock. At two i''clock the parade entered the ring. The animals did not hang about for threequarters of an hour, as is too often the case, but were all away in twenty minutes, which was appreciated immensely by the exhibitors and, most likely, by the animals. Mr. A. Stewart, congratulations!

Ladies are asked to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest Mr. A. H. Herbert's ''wanteds" on this page. Mr. D. Stohr has sold bis chemist's business to Mr. T. Nicholson, late of Palmerston North, who will lake- possession oh Monday.

BERNARD'S PICTURES Thursday night's was a "show" house indeed. Every seat was occupied. The bill of fa|p provided was worthy of the occasion and the crowd. The present programme is undoubtedly one to remember, and "His Majesty's" will probably be crowded again to-night, when the programme will be shown for the third and last time. "The Siege of Petersburg" is fit to star any big programme in the big cities, and '"Fate's Warning" and "The Narrow Road" are also compelling dramas. Topical films, comical films, industrial and scenic films; all these are represented by first-grade subjects. The usual tig change is announced for -Monday night. i