STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 196, 8 January 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

I STRAY PARAGRAPHS i The Stratford Racing Club lias paid I .to7J in taxation on its New Year meeting. The totalisator gives everyone a little back, win or lose. General Oodley and Mrs. Godlev were entertained at luncheon at the County Hotel yesterday by Mr. J. B. [line, M.P. ilrs. and Miss Iline were present. The linotyper made a big mistake in a personal paragraph in the Stratford news yesterday., It was Mrs. Charles Coley, wife of Mr. Colev, of Stratford, whose death occurred on Sunday. Mr. Coley's many friends among Taranaki's pioneer settlers will be glad to know that the old gentleman is still enjoying fair health. The funeral of Mrs. Coley yesterday was attended ,by a number of close friends. The Key. Reader received cabled information from Tasmania yesterday of the death of his father. Mr. J. Header, at the age of 82 years. , At the inquest yesterday on the body of Herbert Parkes, who committed suicide <by cutting his throat with a razor oil Monday, Sergeant M'Xeely gave evidence that he had found a bank book amongst deceased's effects, and this showed him to >be worth £2OO odd. Recently the deceased had had some losses in land deals, amounting to about £l4O in a couple of months. lie had ascertained that Parkes came from Wanganui, and his father was now in Stratford. Verdict, suicide while of unsound mind. A man named James Allison M'ln tosh was before the court yesterday, charged with the theft of a gold watch from Annie Jane Rothery, sister of the licensee of the Whangamomona Hotel, during the Christmas holidays. Constable Kcannell gave evidence that, the accused had been seen upstairs. When' the loss of the.watch was reported he. questioned M'Tntosh, who denied having seen it. He made a show of turning out his pockets, and threw his coat on the ground. The constable, however, went through the pockets again, and found the watch in the watch pocket. The accused was a steady, hard-working mail as a rule, but given to drink. When arrested, the accused said, "This is all through drink again " but at the time he was not drunk. Evidence showed that the watch had •been left in a private sitting-room. -Committed for trial.

BUSINESS NOTES MY. A. J. Davey announces in this issue tliat lie lias amalgamated the Royal Mail and Empire stable businesses, and will in future conduct the business at the Empire staples, which he has acquired from Mr. Fred, flooch. With a big double plant, a good staff, capita) 'horseflesh, and the determination to still further increase his connection, Mr. Davev is bound to keep his end Tip. The Empire stables are to be greatly enlarged shortly. It is a fact that photographs kept loose are apt to be soiled and injured. For a shilling or two you can buy a fine oak photo, frame that will preserve tlie picture and help to adorn the home. Mr. V. E. James, Stratford, has just opened up a lot. Toys always, and glass, cliina. and fancy goods of all kinds, are always kept in large quantities.

BERNARD'S PICTURES Tito new change programme which foiumences its three-nights' run to-night, features "-Tim Bludso," the hero of Hie Prairie Belle. We all know the poem of Jim Bludso's love for his engine in the old Mississippi paddle-boat and his boast t'hat lie would never let another boat pass liim. and that, in the event of accident, he would jamb her nose into the bank and stick to the bridge till every soul got ashore. The accident happened, and he did it. The theme is good, and the picture equally so. The story of "In the North Woods" runs as follows: A trapper, confident of the safety of his wife and child in the boundless woous while he was away on his trip to the trading post, a day's journey, left home to dispose of the pelts he had secured. lie had just gone when an adventurous Frenchman and a guide appeared on the scene, hunting. The Frenchman noted where the woman hid her bag of savings, ami determined to become possessed of it. But. he found the woman was made of sterner stuff than he expected, and he not only failed but suffered for his villainy. This story is splendidly told. There are several other enually interesting films.