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STRATFORD NEWS.

I From Our Resident Reporter. [ Oilier: Ne.\t Loan &, Mercantile Agency Co. Telephone 113. A FARMER'S STORY ALLEGATIONS OF fayoiutism. '•WORSE THAN THE CZAII OF RUSSIA." A farmer was found the other (lav who-e -lory gave the lie to tile belief so fondly cherished in mo.it quarter.-; that tiie co-operative system now in vogue in the dairying industry of Taranaki is akin to ])erfectio!!. even with regard to the initial stages, for this farnier. conversing with a Daily News reporter, found ample time to occupy his attention wiiliout worrying ahout co-opera-tive i>!.;rkcting. and so on. The News man walked quite accidentally into his winter of discontent. The usual query of the townsman as to the prosperity of the farnier, together with the expressed opinion that the dairy farmer's lot in the present circumstances was a peculiarly happy one, brought forth a qualified statement concerning factory returns.

Ye-, it was a good season. Tito weather was fair, perhaps a bit too dry. The cows were milking as usual, and it would probably be a, late season. And so 'on. "But," lie added, "we don't get everything.that is in it." ''Of course, you don't," replied the news-gatherer. "The lending institutions, the commercial houses, shipping firms and railways all have to get their share. Do you grudge it';" "That's not it. You don't quite catch me." was the answer from the dairy farnier, who certainly took a long time to come to the point. 'T say that a lot of this co-operation is a farce. I say that the manager of a dairy factory is an autocrat. Our manager lias more power than the Czar of Russia!" The old gentleman was "going some" now. He continued:

"We little men get the little tests. We have to take the manager's opinion of the butter-fat content of the milk. Is it to his interest for ns to test high?" And he answered his own question: "Of course, it isn't. lie's got to make butter from the fat, and he gets kudos for making the most butter out of the least fat. He's out after ''over-run." What does he care about <thc suppliers' cheques? Who pays when a can of cream gets cap-ized in the factory? I've seen any amount of it wasted —carelessly, too. Does he pay? Is he fined? No. we pay. Waste a can of cream, and read the tests low. Not everybody's tests, of course. Every manager's got his favorites, and there are nthers that he doesn't like. Y'ou know what that means." "Rai'her a serious charge to make," said tht' reporter, getting in a quiet word.

••Well. I am not alone in my opinion. Although I would like to say that there arc Minn 1 verv decent chaps among the

miina'ji-rs. I remember a neighbor of mine complaining once about his test being low. Tlie director to whom he wa- speaking at the time said, 'Your farm never has tested high.' The young fellow, with a twinkle in his eye. came hack quick at him with, "No. so I believe. It ha- never been owned by a director, has it?" Getting back to his own grievance, the farmer said he was quite convinced that the Babcock tester was useless unless used by an official independent of the manufacturing department, for li'.e suppliers' interests and the manager's interests were not always identical.

The News man suggested that the matter could be very easily settled. Suppose a Mian had doubts about his test, what was to prevent him having the milk te-U'd independently for the sake of comparison with the factory test? Then, if he could prove that the factory test was seriously inaccurate, and the pavment- insufficient, then he could "raise Cain" at the next meeting of directors.

"You say you don't know." rejoined the farmer. ''You may know about new-pa ners, but you don't know the dairv factory manager. You remind me uf tiu- story of the selioolmarm who tried to prove'a little subtraction sum for Tommy. She reckoned that if there were ,-ix sheep in a paddock., and one i jumped <mt. there would be live left. | Tommy was unconvinced, and replied, ' •You may know all about 'rithmetic, niiiu'i. '..■.;[' you don't know nothink about j sheen. There wouldn't be _any left.' j And "yon, young man. know just about ) a- much about factory managers as that girl knew about sheep. .lust let any Mipplier -tart making a racket as you Me-e,t. and hell have a few cans of milk "-'. Nt back" for "taint," A couple of can- of milk rejected now and again are reckoned to have the effect of shuttin','un the growlers. Yes. sir. There's a whole lot in the dairying business that the pir'iie don't know about. What do I siiii:.-»tV Well, independent testing to start with, and a more kindly consider* lion for the small man." ( ALLEGED BURGLARY THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE CLAY. The Police Court, presided over by Mr. W. U K. McKenrick, S.M., was occupied all day yesterday in hearing a case against Alan Brown and Charles Pearce. charged that they did break and enter bv night the shop of Samuel Pivae, will) intent to commit a crime. Serjeant McN'eelv prosecuted, and Mr. Kutherford appeared for both accused, who pleaded not guilty. Fvidcitce was triven bv S. Pivae as to bavin? securelv locked his business prciih-.-s Vu Saturday night last. Early on Sunday mornintr be was awakened bv Mr. d. K. Stone, jeweller, and returned III) tin- -hop. when lie found that twenty odd n-ek.'ts of cigarettes and three ei-.r' were missing, but the till, which contained £l4 odd. wa-, intact, liotb 1.-i.-k doors and one of the back windows were open. The access to his place was V, ~ ,-j'dit of wav between Webster. Dobson' & C.s.'s premises and. Pv. D. Lewcr's. Ov.in" to alterations the passage was not clear, and there was some clay. .1. K. Stone (jeweller) gave evidence ilhat earlv on Sunday morning lie heard foot-ten* roming from the hack of Pivac's premises to the front shop. He got out of beil. took his revolver, and went out into Proadwav. Standing outside Pivac's shop he listened at the front door, and heard someone rattling the till. He knocked on the door with bis revolver, lui' the raltlinir continued. Me then Inei! two revolver shots and the "burglars'- J.ecnmped. When be went into the shop with Mr. Pivae he picked up, in the back dining-room, a straw hat iiiroduced) bearing the name of C. |n cross-examination be stated that be always kept a revolver with him as ail ornament. The firing of the shots did not bring a crowd. l'anuy Pivae gave corroborative evidence on the subject of the hat. and stated that if it had been in the restaurant before closing time she must have noticed it, ns it was lying near a ease in which the bread and cakes were kept, and to which she hail gone on the nreviou-> evening. Thomas Wilson, clerk employed by Mr. .f. Wi-nuggago, land agent. Stratford, ■tl'afed that there were several outsiders

I lit tlio Stratford Fire Brigade Station when lie visited there at 10 minute* past 112 on the Sunday morning. IVriree and Brown were, among the number. All went down to the draper's -lion at about twenty minutes to one. the. majority being under the influence of liquor. The accused left together. Sydney Bernard and Gordon MeMahon gave evidence on similar lines. Sergeant McXeely deposed that on Sunday morning he visited the Crystal Coffee Palace, and found Pcarce and Brown in bed together. P.rown had his trousers on, and on one knee was a patch of clay. Both the accuseds' hoots had eiay on them. When questioned Pearee admitted losing his straw hat. stating that he had lost it in Broadway. With Constable McCowan he visited Pivac's premises and found round the back door three separate and distinct marks, which showed that each of the hoots had rubber heels. One was a very small foot. They found 11 packets of green Three Castle cigarettes about the yard. They traced the footprints to a right of way where there was some soft clay. Plaster casts of footprints taken were handed in. as were also the boots of both accused. In Brown's boot the rubber heel was worn down, and there was a cut in the boot. This was clearly shown in the cast, Three packets of cigarettes found on Brown corresponded with the packets found in the yard, in that all of them showed defective printing, viz., the "re" in "cigarettes" being indistinct and with a spot of gold paint underneath. At 0 p.m. the Court adjourned, and will be continued on the 28th inst. • Bail was allowed the accused in £3O each and two sureties of £25 each. A CASE DISMISSED Mr. 0. A. Marehant was charged with cruelty to animals by driving a horse suffering from a sore shoulder. Sergeant MeNeely prosecuted, and stated that on Saturday last his attention was drawn to the horse on Broadway, which had a sore on its shoulder that was red and raw. Constable McCowan also gave evidence. The defence, which was conducted by Mr. R. Spence. was a complete denial. Several witnesses, including a veterinary surgeon, stated that the scar was an old one, and they were of opinion that no pain was caused to the horse by it. There was no suspicion of cruelty. His Worship, after inspecting the horse, said that he was of opinion that the sore had become red, and this would have led the police, who were unaware of the nature of the sore, to believe, that the animal was in pain. Tlad this been explained to the police at the time, he thought that perhaps the information would not have been laid. The information was dismissed. ACKLAND SCHOOL PICNIC The children attending the Ackland Road School held their annual picnic on \ Thursday. There was included in the attendance a good number of adults, among , them being Messrs. R. Masters and Rogers (Members of the Education Board). The committee, of which Mr. P. Mackay is chairman, and the master. Mr.-Norman 'Blair, were assiduous in their attentions, and the children all had a good time. An excellent sports programme was expeditiously put through. Mr. Masters, ! in a brief but well-chosen speech, presented the prizes as follows:—Attend-|ance—First-class certificate, Isabel Knox. Ada Lnmsden. Arthur Harvey. Ivy Booker, Malcolm Knox: second-class certificate, Gertrude Lumsden. Sewing prizes (awarded bv Mrs. Mackay), Ivy Booker and Rose Oldridge. Diligence prizes (awarded by Mrs. Marlow), Douglas .Tames Macka'v and Eleanor Knox. Neat work, William Mackay, Ada Lumsden (prize awarded by teacher). Extra prizes were gained by the following: Standard V.. Pearl Witt, Ivy Witt: Standard TIL, Victor Derby, Ada Lumsden, Isabel Knox, Ivv Booker: Standard 1.. Mvrtle Witt, Augusta Derby. Elma Derbv. Doris Jones; Pr. 2. William Mackay,'Douglas Mackay. John Knox. Arthur Harvey. Eleanor Knox, Winnie Knox. Rose'Oldridge; Pr. 1. Gertrude Lumsden, Archie Christensen. Frank Christensen, John Harris. Leslie Oldridge. ; STRAY PARAGRAPHS Eltham and Stratford Hide Clubs fired a match, eight men aside, on the Stratford ranfle 'on Thursday, Stratford win-ning-a close match by .60/ points to CM. Rfm. T. Narbev 04, and W. Narbey 03, were tiie highest scorers for Eltham. and Rfm. Wickliam M, E. Lrocklebank and Speck (10, for Stratford. The visitors were entertained at d.nner after the match. On Monday. St. Patrick's Day. the Stratford Tennis Club will journey to Hawera, and play the local club. The following will represent Stratford: Mesdames Robinson, Paget arid Bridge, Miss Wilson. Messrs. Thompson. Marshall. Rutherford, Wright (2). und Vaugban. The following Stratford candidates were successful at the theory examinations held in Stratford last year in connection with the Trinity College of Music. London: Dromgool 02. honors (Convent); G. Turkington. SO, honors (Convent). Advance junior division: 0. Martin (10 (Miss Evans, A.T.C.L.): E. Hastie fin (Miss Reillv); G. Bredow, 52 (Convent). Junior division: E. Williams 71 (Convent): J. Roonev, fiO (Convent!. Preparatory division': Tda Boon. 100 marks (the possible). Erica Simmons OS, Doreen Barwick 00 (all pupils of Miss Evans, A.T.C.L.). PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. Justice who have been visiting their daughter. Mrs. Abraham, for the last few days, left for Wellington bv the mail train yesterday. Mr. R. D.'lTarkness, the well-known Ksaere Jersey breeder, is leaving for a i six months' trip to England bv the Arawn. on March 20. During his absence be will attend the various shows and cattle sales, and will probhblv bring back some Jersey cattle with him.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 253, 15 March 1913, Page 3

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STRATFORD NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 253, 15 March 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 253, 15 March 1913, Page 3

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