STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 263, 29 March 1913, Page 3

STRATFORD NEWS.

I Fioni ■-:.!■ Resident importer. C'iik... .\..-.;. i Agency -v. J.■;.••.j.jnu J'o GENERAL BOOTH MEMORIAL Captain Simpson, in charge of tlic Salvation Anv.y operations locally, when inlonmng u . ii ult thc stmtfoni Municipal Wass hand v.ill give mi open-air perlormam-;: m jiroadway to-night (Sutur-l'-.v) ['■■> a..! of (he Ceneral iooth mem'»n.u inn;,. ;,ro<iuced a copy of the Way j rv. S i:owii;v -,vit!i what enthusiasm the ioronto people took the matter np Stratlonl N h:>idi V likely to equal Toronto* j!iv::c contribution of 200,001) dolk'l-*. Inn ti:,/e is no earthly reason why tnere s,io:o\l not be enthusia.-m. The \ ar ( yy sJiys: -The Toronto citizens' ellon, to ,•.,,;.,. ; , lunulred thousand dolai\> ( towards t!ie Cenenil William Doom Memorial were unique in c.iaraeter a>:d hrilliantlv successful The . amount w;,s reached, as the city was united „ its desire to honor the late memory. . . . Commissioner Jlees described the scheme and the purposes of the Memorial Training ColIp/Jo with good effect, and messages were aiterwards received from his Roval Highness the Dukn of Connaught: the Hon ■Sir dames Whitney, Premier of Ontario«ml Mayor Tiocken. of Toronto, eulogising the cause and wishing prosperity" to ho undertaking. On the Tuesday. Uednesoay and Thursday 'l5O leading pen lemen of Toronto attacked the city i with splendid devotion, while a huo'e * cork announced hourly the promts theymade. Indescribable scenes of enthusiasm took ph.ee when the announcement was made that the 100,000 dollars had been raised. -Crowds cheered in the YvT: il!ul '• l, ° who!e eit >' manifested (tclign, Ike donors to the fund include Wd .Strati*™, Messrs Massev, Wood mlm T ? P , Tol ' o,lto W" 3 10.000 lines of free advertising; the street railway company carried."free of charge. 40 posters in front of their cars Commissioner Ke.es has toiled tremendo.„!y. and the stair helped splendidly. Hie campaign has been a remarkable tribute to the founder of the Salvation Army. o

COMMITTED FOR TRIAL au.k:;].:d brrakixg and extertxg axd theft. in Hi- S.AL Court yesterday mornins. Mr. \\. (i. Kenrick. K.M., continued the hoaniig of tlie charge of breaking !m d onten,,-' and th,ft hrou „ u Charles IV,',rce and Alan Brown. ' The shop and ioa-ro o ms of S. Pivae were burglariously entered very early in the morning of .Sunday.. March 0. "and the two limited were arrested and charged Vntl: ilu oS'encc. Sergeant MeXeelv con(iiirtcd the nse for the police, and Mr. Rutherford (Anderson, Rutherford and -M:ua!istor) f or the accused. McX?cly, continuing his evidence, under cross-examination by Mr. Rutherford, sanl that before arresting Pearee he g.ivc Lim an opportunity of makii:;.' an explanation about bis'hat. He (|Uc?tio-:e ( ; Brown, wlio made a, short statement, in which he denied having boon present with Pearee the previous night, and then denied the truth of the statement he had just made to him (wit-nes-h This was at about five o'clock in the morning, at the boarding-house, after Pearee's arrest. Pearee appeared to he sober, but Brown did not appear to be completely sober. Mr. Rutherford: I understand you searched the hotel. You understand wrongly. I visited the Stratford Hotel to find a man who might give me some evidence in this matter. But I did not search the place. Mr. Rutherford: Very well. I take your statement.

Continuing, •Sergeant McXeely said that the packets of cigarettes found on Brown wore not full ones. He could not .say where tlie cigarettes came from, miml did not know that Pivac's stock of three dozen prickets was part of a consignment of 20.000 packets. The S.M.: How co;ild he know that? He finds some cigarettes in a man's pocket and some in a back-yard, and you ask him if lie knows they are part of a parcel of 20,000. Mr. Rutherford said he had found that Piva-A cigarettes were bought from ('. E. Janus, who had obtained them from Mills, importer, Wellington. It was ridiculous to suppose that only this three dozen had {li» discrepancy in printing. He considered the sergeant should have paid move attention to this portion of the evidence. Kviilenee continued: Pearcn was arrested before four o'clock in the morning, and lie got the cigarettes from Brown in the rffernoon. But Brown had had a packet'of '■green" cigarettes in his pocket early that morning. About 23 packeti were missing from the shop, and nine were still unaccounted for. Continual:.': It was after five o'clock on t!i" evening of Sunday, March 0. when he took the impressions of Brown's left footprint in the right-of-way. Constable McCowan gave evidence corroborative of that of his superior officer. He was cro->-examined by Mr. Rutherford. This clo-ed the case for the prosecution. Moth aci-uwl pleaded not guilty, and reserved their defence. They were then formally committed for trial at the next .sittings nf the Supreme Court at Xew I'Uiiiuuib in .Inne. Bail was allowed, each accu-"d in I'.'J'l. and two Mircties (■;' i.Tiii in each case.

"3AKIKUFT AS lIS CAN BE." A n.VTiIACTwiVS STRUGGLE. According t.) his own story, his average earnings, after paying for the grazing (.!" '..;-'tdiiis, were .in a week the vcir round, His contracting plant was -uhlcci to a mortgage of £3UI>. iind a ::( ~i' -•.! . for chHh on which, of :.i V:,i- '.v'l".-.-hi'.r debt- on which judg::i< r • Vi.i j, :. n uhi;;':.'' :l in tile 'JagisirateV t',,urt. these I've or six judgm. lit- totalling ><>""' ( ~' n: >- ]il ' Wil * " ,r,v in tin- ]!<;-'■ ion of i! .imminent debtor. I.roiiiiiii' Lo th.e Court to show why lie had not paid oil" another judgment. obtained la-t November. Tie was crnss-cvim;m-d hv Mr. W'righi. counsel for the judgment creditor, and at one stage exclaimed: •' ; T"ni honest, and T intend to pay. I i i-ver Lii to a re.ee. I never go anywhere.'"! aw willing to pay. hut it's the expense vo;i people put on me every time I come here that cripples a man.'' And later: •if I'm left alone and given time T can xiv up oven-thing. T work hard, and 1 pay'my way now. heside,3 paying oIT lhe-e other jiuteinent?-. The :Ua"i~trate said the mains position was 'hopeless, and he could not make an order. If the debtor were rn-s.MI. he could only go hunkrupt. Mr. Spenee: lie's hankvupt as he can l, r . aiid he ought io no hankru]it. The proper thin- for }lr. bright to do is to vet aiiother io join with him in making thi- man hankrupt. Air Wright: Tie ought, io file his own petition if he had any ordinary deeencv \i present it means that he is I pnvin- ihese other people, and nothing oil this judgment in five months. * His Worship said that possibly, if the

I creditors met and arranged for the debtor's earnings to lie paid into a fund i and distributed, tdey might gel something and the man .night get straight. -Mr. Spence: No chance in the wide world, your Worship. EASILY ACCOUNTED FOR A milker on shares was very closely examined at the S.M. Court yesterday morning by Mr. P. Thomson as to his liiianeial position. The debtor earned £OB odd in live months, and £2!) was accounted for. ''And what has become of t!ie other £40?" queried the lawyer. " What else have [ to live on, and keep nine children?" was the reply. It was shown that the debtor had u wife and family of nine. To three of the children he paid £1 a month each for assistance on the farm, and lie also kepc them. Three of the others were going to school, and three were too young yet for school. The Magistrate remarked that there would be very little left of the .tlO after keeping these. said Mr. Thomson, 'die promised to pay 30s a week off this debt. We wrote twice to him, reminding him of this, but got not even a reply. That's the objectionable feature." Mr. Kenrick replied: "They'll promise anything when they are pressed. That stands to reason." No order made.

THE DESERTED "HOUSE." A Stratford resident drove a party to the Stratford Mountain House on Easter Monday, and he tells that the place wore a most neglected and deserted appearance. The doors were standing open, and the bedding had been thrown out. The party walked over to Curtis' Falls, and found that the track was becoming ■overgrown. It is most unfortunate that no caretaker can be obtained for the house, for the scenery thereabouts is very tine, and the money expended in buildings and tracks can only be lost unless there is reasonable care taken of them. WEBSTER, DOBSON & CO.'S STOCK REPORT At Stratford on Tuesday, owing to the Easter holidays, there was only a moderate muster and small attendance. We quote: —Mixed weaners 35s to 38s, do. small 20s to 21s, weaner heifers 3Ss to 40s, colored heifers £3 ss, cows and calves £1 10s to £5, forward cows £1 to £1 10s, store do. £2 10s to £3 3s. Private sales were as follows:—Mixed weaners 33s to 3fis (Id, colored weaner heifers £2 14s Od to £2 18s (Id. 18month colored heifers £5 Is to £O, 2tooth wethers 13s Gd to 13s !)d, cull do. 10s, lambs 7s to os, store cows £3 10s. £3 ISs, £1 ss; fat cows, £5 10s. £0; pedigree Jersey cows, 37 1 /; gs. and 40 gs.: heifers in calf. £4 16s, £4 10s, £5; 2-year-old in-calf colored heifers. £7 10s to £8; empty heifers, £3 10s. '

UNION OF CHURCHES The consummation of the union of the two Methodist church in Stratford will he celebrated to-morrow. The Rev. B. Metson will preached at the united service in Broadway Church in the morning, and the Revs. A. Reader and Metson at the evening service. In the afternoon, at three o'clock, there will be a procession of the children of both Sunday schools from Broadway Church to Wesley Church, the procession going via Broadway. An address will be given by the Rev. A. Reader. " It ias been decided that the united congregation will worship in Broadway Church for the present. The Wesley Church building is to be moved to the eastern boundary of the property, and class-rooms added to provide for the Sunday School.

STRAY PARAGRAPHS At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. fi. Kenrick. S.M., judgment by default Wits entered in the. following cases:—Smart Bros. (Mr. Wrightf v. Fred. Oooeh, claim £lO 0s od. and costs £1 13s 6d: Wickham and McPefh (Mr. Stanford) v. A. Stapleten. claim £3 2s fid, and costs 10s: T.: C. Fookos v. R. .T. Scott, claim £1 Os Sd, and os costs; TT. G. \Ynbc (Mr. Wriglit) v. C. IT. Thomas, claim. £7 17s fid and £1 Os (!d costs; A. Dean (Mr. Maealister) v. TT. W. Tocker. claim .£l7 4s, and £2 Os fid costs. Tt is freely stated here that surveys are being made, or are to be made, with a view of making a start with the construction of the railway line from To Roti, or thereabouts, to Opunakc. The statement is given for what it is worth, remembering that no expenditure on the line Ims been authorised bv Parliament. Tf there's money available for that work we may look for rather more vigorous prosecution of the line out Whangamomona way. Tt was stated at Hie time the Opunake line was authorised that nothing would be done until the Minister of Public Works bad visited the locality, but apparently the engineer's instructions are ahead of the Minister, it is stated that Mr. Dyson is to carry out the survey. Mr. R Marfell. chairman of the Stratford Hospital Pioard. is leaving next week on a trip to England, and has resigned his seat. Mr. John Smith i= acting-chairman. Mr. J. T>. Richards, secretary of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce, is advised liv the Prime Minister that be will arrive here next Wednesday, between four and live o'clock in the afternoon, when he will he prepared to roceived deputations.

Didn't it blow yesterday? The sirects were denuded of dust and almost stripped of small pebbles, whilst sundry semi-frantic people chased their !i -augear in front of the gale. Train travellers are hereby notified that telegraph forms can be obtained at the local railway station. A notice to that effect might be placed alongside the receiving box. A well-known commend:'! traveller, after reading yesterday's sereed on this matter, says that lie understands now why so uianv men rush off the (rain at Stratford for a few minut»s. II i-i [o .end a leh'uram. of con;-.', and the proximity of the big hotel over the ■.',;! v has Motliiii!.' to do with it! The Stratford Municipal Brass IVecl wiil give au open-air performance in front of the Municipal Puddings this evening, and a collection will be taken up in aid oj the Pen era 1 Pooth memorial fund. "I always keep a revolver. I keep it as an ornament."—"When this concluding portion of Mr. J. K. Stone's evidence was read in Court yesterday the outburst of laughter from the body of the Court drew Sergeant MeXeely's most stentorian ''Silence!" And he got it.