DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1915, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

SI'UATL'OIU). (From Our Own Correspondent.) Saturday, July til. Today the Railway Department is ' running trains to Douglas and back, .it is thought that it will ■)»■ fully three weeks before the line is in order to resume running to Whangamoniona. This afternoon the mock court was held near the post ollice, a very large crowd being present, the affair causing iiii'te a lot of amusement. Headed by the Fife and Drum .Hand, the pi'oio:skin proceeded up Broadway, followed by a motor-car, containing the judge and prosecutor, and an army of uniformed policemen. 'The court being opened before Mr. Alfred Coleman, who made an ellicient judge, Mr. Robert Spence was an excellent prosecutor, while Mr. Rowe, as court orderly, was extremely funnv. Messrs. Skoglund and Uniacko acted as receivers of .fines. His 'Worship the Mayor was the first to be charged, after which most of our leading townsmen and settlers were lined, for all manner of offences alleged to have been committed. Altogether .dose on ,LlaO was collected. Before departing, .Mr. Robert Rpence. thanked the public for their attendance and help, and especially asked them to sink their little differences as to the disposal of Hie funds, and help in every way possible to make the function on Tuesday night a great success, because the object was a worthy one, and our boys at the front needed all the help that was possible to give. Report.-i still come to hand of the great damage done out "east" to the roads and district. It will be months before they can be reinstated. It is impossible to get to Whangamoniona except bv walking; even horse traffic is blocked.