STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1915, Page 3

STRATFORD.

A JUDGMENT ORDER, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Stratford, Yesterday. His Worship Mr. W. G. Kendrick, S.M., has no sympathy for single men who are earning good money and neglect to pay their debts, particularly their board and lodging. To-day, in a judgment summons case, defendant admitted that ho was single, and had no one depending on him. His Worship promptly made an order for the amount, to bo paid forthwith, or H days' imprisonment. breach: ok railway regulations. William Lile, of Inglewood, was charged that, whilo travelling in a train between Hawcra and Stratford, ho did obstruct Daniel Bowie, guard, in the execution of hia duty; also with using abusive language to the guard. Defendant, through Mr. K. Speucc, pleaded guilty to the first charge, and not guilty to the second charge, which was subsequently withdrawn. It appeared from the statement for the prosecution that defendant and four other passengers got into, a first-class carriage at Hawera, but had second-class tickets, aad when the guard informed them of it, three of them immediately left the carriage, one paid the extra fare, and defendant refused to pij-, and obstructed the guard and held him up to ridicule. i Mr. Spencc said his client got into a. first-class carriage in error, and was passing through to the second-class portion of the train, when he stopped to speak to the friend in a first-class carriage, and the guard appeared, and insisted upon defendant getting a firstclass ticket or getting into a secondclass carriage. The defendant insisted upon the guard securing him a secondclass seat, and followed the guard, and asked him to get him the seat, but did not hold the guard up to ridicule. His Worship, in imposing a fine of 20s and costs 7s, said it was a common practice for people when travelling in a train with second-class tickets to stop and talk to people in first-class carriages, and this was not right. They should aßk their friends to come into the secondclass carriages and do their talking. Defendant had no right to ask the guard to find him a seat. Guards were very busy men, and had duties to do that they did not have in other countries. Defendant should have got into the sec-ond-class carriage as soon as he was asked to by the guard. LICENSING COMMITTEE. , The quarterly meeting of the Stratford Licensing Committee was held today, Mr. W. G. Kendrick, S.M. (chairman) (presiding, and Messrs A. Meredith, C. D. Sole, W. Morrison, W. Hathaway, and J. B. Richards, memucrs of the committee, being present. The only business' was the granting of an application for the transfer of license of the Toko Hotel from George Anyon to Richard Smith. Mr. J. 11. Stanford appeared for the applicant. , With regard to Midhirst Hotel, the | police stated that all repairs and alteraI tions had been completed. MOTOR COLLISION CASE. '.I hi! evidence i" llu: motor car r.iillisimi case. Watkin v. Dosaid, adjourned from last court day, wa.s again proceeded with, and concluded, judgment being reserved. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. An accident occurred on the railway line near Huiroa this morning. It ap pears that John Ooley, a railway sur faceman residing at Toko, was proceed ing to his work at Huiroa in a "jigger,' and he noticed the ballast train comin; on behind him. He immediately madi an attempt to get the "jigger" off tin line, when the train struck the machine and the arm of it struck Colcy, inflict ing internal injuries. He was immedi ately brought into Stratford by specia train, and conveyed to the hospital. Oi inquiry this afternoon, he was doing a, well as could be expected. DEARER MEAT. Stratford butchers have raised th price' of meat one penny per lb as fror the Ist inst.