STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1915, Page 3

STRATFORD.

i (From Our Own Correspondent.) i ; Stratford, Yesterday. : ,! ore „ " as on 'y 0110 by-law case at at tlie S.M. Court this morning, where ; one of our local auctioneers was fined ; 10s costs, for using an unlicensed cart for commercial purposes, ■ The Borough staff have just comI pleted the re-metalling 0 f Regan Street I from Sylvia Street t 0 the Borough I boundary. The road is now fine for motoring, and is a decided improvement I on what it was a few weeks back » -Mr. J. T. Hornsby, MjP., has wired " the secretary of the Home Defence I Corps, that lie will be pleased to be present at the send-oIT to the boys at the Egmont Club on Thursday evening next. Farmers report that the grass is com- . ing away fast, and express the fact that , this spring has been the mildest for i years, and stock are doing well. . The Belgian Committee invited donai tions of warm clothing for the relief of [ the Belgians during the coming winter; ■ The committee have been offered and ac. 1 cepted the use of a shop alongside the ; bridge as a receiving depot, and It will be r opened on Wednesdays and ■Saturdays ■ from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., or parcels may be i with the Town Clerk. The com- : mittee report that £l3Ol 7s 7d has been . forwarded to the Central Committee, and the balance of £3OO is in hand for ; immediate requirements. . It has been pointed out that there is ' not only some misapprehension as to ! how exactly parcels for soldiers at the . Front ought'to be addressed, but that f in addition, if each package is forward- , ed separately, the cost becomes a rather , expensive item. Mr. P. Skoglund, the i Town Clerk, therefore has kindly suggested that if parcels for any of our boyc i at the Front are left at 'his office I*3l ■ will see they are packed in one case anj' duly forwarded addressed: "Ohristmas gifts to the Taranaki Boys at the iront." It is necessary, however, that parcels for individuals, or gifts in general for this good purpose, should be sent forward as speedily as possible to ensure carriage by the first ships to leave for Egypt, Parcels should not be left at the Town Clerk's office not later than Monday afternon. Gifts must be packed in flat tins and securely sealed, that is to say in biscuit or such like, and with the lids soldered down* At a meeting of the Ladies' (Patriotic Committee it was decided to continue the "Dardanelles market" every Saturday, and that afternoon tea should not be dispensed oftener than once a month, i The committee decided to fully equip five beds on the hospital ship Marama. The committee have made and sent to Wellington over 80 leather waistcoats for our boys at the front. Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, Medical Inspector of Schools, inspected the local schools on Thursday. Judgment for plaintiff fojr default was given in the following civil cases at the Stratford Magistrate's Court to-day:— R. D. Barford and Co. (Mr. E. Rutherfurd), v. A. Douglas, £3 14s Bs, costs 7s; Webster, Dobson and Co. (Mr E S Rutherfurd) v. ,T. H. Slight, £SO, costs £1 8s; David Steven (Mr. P. Thompson), v. John Zurcher, £3 Bs, costs 12s. In the judgment summons case, Mary Ryan (Mr. P. Thompson), v. A. E. Johnson, judgment was given for plaintiff for £5 63 6d, in def&ult seven days' imprisonment.