STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1916, Page 3

STRATFORD.

i MAGISTRATE'S COURT. ( (From Our Own Correspondent). ( December 1. i Before Mr. J. Master?, J.P., to-day, i David Henry Katwright was charged < with being drunk, using obscene Jan- I guage, assaulting a constable, and damaging the constable's uniform. Accused, who pleaded guilty, was convicted of i drunkenness, fined £-2 for using bad ( language (in default seven days' impri- t sonment), fined 10s and costs *2s 6d for 1 the assault, and 7s (id for damage to s uniform. A prohibition order was I taken out against him. s (Before Mr. W. R. Haselden, S.M.) R. J. Carter, charged with allowing a cow to wander in Kobson Street, was fined 5s and costs 7s. Judgment for plaintiff by de'.mlt was : given in the following cases:—N.Z.T,. and ' M.A. Co. v. A. A. Xeilson, £ls 12s Id, ' eosts 17s; same v. Jacob Misehenvki, ' £ls 13s 3d. costs £1 ss. In the claim, | William Holmes v. J. G. Buchanan, claim £GI 14s, plaintiff was non-suited, with- ' «ut costs. ' GENERAL Cecil Burgess, the lad who was run down by a motor-eat on Wednesday, is making good progress at the Strafford Hospital. M;-. E. Marfell, of Toko, has 'ost his son, Corporal Frank Marfell, killed in action. This makes the second .--on at the front who has made the supreme sacrifice. It will be remembered that a third son was aeeidenially killed early •n the year. The ulraest sympathy is felt throughout the outriet for the bereaved family. An inquest was !i:.M r.t the Courthouse this afternoon on the li-.-.dy if \V. TJ Chambers, nged 7". f:>und dead in a utore at ! Pnim\liakau. After hearing evidence, before Mr. \V. R. Haselden, fc'.M., a verdict of "death from natural causes" was returned. A lad named Davies, whose father, Mr. A. Davies, is engaged in the Public Works Department, broke «is leg la=t night. He was removed to the hospital for treatment. During tie past few days S3 pupils of the Stratford District High School have been sitting for «xaminat>on. The Salvation Army here are hopeiiil of raising £IOO for the Belgian Fund by the 10th inst. So far £3O has been secured. Particulars are advertised of the goods to be sold by auction at Lamason's Mart tomorrow (Saturday). Those on the look-out foi superior household furniture, Christmas poultry, &c, should attend the sale. The exodus from Stratford began today. The mail train was delayed a *ew minutes this morning, on account of the heavy luggage traffic, whilst the visiting showmen and exhibitors also got away by the same train. A great struggle for mastery is now Cioiii2 on between the Roumanians and She Huns. Naturally we wish the Roumanians every success. Success will also be yours if you purchase Chrhtmas gifts from the 100(1 and 1 novelties obtainable at C. E. James', Broadway.