STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1920, Page 3

STRATFORD.

(From Our Own Correswno'ent.) (All communications, letters, etc., ?eft with Mr. H. J. Hopkins, bookseller, will receive vrompt attention.) ," A DISPUTED CLAIM. i r«b. 28. A ease- that occupied the Magistrate yesterday for some time was a claim py Ernest- J. Wilde, of Marton (Mr. R. L. Stanford) against J. H. Robson, of Pohokura (Mr. H- L. Spratt) for £49, made tip as follows: £.lO for work done, £25 for tramway rights and £l4 for timber wrongfully removed. In crossexamination, plaintiff's manager (A. J, Spence) denied the £25 was to be taken in timber. Defendant, who counter-claimed for £3O 14s for damages and loss, said plaintiff wanted a right of way so as to avoid an awkward place. They arrived at an agreement, plaintiff suggesting that it was worth £25 in timber. When defendant asked plaintiff to put in an order for the timber, the latter said he was not going to build till after the war. In giving his decision for a nonsuit as to the £25, the Magistrate remarked that the contract was evidently for £25 worth of timber. Judgment would be given for plaintiff, however, for the remainder, £24 16s. In connection with the counter-claim the action of plaintiff was somewhat high-handed. In an endeavor to assert his rights a man often did things which were wrong. The damage in the present ease was not very serious, and he assessed it at £5, That matter of costs was left to arrangement between the counsel engaged,

GENERAL. About. 2J inches of rain fell here yesterday and about 1J inches on Wednesday. As there is no business for the quarterly meeting of the Stratford Lieensins Committee, -which was fixed for the sth March, the meeting will lapse. The funds for purchasing an X-Uay nppa ati'.s for the hospital were further increased last night as the result of a benefit performance at the King's Cinema Theatre. Nominations in connection with the election of a Licensing Committee for 1-hr- Stratford district closed at noon today, and as there are six candidates for the five vacancies an election will be held on March 9. Those nominated were: L Baskin (Midhirst), N. R. Cleland (Kolm-nt.ihil. W. Hathaway (Tuna). J. W. McMillan (Stratford), W. ilorison (Xgaero), C. ,D. Sole (Stratford). At a. meeting of the executive of the Stratford branch of the Returned Sol-, diers' Association this week a suggestion to form a Land Bureau was put for-' ward, and a sub-c-ominitfee was set up to go into the matter. One, of the aims was to give the soldier purchasing a'rebate of twenty-five per cent, on the comnissior. earned, and this allowance in many cases would probably meet the co-.t of Stamp duty—a considerable item io many young settlers. According 4o local advices, efforts arc being made to divert a shipment oi benzine intended for .Australia to New Zealand, and if this is accomplished ft should relieve the position in the Dominion in about three weeks' time. Considerable eaihiisiasm is being displayed over the Chautauqua visit, and a systematic seiw-r.ie for the disposal oi tickets is in operation. The Rev. R. Williamson, of Xuhaka, Flav.ke's B.iv, has been appointed to swmvl the Kev. Mr. Boyd j n the Whangamomoiia Home Mission Station. Foreman ,T. Rearce, who is representing the Stratford Brigade at the Hastings Conference, left by train on Thursday.

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