STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1920, Page 6

STRATFORD.

BTRATFORD AGENCT. Advertisements and items of news for} publication should be left at the office of the local representative, W. J. Wilson, next Union Bauk. 1 MAGISTRATE'S COURT. December 3. Mr. T. A. B. .Bailey, S.M., presided over the fortnightly sitting of the Magistrate's Court to-day. On charges of allowing stock to wander on the railway line at Whangamoniona, Thomas Ryan, H. Anderson, J. Murcott (two charges), W. Penall, and L. Dean were fined 10s and ordered to pay 12s 8d costs on each charge. BY-LAW BREACHES. ■ Onijfe information of W. Ranson, borough inspector, Jacob Fane was fined 20s and costs 7s for permitting a horse to be at large on Broadway North, Stratford, on November 4. Charles Milner, county ranger, proceeded against Robert McMullan on a charge of having permtted 200 head of cattle to graze on Brooks Road on November 20. Defendant admitted the charge, stating that at the time he was unable to get grazing for the cattle. A "fine of £5 was imposed, the costs amounting to 14a fid. F. L. RiohaTdson, milk vendor, was charged, on the information of P. Beere, stock inspector, -with .having obtained milkrand retailed same for human consumption,, from the premises of C. R. Abbott, Swansea Road, Stratford, the said premises being unlicensed. Defendant admitted the charge, but stated that at the time he was under the impression that Abbott's dairy was licensed. A fine of 10s, without coats, was imposed. UNDEFENDED COURT CASES. |

Judgment was given for the plaintiff by default in each of the following cases:—Commissioner of Taxes v. J. G. Buchanan, £1 Os fld (costs 12s); same v. Henry Hance, £l4 16a 10s (costs £1 13s); same v. Patrick Murphy, £1.17s (costs £1 2s); same v. H. B. Kidd, £43 4s lid (costs £2 2s); same v. Cornelius ,T. Wiley, £4 19s (costs 8s); Charles Bridger v. Cyril Cole, £7 8s (costs £1 12s) i Gordon and Gordon v. B. Ballantyne, £7 17s (costs £1 15s 6d); T. I. Lamason v. G. Bennett, £35 4s 3d (costs- £4 19s 6d); same v. A. J. Hill, £3 9s 3d (costs £i 3s 6d); C. P. Theobald v. 4-. E. Cooper. £7 4a (costs £2 Is Od); Newton Kins v. Maud May Shute, £2l 15s lOd (costs £3 Is); Gordon and Gordon v. A. A. Cuthbertson, £2 2s (costs £1 3s 6d); Garnet E. Wilson v. A. J. Hill £0 7s (costs £1 10s 6d); Lewis Babington v. H. Wright, £25 19s (costs £3 Is). On a judgment summons, W. G. Taylor was ordered to pay Ruth V. Matthews the sum of £24 15s 6d forthwith, in default 25 days' imprisonment.

A WOMAN'S WEAKNESS. Catherine O'Connor, an elderly woman, was charged with procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. Sergeant Dale said that the woman had been to Pakatoa on a previous occasion. Defendant here interposed that the sea air did not agree with her, and stated that she had been an invalid the whole of the time she wa3 at Pakatoa. Sergeant Dale said the woman had given the police a great deal of trouble, and frequently made herself a nuisance through being drunk about the streets. The police did their best for her, but she seemed to have no power to resist drink. They did not place her in the cells because she was so delicate. The Magistrate ordered the defendant to come up for sentence when called upon, and warned her that if the police found her drunk again she would be sent to Pakatoa-. Defendant was also ordered to pay costs amounting to £1 9s. —, .

GENERAL. Owing to there being no business to ' transact, the quarterly meeting of the Stratford Licensing Committee, which was to be held to-day, did not take place. Stratford, Dec. 4. I A large gathering of friends asI •geml»'"d on the railway station this morning to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. \V. J. Oawshaw and Miss Crawshaw, who ISft to spend three months visiting friends and relatives in the Dominion prior to leaving for England in order to reside at Brighton. At the I Eltham and Hawera stations other friends gathered to wish them good-bye t»;md the-best of health and happiness I {s. the future. Mr. Crawshaw was for I sixteen years manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Stratford, and he has now rStired from the bank's service. While Egging on a farm on the Climie Road, a man named Nicholas Barr sustained a bad, fracture of the leg below tluV knee, necessitating his II removal to the Stratford Hospital. In recent years art calendars have greatly increased in popularity as Christmas presents, making an inexpensive and a most acceptable gift. A „ beautiful display of the latest novelties in art calendars for 1021 is at present made by H. J. Hopkins, bookseller and stationer, and those desirous of securing the pick c£ these should call and inspect without delay. Prices range from .' x l/- upwards.