STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1921, Page 7

STRATFORD.

21BATFOBO AGKSCT. AdrertiseojeDts aad items at n&ws for hubllcaUoo In tfca Taranaki Daily News should be left al the office of our local represents' ti»ea, ‘VilMn Brae., Broadway, Stratford. Orgers for papers may also be left with them, MAGISTRATE’S COURT. July 8. The fortnightly sitting of the Stratford Magistrate’s Court was held to-day before Mr. G< R. Orr Walker, S.M. CLAIM AND COUNTER-CLAIM Arising out of a collision between a tootor cycle ridden by Leonard Hill and a motor ear driven by S. B. Hunter, both of Stnttford, at rhe intersection of Broadway and Opunake Road on April 19, Leonard Hill claimed £l4B 12a damages, tor loss of wages, etc., and Ronald. Bill, the owner of the cycle, £74 16s for damages to the cycle, from Hunter. Heater put in a counter-claim for £-181 54s for damages to the car and genera] damages. Before proceeding with the case the Magistrate adjourned the court to allow of the scene of the collision, within a short distance of the courthouse, being Inspected. ■Mr. Coleman (for plaintiff) said plain* 5-iff was proceeding northwards along .Broadway on his correct side of the road. (Hunter's cat was proceeding southward pn the centre of the road. When nearfag the intersection of Opunake Road and Broadway Hill he was under the impession that Hunter intended to con* jtinue along Broadway, as he gave no in* of his intention to turn into the Ppunake Road and no warning was (rounded. After noticing that Hunter’s ear was turning ento the Opunake Road Bill Swerved still further to his left (With the intention of getting into the Ppunake Road in front of Hunter. It Ipras impossible to pass behind the car fend too late to avoid a collision. L Plaintiff gave evidence on these lines. Cross-examined by Mr. Cookes, Hili id that the doctor’s certificate had a bowed that he suffered from nervous* ness since returning from the front, but he had recovered. He had had considerable experience of motor cycles. He Rras not speaking to his companion on the back of the cycle, and he denied that $c- had a reputation for ‘scorching.” ! Mr. Fookes said that the damage susitained by the car indicated that the fepeed of the cycle must have been, at |ea=-t 30 to 35 miles on hour. I Miss Shehan, an eye witness of the accident, gave evidence that the vehicles in the accident were moving ait an ordinary pace, neither going faster Khan the other.* The cycle was on the heft or corret side of the road and seem'ed to swerve further to the left to avoid ihe car. witnesses gave corroborative ; Edith Day, the passenger on the back £the cycle at the time of the col►n, said she was in hospital for eight s as a result of the accident. I The ce sa was adjourned till next FriUNDEFENDED CASES. /Judgment for plaintiff by (default was fevan in the followioo coses-.—Rooney and Co. v. H. OBalioran, £27 18s 9d ■(costs £1 10s); Masters, Ltd. v. N. F. Meade, £3 9s Ud tI7«); Hush Linn v. f P W. Webster, £9 2s 5d (15s). Newton King, Ltd. v. Harry Hodge, £ll7 16* 7d (£2 ISs); J. K. Amesbury v, A. fWilmhurat, £7 7s 4d '( £1 Is); E. A. Aleer v. H. G. Ollirer, £24 8s ( £2 Is) ; West End Tailoring Co. V, P. Roselaame. £l3 (£1 Ils); E. L. 1— xy v. xy T Laurenson, £4 5s (8a); F. D. feffanev V. A. J. Hili, £5 2s «d (I*B f I). Oeffanev v. P. L. Beere. £3 10s j(8s): Same v. Melvin Loveridge, 13s fid ' SSi ' BREACHES OF BY-LAWS. Alexander Short, Robert Willis, Joseph Battler and John McOarva, for stacking firewood on the roadside in contravention of the by-laws, were each fined os f.nd costs 75.. DOGS REGISTRATION". For failing to register dogs under the gDbgs’ Registration Act, Mr. McDonald sens fined 10a with costs 7s. and similar teharg.lB against John Hovind J. Sangand John Hogan were dismissed. WEIGHTING FROM MOVING TRAIN. A prosecution was brought by the police against Vincent Johnson for alighting from x train while it was in motion at the Normanby station. Sergeant Dale stud that Johnson was teoiag to work at Normanby and the train did not stop as usual and Jonn'fcon alighted while it was moving eiowly. A tine of £i wps imposed, with costs Your stationery requirement, ar. well entered for by Wilson Bros, Stratford, Who have a comprehensive stock of a.l taffies requisites and typew iter supplies. Here are a few good commercial lines: (Pilot letter files, 3/6 each: wire docutaent. baskets, 4/6 each; desk blotting mnds, 4/9 and 8/-; first-grade typewriter Carbon, foolscap size, 15/- box. Don’t gorgri to call or write —Advt.