STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1921, Page 6

STRATFORD.

STRATFORD AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for publication in tte Taxanak*. Daily News should be left at the office of our local representatives, Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford. OrI tiers for papers may also be left with them. MAGISTRATE’S COURT. October 5. Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., presided at a sitting of the Stratford Magistrate’s Court to-day. BY-LAWS CASES. Twenty man Walker, H. Blackstock, Henry Hance, George Smith, Matthew Phillips and Alfred Mills, on charges of driving vehicles round the corner of Regan Street and. Broadway on the wrong side of-the road, were each convicted and ordered to pay 7s and costs. Jeffrey Kale, charged with driving a motor car not equipped with a tail light, was convicted and fined 5s and 7s costs. DEFENCE CASES. On charges of failing to attend drill L. G. Berg and H. H. Kleeman were fined 10s and 7s coats, and G. Collins was fined £1 and 7s costs. C. McAllister, who had failed to apply for leave in order to study, was convicted, no penalty to be inflicted until the fate of his application for exemption is decided. CIVIL CASES. Judgment for plaintiff by default was delivered in the case of R. Hannah and Co. v. A. Wilmshurst, £3 3s and £1 9s 6d costs. Orders were made in the following judgment summona cases: Charles Rogers v. John R. Hill £3 18s 6d, defendant to pay at the rate ,of (£1 per week, in default 7 days’ imprisonment; J. K. Amesbury v. A. Wilmshurst £lO 4s lOd, defendant to pay the amount due at the rate of 10s per month. D’SPUTE OVER TIMBER. John Woodham (Mr. Coleman) proceeded against J. W. Boon (Mr. Moss) for the sum of £26 ss, payment for a consignment of woodblocks forwarded by him from Taumarunui to Boon. Boon, who had paid.into Court £l,O 13s 6d for blocks which he had used, claimed that a large number of the blocks sent him were useless and not of the quality he expected from Woodham. He counter-claimed for .£3 4s for de murrage, storage and cartage of the blocks which he had not used.

Mr. Moss stated that Boon had relied on Woodham’s statement that the timber was comprised of house blocks. He had urgently needed the timber and when it arrived the first two dray loads from the trucks were cut up and sent out to jobs., but then the poor quality of the logs after the first two dray loads caused defendant to cease cutting. The amount cut did not comprise more than was necessary to test the goods. Mr. Coleman said that the consignment was indivisible. It Had been delivered to Boon as a job lot of blocks and Boon had endeavored to make a new contract offering 7d for the blocks he accepted and 3d for those he rejected. This he could not do without Woodham’s consent, and Woodham had stated in evidence that his price for the logs used would have been 9d. Judgment was delivered for Woodham for £2ff; comprised of 612 feet at 6d per foot and £4 8s 6d for 429 feet of the timber. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce was held last night. Present: Messrs. J. B. Richards (chairman), W. Mclnnes, W. McDonald, D. J. Malone, W. P. Kirkwood and C. Martin. Apologies for absence were received from Messrs. J. W. McMillan and P. Thompson. The Minister of Public Works wrote, stating that the deposits of Tangarakau Gorge metal were fairly extensive and of a quality which would be suitable for roads carrying light traffic, but could not be economically utilised foi transport io any distance untfil the railway reached the Tangarakau River. The desirability of completing the dray road to afford access for settlers was being borne in mind, but the financial stringency at present held up work. — Received.

A letter from the district engineer of the railways, stating that improvements had been made to the Stratford loading vards, was received.

A letter was received from the Levin Ch amber of Commerce, asking for cooperation in the matter of 'maintaining ♦the standard of higher education in the country.—lt was decided to support Levin by keeping in touch with the school committee.

Mr. Richards said he wished something done to further the productivity of the hilly back country. There was a model farm at which anything connected with arable land could be touched on, but there were thousands of acres of good land which could be made productive. Stratford was the centre of the district, and he thought th* Department of Agriculture would help with a scheme. He thought it was possible to change the land into fat lamb country. If they could once demonstrate that the land could be made profitable it would he greatly taken up. The problem of the hili country had not yet been solved, and it was in the interest of everyone in Taranaki to solve itIt was decided to communicate with the Department of Agriculture with a view to helping to assist in increasing the productivity of the hilly country of Taranaki. MUSICAL EXAMINATIONS. The followng are the names of candidates who obtained passes at the examinations held here by Dr. T. Haigh for the Associated Board of the 1 R.A.M. and R.C.M.:— Primary.—Mary Garvey, Marie McDonald, Veronica Sheehan (Convent); Marjorie Stevenson (Miss -Stanford, St. Mary’s). Elementary.—Edith Jackson, Gwendoline Kemp (Miss Stanford). Practical (Lower Division).—Erica Carryer, Nora Thorpe, Hazel Hook (Miss Stanford), Lena Uhlenberg (Convent). . . Practical (Higher Division).—Adelia M. Yandle (Convent). Intermediate.—Lest C. Keeling (Miss Stanford). Advanced. —Theresa Keegan (Convent). •p

All who are on the look-out for cheap furniture are advised to attend Mr. T. I Lamason’a sale at Melrose House, Juliet Street, at 1.30 to-morrow (Thursday), when he will put up for auction the contents of 14 rooms, the furniture pi which it all practically new.