STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1922, Page 6

STRATFORD.

STRATFORD AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for publication in the Taranaki Daily News should be left at the office of our local representatives, Wilson Bros., Broadway, Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with them MAGISTRATE’S COURT. Jan. 18. Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., presided at a .sitting of the Stratford Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Albert Walter Agent (Mr. Spence) pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to give an income tax return. Mr. Spence stated that defendant was a farmer in a small way, and his earnings for the year had been £358 15s 4d. Defendant had not sent in a return the previous year, and an assessment tax of £l3 was levied on him. A return for the year had now been prepared and would be sent in. Mr. Little, representing the Crown Prosecutor, said that this was the first case‘of its kind in Stratford. Whilst it was not desired that a heavy penalty should, be inflicted, he was instructed to ask that the penalty should be a substantial one in order that residents of the district who were liable for taxation might be warned of their liabilities in failing to give returns. The maximum fine was £lOO and the minimum fine £2. The magistrate said that it was absolutely essential that everybody who was required to do so should send in a proper notice of his income for the year, so that the business of the country should be carried on. Taves had to be paid, and though this was probably • only a matter of neglect on defendant’s | part, it was a serious matter to neglect to send in returns. Defendant would be fined £5 and 17s 6d costs. CIVIL CASES. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases:—Farmers’ i Co-op. v. H. H. Peters, 6s (costs £2 15s); Farmers’ Co-op. v. Albert M. Dombroski, £lO3 .Is (£6 ~sj; John Davis v. Colin McLaren, £l3 Cs 3d ( £3 2s 6d); John Davis v. Richard Rogers, [£2 15s (£1 3s od); N.Z. Loan and ] Mercantile Co. v. Frank Dombroski, £7 17s lOd (£1 Hs Gd); Hallenstein Bros, v. A. Wilmshurst, £7 5s 6d (16s): Rawles and Rawles v. Colin McLaren. £56 Ils 6d (£4 Us fid); John Davis v. Frank Garrett, £5 10s ( £1 4s Gd) : Farmers’ Co-op. v. P. Clifton, £8 9s lid (£1 10s 6d); same v. N. Hamblyn, £25 4s (£3 16s); Masters, Ltd. v.’H. Hine, £8 2s 2d ( £1 16s 6d) ; Far- I mers’ Co-op. v. A. Julian, £26 19s 11(1 ■ (£3 Is); same v. James Mudford. £6’l 5s 9d (£4 Ils 6d); same v. M. Mulli- 1 gan. £9 12s 7d (£1 19s 6d); McMillan ! and Fredrie, Ltd. v. R. Rogers, £5 10s ( £1 10s Gd). I Orders were made in the following , judgment summons cases: Hugh Linn v. F. W. Webster, £6 12s lid, to be paid forthwith, in default seven days’ iiqprisonment, the warrant to be suspended for one month. Adolph Manov v. H. F. Petersen. £l9 15s, to be paid at the rate of £1 per month, in default twenty-one days’ imprisonment: J. P. Weale v. W. E. De Ridder, £34 4s od, to be paid by instalments of £5 per month, in default thirty days’ imprisonment. WANDERING STOCK. Messrs. C. D. Sole, J.P., and G. E. Wilson, J.P., were on the Bench this afternoon, when the Whangamomona County Council took proceedings against five residents on a charge of allowing stock to wander on the roads. Mr. McAlister, who appeared for the I council, said that the council did not I press for a heavy penalty, but proceedings were being taken as a warning to other settlers. In addition to being a menace to traffic, wandering stock cut up the surface of the roads, and settlers must realise that they must keep their stock within their own properties Thomas Davis, William B. West, and Henry Anderson, on charges of allowing stock to wander on roads were each fined 5s and £1 18s costs, and John Mounsey senr. and John Mounsey jnr., on similar charges, were each fined 5s and 10s 3d costs. COMBINED PICNIC. A meeting was held at Stratford yesterday of representatives from school committees of the Stratford-Wanga-momona district with the object of arranging the revival of the combined schools’ seaside picnic, which was abandoned owing to the war. Mr. M. Gernhoefer, chairman of the Toko School i Committee, was in the chai?. It was unanimously decided to hold a picnic late in February at Moturoa breakwater. Mr. A. J. Chainey was appointed secretary in charge of the arrangements. THE KING’S THEATRE. WALLACE REID AGAIN STARS IN STORY OF AUTO RACE TRACK.

The popularity of the automobile race in Paramount pictures in which Wallace Reid has starred, has resulted in the screening of “Too Much Speed,” another original Byron Morgan story with the race track as a background. In this new picture, which will open at the King’s Theatre, Stratford, tonight. Mr. Reid again will be seen in the pilot’s overalls and helmet, speeding around the course to the speedometer’s tune of a hundred and ten miles per hour, and winning a race and the consent of the girl’s father to her wedding. The picture is a continuation of the experience of the characters in “What’s Your Hurry?” M. Reid’s previous automobile picture, and the three principal characters of that story, Dusty Rhoades, played by Mr. Reid; Virginia MacMurran, played by Agnes Ayres; and Pat MacMurran, played by Theodore Roberts, are again brought to life.

Dusty Rhoades is on the point of marrying Virginia, when he races a rival dealer on the open road, and enrages old Pat MacMurran. who declares the wedding off. Dusty elopes with the bride, old Pat pursues, and both are gaoled for speeding. After serving his sentence, Dusty, with Virginia’s help, secretly buys Pat’s Pakro racing car, which has been out of the game for two years, enters the big event, and wins the race. The supporting company is excellent. Supporting items include the Mack Sennett comedy, ‘‘Are Waitresses Dangerous?” Gazette, and educational. Usual prices. Book your seats at King’s Theatre office.

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