STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 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 ourOiocal representatative, Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway, Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with him. MAGISTRATE’S COURT. April 12. A sitting of the Magistrate’s Court was held to-day before Mr. A. M. Moslem, S.M. Breach of Warranty. Lengthy evidence was heard in a case :in which A. C. Bretherton claimed £26 ! from Benjamin Marsden for alleged j breach of warranty in respect to the ; sale of a horse bought by Mr. Bretherjton from Marsden. Mr. Spratt appearJ ed for plaintiff and Mr. "Gibson for de- ■ f endant. Bretherton claimed that he had . bought the horse from Marsden under a i warranty of soundness and staunchness, and that the animal had failed to come iup to the warranty. • The defendant declared that the only ; warranty he had given was that the • horse would take him up a certain hill. In answer to questions defendant said ■ he also intended the guarantee to mean ■ that the horse would go down hill as i well. I His Worship said that from the evii dence it was plain that a warranty had • been given and not carried out. Judg--1 ment was accordingly given for the I amount claimed. Unde fended Cases. ’ Judgment for plaintiff by default was I given in the following undefended cases: Farmers’ Co-op. v. F. Jones, £l2 ■6s 8d (costs £3 14s); E. G. Foster v. !P. Jacobs, for balance due, £1 17s 8d I (costs £1 l)ls 6d); Harston and Sum- ! merfield v. Hans F. Peterson, £l6 2s 8d ! (costs £2 19s); W. Marshall v. Alex ’ Anderson. £5 3s 9d (costs £3 3s 6d) ; i Farmers’ Co-op. v. Linn and Grover, £1 I 17s (costs 8s); same v. P. Turn, £1 0s 6d (costs 19s) ; same v. Whare Taylor. £2 8s 9d (costs £1 Sri Cxi); A. H. Hillock v. L. H. Putt, £1 15s (costs 16s). In judgment summons’ cases Frank Dombroaki was ordered to pay the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company £lO 4s 4d forthwith, in default ten days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended for one month after the service of the order. Charles Zimmerman, at the suit of David Steven, was ordered ■. to pay amount due, £2 4s, by weekly instal- , ments of 10s, in default 3 days’ imprisonment. i At the suit of Bannatyne and Hunter, IJ. Dodd was ordered to pay £l6 19s 9d ; in weekly instalments of ss, and costs J £1 Is. • Carrier’s Claim. ‘ S. Ammon, teacher, of Awatuna, for the I cartage of goods from Stratford to Awatuna, and Ammon counter-claimed for £3 for alleged loss of profit through Curd allegedly failing in an agrement to carry firewood as a back

On the claim the plaintiff was given judgment for the amount claimed, with costs, the counter-claim being dismissed without costa. qENERAL ITEMS. A visit was paid to-day to the Stratford Model Farm by about 20 members . of the Matapu branch of the Farmers’ 1 Union. They were met by Mr. J. W. I Deem and members of the farm committee and shown over the farm, taking much interest in the top-dressing experiments and the general working of the farm. Mr. T. Allan, on behalf of I the visitors, thanked the Stratford com- ■ mittee. Mr. Deem, in reply, stressed i the importance of such visits being I made repeatedly to keep in touch with | the work being carried out. j. The death occurred at the Stratford i Hospital this morning of Mr. Charles : Lofroth, after a lingering illness, foli lowing on a severe attack of influenza. 1 The late Mr. Lofroth was for many I years a member of the County Council’s road staff, and about ten yeans ago eni tercd the employment of Mr. Charles Bayly as sharemilker, remaining with 1 ; him until illness compelled Mr. Lofroth ’ to enter the Stratford Hospital. Mr. ; Lofroth leaves a widow and grown-up . family of eight children. Out of fifteen applicants for the position of secretary to the Stratford Loan I and Deposit Co. (rendered vacant by the i retirement of the present secretary). ; Mr. R. B. Anderson was chosen to fill ; the vacancy. Mt. Anderson is well--1 known in this district, and for some nine years was secretary of the “A.W.R.” Company, an appointment he just relinquished. At the Court this morning J. Dodd

was fined £1 and costs on a charge of failing to attend a territorial parade. IA similar charge against W. H. Main i was held over till next Court day, pending production of a doctor’s certificate. C. E. Zimmerman, similarly charged, was fined 5s and costs and ordered to return his overcoat. The Stratford drapers will be open on Easter Saturday, April 15, until 9 p.m., closing for the usual half-holiday to-morrow (Thursday). Special bargains will be offered on Saturday. Grocers will be closed from noon on Saturday till Tuesday, but bread will be obtainable on Saturday. PLUNKiET SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Stratford Plunket Society was held in the Borough Council chambers yesterday, Mrs. Cuthbert presiding over a large attendance. The annual report, presented by the secretary (Mrs. Finch), was as follows: —The year has been a difficult and important one, difficult because of the financial stringency, which has been felt throughout the world, and important because of the changes which have occurred in the work of the district. Tn September last Miss Patrick, the director of Plunket nursing, visited Stratford and gave a very instructive and interesting address on the rearing of babies and the difficulties that had been overcome when founding a Karitane Hospital in London. As some dissatisfaction was shown by the Inglewood branch Miss Patrick met the executive here and a discussion followed as to whether the work was progressing as satisfactorily as in other

centres. No decision was made until Dr. Truby King came on December 12

and met the executive, who decided that if a change of nurses were made it would probably result in fresh interest being manifested in the work. In the meantime, after due notification, Inglewood became a branch of New Plymouth. Nurse McLean resigned at the end of December, and Nuree Castles from New . Plymouth visited Stratford one day weekly for five weeks. Nurse Ewart was permanently appointed and commenced her duties on February 4. It hae been recently decided that the Plunket rooms be open every afternoon, wfth the exception of Thursday, from 1.30 to 4 p.m. At the beginning of last year there were about 80 babies on the books. New babies: Nurse McLean 54. Nurse Castles 3, Nurse Ewart 23; total. 80 new babies for the year. For the pant financial year we have raised £lOO 2s 9d, £74 6s 5d being the result of street days, garden fete and baby show, the balance, £25 16s 4d, being raised by public subscriptions. To make clear to new members the financial arrangements of the society, we must raise £lOO a year, which the Government subsidises to pay the nurse’s salary. Furthermore, another £5O must be raised for working expenses, rent, light, heating, insurances and some charity cases. Thanks are due to the president and committee for their work and assistance during the year, and also to the public, who have responded to the call for funds which enabled ns to carry on the very necessary work of “Helping the mothers and saving the babies.” The balance-sheet, showed receipts totalling £356 4s Id, the balance in bank and in hand at the end of the year being £3B 5s fid. The society’s assets were shown at £255 10s, liabilities being nil.

The report and balance-sheet were adopted. Election of Officers. The election of officers resulted: President, Dr. Doris Gordon: vicepresidents, Mesdames Hine, Marfell, McMillan, Masters, Steven. Boon, Pitt, Riera, Cuthbert, Abraham. Lenihan, Malone, McKenzie, Finch; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. L. R. Curtis; general committee, all officers and the following: Mesdames Howard, Rutherfurd, Marchant, Haylock, Lyons, McKay. ; Harkness. Thompson. Thomas. McKenzie, Jeffries, Neal. Kovaleski, McAllister, Masters, and Sole. Advisory commit-

tee, Messrs. J. W. McMillan, J. W. Boon. R. Masters. M.P., S. Spence, Rev. Father Maples, Drs. Steven and W. P. Gordon, Revs. Howard, Neale, McKenzie and Ensign Hawkes. General. i The Mayor, on behalf of the members of the society and the people of Stratford, extended a hearty welcome to Nurse Ewart. Votes of thanks were accorded the re tiring president (Mrs. Cuthbert) and secretary (Mrs. Finch). Mr. J. H. Thompson (hon. auditor), the chairman and the Press. At a subsequent meeting of the general committee the following executive was elected: Mesdames Abraham, Riera, Masters, Cuthbert, Curtis, Finch and McMillan. Country subscribers not receiving their Daily News regularly are asked to immediately notify our circulation manager, care Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Stratford. Complaints will receive prompt attention. The ladies of Stratford and the surrounding district will bo interested to learn that Mrs. Humphrey is openinc the small shop adjoining the News agency, Stratford, as a fanev needleworkdepot at an early date. All the latest English magazines and periodicals are now obtainable at W. H. Humphrey’s Stratford office, Daily News, also a large assortment of 2/6 novels by popular authors.