STRATFORD

Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1922, Page 5

STRATFORD

ITBATTOX* 4GENCI. Advertisements and items of news publication in the Taranaki Daily New# should be left at the office of our local represents* tative, Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway* Stratford. Orders for ©apers may also be Ml .ilb him. ASSAULT ON INSPECTOR. S fX>NZA CONVICTED. June 7e ) Michael Conza, charged on three counts with allowing horses to wander at large on the road, assaulting William Rawson (Borough Inspector) and rescuing the horses from Rawson, appeared in the Stratford Court to-day. Accused pleaded guilty on the first charge and not guilty on the remaining two. William Rawson, inspector to the Stratford borough, said on the night of May 13 he seized two horses belonging to Conza. On the way to the pound he heard someone coming behind him. Conza came up and demanded that Witness take the horses back, saying the inspector had no right to take them and offering 2s to witness if the horses were returned. Witness refused to take the horses back, and after some words Conza struck witness, knocked him down and took the horses from him. Witness called for help and Conza said, “Ml give you help.” Witness put his arms up and received a kick upon Conza twisted the leading rope on the horses round witness’s legs, but witness was able to free himself and get upon hi*, feet. Conza then took the horses and went home. Constable Bleasal said he examined Inspector Raweon on the night of May 13. The inspector had a very distinct bruise on the forehead and his clothes were covered with dust as if he had been, rolled on the ground. The accused’s story was that he gave the inspector a pound note and told him to take the poundage fee from it. The inspector refused to take the money and accused then took The horses. Rawson went away “cursing” on his bicycle, and after going about a chain he fell over, , bicycle and all. Accused swore that he did not put his hand on the inspector. Cross-examined, accused said the inspector’s evidence was a “concocted and great big lie.” The horses were both racehorses, and if he had tied them to the inspector’s feet Rawson would not have been there that day. The defendant was convicted on all three charges. On the charge of allows ing horses to wander a fine of ss, with costs, 7s; on the assault charge a fine of £3, and on the charge of rescuing the horses a fine of £2, with costa 7a was imposed. MAGISTRATE’S COURT A sitting of the Magistrate’s Court was held to-day before Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M. John Miller and L. Carroll, for driving motor-cars on the wrong side of the street, were each convicted and fined £1 with costs 7s For driving a motor lorry along Broadway at night without a light George Hall was convicted and fined £1 with costs 7s. G. Kaspar pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a horse and trap on the wrong side of the road and was convicted and fined £1 with costs 7s. David Bonner and John Sattler, for riding cycles at night without lights, were each fined 10s with costs 7s. K. Ross, charged with allowing » horse to wander on the road, pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined 6s with costs 7s. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following undefended cases?. Richard Smith v. George McLean, £1 10s (costs 8s); Farmens’ Co-op. V. E. J. Gear, £49 Is fid (costs £4 I‘lb fid); 1 C. Lamplough v. Roy Hill, £ll Be 3d (costs £3 7s 6d); Truby King v. Ambrose Fowler, £55 12a (costs £2 10b); P. E. Callaghan v. J. E. P. Hickey, £ll2 Is 2d (cost’s £6 6s;; W. W. Morton v. E. Calvert, £lO 12s 3d (costs £2 14s); Malone and King v. Richard Rogers, £l3 12s (costs £3 Os); Thomas Haziff v. L. J. Rowe, £9B 9s (costs £5 12s)« y CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce was held last night. The Public Works Department wrote in reference to the Chamber’s request that the Tangarakau Gorge Road ba metalled that it had been decided to hold over the metalling of this road until a first class metal is obtainable from the pit which the department is opening up at Te Wera. —It was decided to acknowledge the letter, expressing the hope that an amount would be placed on the estimates. With reference to the setting aside of certain lands in the Tangarakau Gorge for scenic purposes, the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce wrote as follows; A Government surveyor is now engaged, in conjunction with an officer of the State Forest Service, in defining the areas that are recommended for renovation for scenic purposes and also for State Forest Service purposes. As soon as the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki is in a position to furnish definite proposals based upon present surveys the matter will be submitted to the Scenery Preservation Board, and the Minister in charge of scenery preservation will then decide what action is to be taken with regard to setting aside the respective areas. ‘ That the Postmaster-General be communicated with urging the establishment of a telephone service between Tatu and Tahora. That the Postmas-ter-General’s attention b.e drawn to earlier correspondence from the chamber and that he be asked to state whether the matter will be considered when the estimates are being prepared,” was the gist of a motion carried.