STRATFORD.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1922, Page 6

STRATFORD.

DAILY NEWS AGENCY. Advertisements and itrnis of news for publication in the Taranaki Daily News should be left at the office of our local represent?, tative, care Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway, Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with him. MAGISTRATE’S COURT. QUALITY OF MILK. November 6. At the Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., Louis Neale pleaded guilty to a charge of selling adulterated milk containing less butterfat than the amount required by the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. Inspector Grey said that an analysis showed that the milk contained only 3.0 per cent, of butterfat, whereas the law required 3.25 per cent. Previous tests of Neales supply had proved satisfactory. Mr. T. King (for defendant) said that on the morning in question a refractory heifer had upset a bucket of “strippings,” which, being richer in butterfat and not being mixed with the other milk, materially affected the test of the supply. Defendant had worked up a large business, which was proof that his supply of milk was good. The Magistrate said this was not a bad case, but especially with milk and bread it was necessary to foe very particular. Probably a number of children were being fed on the milk supplied by Neale and it was essential that it should contain the specified quantity of butterfat. Defendant was fined £2, with Court costs, and Ils 9d analysis fees. SALE OF “CREAM OF TARTAR.” Rooney and Co., Whangamomona (Mr. A. Coleman) pleaded guilty to a charge of selling cream-of-tartar which did not comply with the standard required by the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. Inspector Grey said the article labelled as cream-of-tartar was not really this product, but. a mixture of soda, phosphate and starch.

Mr. Coleman said that the article given to the inspector was clover cream. It was taken from a container which had previously contained cream-of-tar-tar and was so labelled. The man who sold the article to the inspector had some doubt as to whether the article was crcam-of-Tartar but foolishly sold it as such.

The Magistrate said that Rooney’s was a country store and the people depended on them to get what they asked for. Rooney and Co. had been previously convicted for selling adulterated vinegar and should have been more careful. Defendants were fined £5, with costs 19s 3d. LICENSING OF VEHICLES. W. M. Archibald, taxi driver, was charged with using a car for hire in the Stratford county without having a license to do so as required by the byelaws, and with failing to fix a license number on the car. Conjointly Chas. Blackwell was charged with being the driver of the unlicensed car and with failing to produce a license when requested by the inspector. Mr. A. Coleman appeared for the informants and Mr. H. R. Billing, for the defendants, pleaded nut guilty to all charges. Mr. Billing opposed an application for an adjournment made by Mr. Coleman on account of the absence of a material witness.

The hearing of two informations vas adjourned, but the information in which Chas. Blackwell was charged with fai. ing to produce a I’cense and in which Archibald was charged with failing to fix a license number on the car were pi oceeded wi th H. J. Spearman, Stratford C.-nnty inspector, said Blackwell had produced a New Plymouth Borough license, which he said he had been informed was all that was required. Archibald later told the inspector that Blackwell had taken out a borough license by mistake and was going to replace it with a county license. Archibald had time tables for his motor service placed at the Waipuku Toll-gate, the Midhurst Hotel, and at the County Hotel, Stratford.

To Mr. Billing witness admitted'that there was.no intimation in the timetable that the car stopped anywhere in the Stratford County. At this stage Mr. Coleman again applied for an adjournment, which was granted for a fortnight. OTHER CASES. Frederick Jepson, charged with failing to obey the provisions of a maintenance order in respect of a child in an industrial school, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended for one week. Charles B. Main was charged with failing to attend territorial parades. Warrant-Officer Rowe said this was the worst case he had had to deal with. Defendant was fined 30s with costs 7s. •Samuel Parker sued Clara Bianchi for £34 Ss lOd rent of a tenement. Plaintiff said that no rent had been paid foils months and defendant would not leave the house. Judgment was given for the amount claimed and an order »was made giving plaintiff possession as from'December 4.

Charles W. Tucker claimed £35 Is Sd from E. Clarke and G. McGregor for wages alleged to he due for employment as a cook at a camp at Tahora. Tucker claimed that he had been employed for 30s a week and keep, and the defendant said Tucker had been taken on temporarily for “keep” only out of the goodness of McGregor's heart, as Tucker had no other job' to go to. His worship gave judgment for plaintiff, under equity and good conscience, for £l5, with costs £4 16s.

UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment was given for plaintiff in the following undefended cases:—The People’s Auctioneering Co. v. W. A. Limbrick £5 2s (costs £1 Ss 6d); L. Gillanders v. Annie McLeod £lO (costs £2 16s); Elizabeth A. Clement v. Robert Caldwell £79 14s 8d (costs £6 3s); George Mann v. L. M. Mischewski £5 5s (costs £1 Us 6d); Stewart ■Clark y. J. W. £s 2s 3d

(costs £1 14s 6d); Hunter and Lyons v. Johanna Breen £l7 19s (costs £2 14s); Thomas R. Julian v. €. A. Zureher £9O 5s lOd (costs £3); Geraldine M. King v. L. M. Mischewski £6O (costs £4 12s fid); 'C. H. Bridger v. H. Harrison £l6 8s (costs £2 4s); Newton King Ltd. v. Gordon McMahon £1 10s (costs 8s). At the suit of Frederick Jepson, in a judgment summons ease, Jessie Simmons was ordered to pay £5 2s 6d forthwith, in default 7 days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended for 28 days. EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN. Mr T. Russell Cameron, the Scottish evangelist, who is conducting a fortnight’s campaign in Stratford, delivered a forceful lecture to a fairly large audience in the Town Hall after church hours last night. The speaker was closely followed and proved himself a lecturer well worthy of hearing on subjects of religion. The lectures will be continued nightly in the Gospel Hall until the end of the week. THE MARDI GRAS. The membership of the Ugly Men’s Association, a side line of the Mardi Gras effort, has now reached eighty. The first gathering of members took place in the Town Hall on Saturday night, when thirty members were preeent. A saveloy and potato supper was dispensed amid general jollification, and the meeting then settled down to busi-

The Mayor, Mr. J. W. McMillan, was elected chairman of the Association and several members spoke of the desirability of forming the association into an institution with the object of promoting the welfare of the town generally. It was considered that such a body might be made of great use in assisting the Mayor in carrying out a progressive policy of boosting the town A committee consisting of the Mayor and Messrs W. Robinson, P. Skogland D. J. Malone. T. Smith, S. Spence, and AV. Kerr was appointed to bring down a report on Saturday, November 18. with a recommendation that the title be “The Ugly Men’s Association.' The constitution of the association will be non-political and non-sectarian. A vocal programme was contributed to by several members. A comprehensive programme of coming events is advertised.

“THE BLACK CAT” CABARET. Great interest is being shown amongst the jazz . dancing people of Taranaki in the forthcoming “Black Cat” cabaret, which will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday night, next in aid of the sports’ queen. There is no doubt that the sports intend making this cabaret the biggest of its kind ever attempted in Taranaki. Elaborate decorations and dazzling lighting effects, combined with the many novelty dances and Pennell’s jazz orchestra from Hawera. should alone be sufficient inducement for everyone who loves the jazz cabaret to attend. The cabaret will be conducted strictly under cabaret rules. It might also be mentioned that there will be cloak rooms for ladies and gentlemen, and patrons leaving cloaks or articles in the rooms will receive a ticket from an attendant. This ticket must be presented again when leaving the hall. THE KING’S THEATE. “POLLY OF THE FOLLIES.” Those who are desiring to know the fate of the thousand or more girls who seek fame at the footlights in the big city should see “Polly of the Follies” with Constance Talmadge at the King’s Theatre to-morrow (Tuesday). The Star portrays (he role of Polly Meacham. country girl of broad ambitions •and little experience, in her own inimitable style of humor. One of the usual features the picture presents is the training of a Broadway Beauty Chorus for the annual opening of the Follies; and the renowned Mr Flo Ziegfeld has been drawn upon for this character. Bernard Randall, accomplished screen actor, plays the role of the beauty connoisseur with gifted ability. The leading man is Kenneth Harlan.

Mr. A. Hutchins, of the railway staff at Stratford, has been transferred to Dunedin and left by the mail train this morning. On Saturday night Mr. Hutchins was presented with a fountain pen by his fellow-workers.

The residents of Stratford and district are notified that Ernest Davies, the London qualified sight-testing optician, visits Stratford every Tuesday, and may bp consulted at Mr. Ga,ffaney’s, Broadway. Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Souvenirs for the folks at Home. —Mails close on November 13. Poker work on suede; easy to pack, no fear of breakage in transit. Postcard albums, snap albums, tea cosies, cushion covers, tie tidies, pipe racks, book markers, serviette rings, etc., etc. Books of New Zealand views 2s and 9d. Bretts Annual 2s. Order early.—W. H. Humphrey, Broadway. Stratford.