LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 9, 26 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the_ Magistrate’s Court yesterday moraine;, judgment I»v default was i’l the ease, 10. it. Buomor v. l u il'iaai liarawick lav C2 I is, witli costs ! Vs. In deah'np; with liy-law cases at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, the A..'l .said that defendants in ?r«-h cases should always notify the other side in writing if they iiitendf.l (deadirj.’C v, as if the ca-e >v* nt i a Court a cousiderahle liahiliiv 11 :<1 ! 1 1

A private message from Wellington states that the day is line, hut w indy, or tiie Weilmgton-Taraii.'.ki football, match. Tho Stratford Branch of the J.A.O.i). is holding a social evening >i> Wednesday next, August 30di. .\o invitations are being issued for tins The mildness of the present season s testified to liy the fact that yesterday afternoon it was found necessary ;o order out the water-cart. Tiio lecture to have been given last aigJit by Mr. Hawson, commercial instructor at the Toohnical School, was liiandonod, owing to the small attendance. The A. and Id. Association has received from Mr. W. Saywell a donadon of two guineas towards the special prize fund. The tender of Mr. X. J. King has been accepted for the erection of a residence in Lear Street for Mr. Id. dkoglmul.

“Mr reminds me of some beautiful exotic bird that lias been howled out, and is now gnashing its teeth in impotent rage”—-a gem of oratory from a Wanganui debater, who got his metaphors a little mixed in a recent debating contest.

Motorists will lie interested in the account 1 given in our “Motoring Notes” of a 15,000 mile non-stop run recently achieved in England by a Siddeley-Deasy car. It may also interest cur readers to know that Mr. J. R. Mjickay, of Stratford, is expecting to shortly land one of. these jastiy-celebrated cars. An. clevon-year-old lad pleaded i ct guilty at tiie Juvenile Court yeMcrclay afternoon to a charge - :f liav i;g broken a wreath guild at the Kopuatarna Cemetery. Two youthful witnesses gave evidence that the cEfondant had broken the glass, but- lie denied having been piesent in the con ctery on tuc da' - m question. After .being admonished, tiie charge was dismissed, tiie boy's father being ordered to pay 10s i an; ago and 5? witnesses’ expenses. '1 lie charge of perjury against Harry Alexander Jack in connection with the death of Ethel May Bradley, 1 was heard in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court to-day. The basis of the charge is a, statement made by Jack in evidence at the inquest that the last time he saw the woman alive was on February 3, and that the woman had not been in Sadler’s shop on the night of February 7. Jack pleaded guilty and was‘committed to the Supremo Court for sen-’ fence.

Taranaki was represented at the recent conference of the Acclimatisation Societies in Wellington by Messrs. J. E. Wilson (president of the Taranaki Society) and VV. P. Kirkwood (presi-, dent of the Stratford Society). Ha-' wera was not represented, Mr. Wilson moving the Hawera remits. All the Stratford remits wore carried. The conference decided that oversea visitors should in future pay a higher license ice than local residents. Tnie remit, which had previously been proposed and rejected, was moved by the president of the Wellington Society, and seconded hy Mr. W. P. Kirkwood, and was carried by fifteen votes to seven.

At the meeting of the executive! committee of tlio A. and P. Ascciastion on Thursday evening, the chairmen of the various schedule committees were present, and conferred with members regarding the schedule. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr. hh H. Penn lor a donation cf two guineas towards the special prize .fund. Lieut.. Cardale w,aito.d m on yb,Q ; committee and suggested a number of military events lor decision at the '.'how, and his suggestions were adopt'd. The committee derided that a competition for amateur judges be included in the schedule. Three boys, c-acu aged ten years, were charged at the Juvenile Court vestorclay afternoon with having broken eight panes of glass in the residence of Mrs Caroline Wing Kee,' storekeeper, Midhirst. Sergeant McXeoly said the cases had been brought m a warning to young people in Midliirst. There was no policeman in the township, and therefore there was nobody to control hoys unless their parents did. All the boys pleaded guilty and were dismissed without having convictions recorded, though they were warned that on the next occaVfion that they came before the Court they v\ ould bo ordered a whipping. A falling boulder caused considerable consternation to a small party cf gentlemen who paid a visit to the cliffs beyond St. Clair the other day, says the ‘‘Otago Daily Times.” After warning some youngsters in the vicinity about the danger of going clown to thq beach at this particular spot, the party descended to a rocky ledge for the purpose of collecting geological specimens, and, having clone this, all returned to the top of the cliff, with the exception of one of the party. The latter was making a_ careful ascent, when, to his surprise, a large boulder was displaced after ho had stepped off it. The whole party was aghast to notice a young boy on the beach below, almost in direct line with the falling missile. By good luck the boulder missed the boy by about ISin, much to Iho relief of sill concerned. The stone referred to had been stepped upon frequently for years past, and on Saturday it became dislodged in a manner that was quite unforeseen.