LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 62, 27 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Arnold Wilson is at present in tho hospital, having recently undergone an operation for appendicitis. Charles Williams was fined os, with 7s costs, at tlie Magistrate’s Court this morning, for having driven loose horses in a Borough street. A special prize of three guineas has been donated to the A. and P. Association by Mr W. Abbott. Mr A. \V. Budge has made a donation of one guinea lor the best two ; ens of Cheviot ram hoggets. That litigation is not a paying business, for litigants, anyhow, was proved this morning at the Magistrate’s Court, when a defendant had judgment given against him for 12s 6d, and was ordered to pay costs totalling 18s. Judgment debtors wore dealt with/ as follows at the Magistrate’s Court this morning:—W. Cartwright v. H. 'Chubb, claim £l6 11s 2d, ordered to pa'y 5s weekly; X. King v. H. Hill, claim £5 Is 7d, judgment debtor not appearing, ho was ordered to pay the amount forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment.

At the last meeting of the Hawcra Borough Council a letter was received from the Manaia Town Board, stating that it was willing to co-op-erate with the Borough Council in regard to the Opunake railway to junction at Hawcra, as long as the lino came within a reasonable distance of Manaia. No action was taken by the Borough Council. The athletic competitions in connection with the Bayly Memorial Scholarship, which wore to have been hold in New Plymouth yesterday afternoon, were postponed indefinitely owing to the wet state of the. weather. It is probable that the. competitions will now be held on a Saturday. Iho ■•expenses ot those boys who journeyed to Now Plymouth yesterday will be refunded to them.

_ There is at present on view in Messrs. Bellringer Bros’ window in Broadway, an excellent enlarged photograph of Professor Mills, who is to lecture at the Town Hall next Thursday, which was executed by Mr. J. McAllister, Stratford. So impressed was the Rev. R. B. S. Hammond with the photograph, that he ordered one of himself from Mr. McAllister, this being for presentation to one of the homes under the' reverend gentleman’s charge. There was a little trouble at the Magistrate’s Court this morning regarding the name of a defendant. ! 1 ho Borough Inspector said that when ho was approached defendant gave a wrong name, causing the Borough some trouble, stating Ins name vas Williamson, whereas it was actually Williams. Defendant told the S.M. that ho was generally km, u n as Charles Williams, though ids ual name was Wolfes tram, and jwobably the inspector got mixed up with that name. The S.M : What .s y.a.r correct name? Defendant: Wolfestrum. S.M.: 1 suppose you can spell it? Defendant: ies, 1 can; but nobody else can. The S.M.: Then you should have spelt it to the Inspector. The matter then dropped. The Hurleyvillo correspondent of the Ha went “Star” writes as follows :—Mr. Douglas Hoots, Dominion champion rifle shot, returned from his Bisley trip last Friday, and he is permanently to take up his residence in Hurleyville, where he is to manage ids father’s farm, the Kaponga farm having in the meantime been let to his brother-in-law, Mr. Justin McCarthy. In a chat which I had with Douglas, he tells me ho liaci a right royal lime at Home, apart from the shooting contest, with which iio was not quite satisfied, in as far as his own performaices were concerned, although no got a place in the King’s Hundred and won £22 10s in prizes, together with the bronze medal and badge. He also won £o at the recent Sydney contest. He tells me ho went only as far north as Edinburgh (where he called on Dr. Maclagan, late of Kaponga), and also visited the Glasgow Exhibition. Before leaving London Dr. Maclagan met him there by appointment, and they spent the great-

or pare of one day together. Dougins tells mo that altogether ho enjoyed the trip immensely, and that for many months to come he will have abundant food for reflection, and many incidents to relate to his friends. .judgment for CI 3s Gd, with costs (is, was given for plaintiff at the Magistrate’s Court this morning in too case W. Holmes v. T. Edwards. The case was before the Court at last sitting, where plaintiff stated that the claim was for milk supplied, lie stated that he had been supplying milk to one McCutcheon, who had a round in town, hut that McCutcheon had gone out,of the business, plaintiff being led to believe that Edwards would he responsible thereafter for payment for the milk. At the end of'a month Edwards denied liability and the supply of milk was stopped. Edwards, on his part, said lie had been offered the round, hut had not taken it. He alleged that AieCiitehonic was responsible, and ho stated that he hold enough money collected on behalf of .MeC'nteheon to pay live account. The hearing was adjourned Co enable aicCutehcoii to be called to give evidence; but when the case was called on this morning plaintiff was the onlv one to appeal 1 . He stated that he had not seen Mcfntclieon in the interim, and that Edwards had staled that he would not pay the amount; and judgment was therefore given in Ids favour.

A registered letter addressed to Mr. F. Brawn, care of Mr. P. Skoglund, id's unclaimed at the Borough Council office. Pile re is at present an exhibition Mr J. McAllister’s window a hr-nd-'mo noid meO-d presented by Messrs Beckett and Roberts for the best ■amess pony und'*’- fourteen bands at the A. and P. Show. Judgment by default was g'ven in ■he following cases at tbe Magistrate's Court this morn.n.g:—E. Neal v. G. Biancbi, £4 12s ml! costs 10s. F. B. Bulmcr v. F. W. Johnson, £6B 11s 6d.; costs £1 is. \V. llrdlitbs v. D. Wildormoth, 12s Gu; costs, T3s. Tim secretary of the A. and P. Association was hist night instructed to write to school committees asking that schools bo closed on tbe second day of the Show, in order to allow children who desired to do so to take part in the Association’s essay competition. The annual meeting of the Taranaki Rifle Association was hold at Now Plymouth last night, Messrs C. Speck and C. Jackson representing the Stratford Rifle Club. J t iIS CiGaided that tljo annual shooting retting should ho hold on a I hursd.iy and Friday early in February. The programme was lengthened, and the prize money was increased; the association hoping to make the meeting one of the most important in the North Island. The Executive Committee of the A, and P. Association met last night. Present:—Messrs Dingle, Healy, Kirkwood, Porritt, R. Masters, Dobson, Sangster, Hobbs and Malone. Mr J. Brake was appointed a steiyard in the harness-driving classes, and Mr Huggott was appointed fodder steward. A vote of thanks was passed to Messrs Ward and E. Brocklebank for their offer to supply shavings for the. bull boxes. It was decided that tuc general committee should meet in the secretary’s office on Saturday week. ; , i 1 The early bird catches the worm ; and it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good. At Whangamomona on Wednesday night two gentlemen wont out into the street to settle an argument per medium of their fists, and one was knocked down and decided to stay down for the count and a bit more. Later in the evening, being thoroughly rested, he proceeded home, but his pockets must have been overflowing with coin, for early in the morning the occupants of an upstairs room in the private hotel noticed another enterprising gentleman lifting a largo number of coins from the vicinity of the other gentleman’s * resting place of tlio night previous.