LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 29, 31 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The repoi'i, of the Prime Minister's policy speech at Opunakc last night coinmences on page 5 of this issue, and is continued on pages 2,3, and tf in that order. Mr. ■!. 13. Hine, Member for Stratford, will address his constituents at Rowan this evening in accordance with a promise made before last election. "You could buy a nice now lamp with the money, von know," said Mr. Ivcnriek, S.M.', to C. R. Barker, at the .Magistrate's Court, this morning, as he lined the defendant 10s and costs for riding a bicycle at 9.30 p.m. on the footpath in Broadway. The list of prohibited persons was increased by one at the Magistrate's Court this morning. There was no appearance of defendant, and the order was made for one year for the Stratford Licensing District. Stratford senior school football team played a return match against Inglewood senior cadets, at fnglewood yesterday, Stratford winning after a

hard-fought game by three points to nil. Truly yesterday was Stratford's "day out," c-vory football team put in the hold scoring a win. Owing .'o the wet weather this n tilling preventing a large number of country children attending school, the speeches to have been delivered on the subject of the King's Birthday were abandoned, and instead the teachers ill each room made a few remarks on the matter to the children under their charge.

A Stratford team, numbering eighteen, proceeded to Elthani last night and met a local team at euchre, suffering defeat by the narrow margin of 5-1 games to 50. The local men very hospitably entertained the visitors, the evening concluding with hearty cheers. The Eltham team are arranging to pay a return visit to Stratford. A "might have been serious" accident occurred as the mail train was leaving the station this morning, and proceeding slowly, across that rem on Street Crossing." A driver of a local cab apparently failed to notice the train or hear the alarm bell, with the result that he had to pull his horses

on to the pavement, and the driver of the rain had to do some smart work with his Weatiughouse in order to avoid a collision. "Does a man come round in this town to collect, rubbish?" asked Mr. Kenrick, S.M., of Mr. Spence, at the Court to-day. "Not very regularly," replied the counsel, and lie added that his own, and oven the Clerk of the Court's back yard premises wero littered with papers. Mr. Kenrick suggested that the paper was hot put in the rubbish tins, but Mr. Spence contended that it had been but had blown away. "In Hawera," Mr. Kenrick replied, "we have lids on our tins." An extraordinary practice was commented upon by Mr. W. G. Kenrick, S.M., at the Court to-day. The Clerk of the Court had mentioned that he had received a money order, but could not tell whom it was from, as there was no accompanying note. His Worship said this was by no moans an isolated case. The Post and Telegraph Department were continually drawing attention to the fact that there was a growing practice on the part of people who thought everybody knew their business of sending money loose through the post. Sometimes it was a sheaf of banknotes enclosed in a badly addressed envelope, with nothing to show who was the sender.

At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr. W. 6. K. Kenrick, S.M., judgment by default, with costs, was entered for plaintiffs in the following civil eases: Stratford County Council (Mr. W. G. Malone) v. M. M. Hamerton, claim £53 Jos Id, costs Vi 16s 6d; \V. G. Malone v. X. W. Hill, claim £35 Is, and costs £1 8s; Stratford County Council (Mr. W. G. Malone) v. C. J. Wiley .claim £27 (Is 7d, costs £1 Us; F. W. Wake (Sir. jWright) v. John Davics, claim £l6 or lid, and costs £2 2s 6d; New Zealand Loan and .Mercantile Co. v. A. J. Chard, claim £5 i)s 7d, costs 15s Gd. Offences against the Borough bylaws figured prominently in the Court this morning. J. Hume and John Cameron for driving loose horses in the Borough within prohibited hours, were mulcted in 10s and 7s costs. Aloe Nelson, willi two previous oonvictions for a similar offence, was fined 60s, and 7s costs, the Magistrate intimating that he would keep on increasing; the line till the offence was stopped. .lames Rooney was fined 5s and 7s costs for tipping rubbish into a creek, and Frank Smith, for a similar offence, the Paten river being the "rubbish heap," was equally lightly treated. A fine of ss'and 7s costs was inflicted in the case of C. Cailly, charged with driving at night without lights.

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