LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 97, 14 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A slip of the tongue at the Court this morning: “He called to see mo between twelve and mid-day.” \' . , Only 1 one judgment by default was *iven at the Court this morning—--ilian Cock v, Joseph Pirie Cameron £l4 15s, costs £1 Is 6d. A company of Maoris from Havdhra will take part in dances and hakas at he Town Hall this evening. ? Their. iand will also be in attendance. The Ministers of the town, inluding the Ensign of the Salvation Vrmy, have unanimously agreed to ibserve Sunday as a day of prayer in connection with the war. There was no appearance of either ;>arty at the Court this morning in ho case Defence Office - v. Leonard VlcCracken, and the case was adjourn'd for a week. , 1 . . On of the chief features of “Everyady’s Journal” for August, just to iand, is a very beautifully illustrat'd article on Gardening for Women, n which the writer shows how garlening may be made, not only a deightful hobby, but a paying matter ’or any woman with energy and mains. There were qtiite a lot of “reserved” ■ avellers on the mail train this mornng, there being three special carriiges. One was occupied by a batch of volunteers, another by the Wairarapa ’ootball team, and the third by, the Wellington Methodist Mission boys’ iand. As was to be expected there was i of residents on the •ailway platform to bid farewell to the bodies of travellers. W. Wishart and Henry Freeling \cre each fined 10s, with costs 7s, in lefault three days’ imprisonment at he Court this morning for having Iriven gigs in the Borough at night vithout lights. Philip James was hied 5s with costs 7s for driving nose horses on the street, the S.M. linking allowance for the fact that lie horses had escaped from their inddock and were being driven back it the time.

Mr Kenrick, S.M., asked a witness at the Court this morning to repeat the exact words used on a certain occasion, witness having said that he “understood” so-and-so. “This ‘understanding’ is not very satisfactory,” said His . Worship. “One party ‘understands’ one thing and the other Understands’ another ’ thing, and a ‘misunderstanding’ results and the parties come to Court.”

The annual meeting of shareholders of the Mangatoki Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., is to be held in the Mangatoki Public Hall on August 20th. The report to be presented reads as follows“ Altogether 25,600,22211)8. of milk, yielding 960,1831b5. of butterfat, were received, of which quantity 106,4421b5. were manufactured into butter, yielding ]25,7151b5. of commercial butter, and the balance of the milk, representing 853.741 lbs. of butterfat,N was manufactured into cheese, yielding 2.229,2781b5. of commercial cheese, and 44,6321b5. of factory butter, or 995 tons 4cwt. Iqr. 31bs. of commercial cheese, and 76 toms Ocwt. 3qrs. 23Ibs. of butter. After writing off £1,055 18s 4d for depreciation there remains a surplus of £3470 Os 3d to , be dealt with. Your directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum be paid on all paid up share capital, absorbing £456 9s 4d, leaving £3013 10s lid to be further dealt with. Your directors recommend that this amount be paid out pro rata to supplying shareholders, allowing one half-penny jpore nor lb nf butterfat on milk supplied for cheese manufacture than for milk used for the manufacture of buttfr.” Mr J. Marx will move in pursuance of notice: “That the basis of allotment of shares be altered from one share for every 801bs of butterfat supplied, to one share for every 60Ihs of butterfat supplied.”

The Borough Inspector proceeded at the Court this morning against T. A. W. Nicholson, on a charge of failing to keep the spouting on the verandah of his Broadway premises in proper repair. Mr Macalister ap- . peared for defendant and stated that the Inspector had warned defendant about his spouting, but failed to mention to him the fact that i it was • f necessary, in accordance with the, by- u laws, that the damage spoken of must be repaired • within seven days: DeMUI fondant instructed a plumber to repair the damage, but it had not heed done in time. The Inspector stated that the damage had not yet been re-‘ l l paired, but' ’Mr MaCafister claimed ' ,r that it had, and the case was adjburrtfJ i t ed for a week* to make sufe of 1 the' point. The S.M. mentioned a rath- ; er humorous case of a similar kind. A painter had been working on a building and dented a spout, which the occupier was warned to repair. A plumber was summoned and be put a neat piece of circular wood down the spout in order to straighten,.it out. The ,spout was Ct’iicely 1 straightened, hut soon afterwards the occupier was ■ summoned again in respect of the ' same spout, and it was found that the plumber had forgotten to with- f draw the circular piece of wood which 1 had been previously used to -get rid. - of the dent. ... .. ,