TOWN and COUNTRY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 237, 8 May 1933, Page 4

TOWN and COUNTRY

Unpaid Levies A charge arising out of his failure to pay unemployment levies extending over a period since their inception was preferred against Frank Edlin at the Stratford Court today. He was fined £2 (costs 10s), in default 11 days’ imprisonment.

Stratford Borough Council The regular meeting of the St rat-: ford Borough Council falls due to- i night, but owing to the intervention . of the elections the first meeting of ; the new council will be held on Wed- ■ msday night. At that meeting the installation of the Mayor and councillors will take place.

Breach of Arms Act Several breaches of the Arms Act; were preferred against N. B. Fryday, Ngaere, at the last sitting of the Stratford Magistrate’s Court. Defendant. was granted to fortnight to adjust his affairs and at today’s sitting of the court Sergeant Kelly reported! that new certificates had been taken ; out by defendant for his large stock i of firearms and the law had been sat- j isfactorily complied with. j

■•r.-yor’s Relief Fund A meeting to further the relief of dlsiress in Stratford will he held in the Borough Council Chambers tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 8 o’clock. The meeting is being called as a sequel to a meeting of representatives of men’s organisations he'd cn Friday night, when it was decided to endeavour to secure a larger and more representative gathering. The object of the meeting is to. consider ways and means of raising funds to assist the Women’s Central Relief Committee in their efforts on behalf of the distressed. A fund known as “The Mayor’s Fund” has already been opened.

j Apprentices’ Wages i Application for a variation in con- | tracts with 13 apprentices, by a reduci tion of 10 per cent, in wages and pro- ; vision for a stand-down period, was | made in chambers at the Stratford ! Courthouse before Mr. W. H. Woodj ward, C.M., this afternoon. Tlio anj plicauts were Union Foundries Ltd.. ] and supporting evidence was In-ard. j The magistrate reserved his decision, which will be published within the next week or so. j “A Great Mistake” I “You people make a areal mistake. !hy not answering Solicitors’ letters and treating solicitors as if thev were j ogres after your blood,” said Mr. W. j H. Woodward. S.M., at the Stratford ! Court today, in the course of a judgment summons case. The position of I the debtor, who gave evidence, was j shown to he hopeless, and Mr. N. H. Moss, who appeared for creditor, com- ; moated on the fact, that extra expense j summons. When judgment was origin- | was involved in taking out a judgment I ally taken it. was the duty of debtors j to communicate with their solicitors I if they could not meet their obliga- | lions. The remarks of Mr. Moss drew j the above comment from Mr. Wood- ! ward. i :

Riding on Footpath A young man Tmslio Wait'', who was char trod with riding a hicycl' l on the footpath, in Regan Street, and with failing to stop when calVd on to do so. appeared at the Stratford Court today before Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M.. and was charged w ; th tho offences. Tnsnector Dixon related a chase which had occurred between himself (in his cart and defendant, who, he stated, had ridden at a fast pace. When overhauled a second time hy the car he had suddenly pulled u'n and turned right about face and fled again. He was eventually caught, however. Defendant said ho had “hopped it” to escape paying a, fine. He was fined 10s, with costs 10s. on the first charge and convicted and discharged on the second.

Must Oppose Quota Necessity for farmers to show a. united determination that the spirit as well as the letter of the Ottawa Agreement should bo carried out was stressed by Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., when speaking at Urutl. “Farmers must support the Dairy Board in its demand for a free market for British goods and oppose any suggestion of a quota, which would be a fatal development.” said Mr. Poison. He emphasised that there was likely to he a determined fight on the part of interested sections to have quotas introduced in preference to reduced tariffs.

Motor-cyclist Injured Severe injuries were suffered on Saturday night by Norman Hoilmer, a single man residing at Sprmgvale, I W.uiiganul, when a collision occurred j between (be motor-cycle he was ruling j and a halt-ton truck driven by Arthur i Clarence Watson, a married man re- j siding at Castleclitf. Heibnei s left , thigh and left forearm were fractured j iiiui lie was taken to the Wanganui, Public Hospital, where it was stated! that his condition last night was satis- | factory. The vehicles met in a head- 1 on collision on the corner of Dublin j and Pitt Streets at about eight | o’clock. The truck was turned on its i side and the motor-cycle was bad';, smashed. It struck the truck hetwem: the radiator and a wheel •tmmheii the i -q rings and forced Iho wheel bach, j Watson was uninjured. Fire Destroys House lu the early hours o! Sunday u.m ip ing a icur-rcomcd res id-Mice occupied hy Mr. and Mrs smaa-PilHng, on the Brunswick Road, war, ' -..dally destroy- . cd by fire. Tho outbreak smarted in j the roar of the house, a chip heater \ Doing? responsible. Mr. Smith-Pilling | was wakened by the smoke and j flames. Ho hastily roused his wife, and they were obliged to got their four children out of the house immediately, two of them being put out of ! window. A few blankets were I quickly gathered and flung round them 1 and a tew articles of furniture and 1 personal belongings wore collected before the flames took a firm hold. In , half an hour (lie roof fell in and ! shortly afterwards the house was a total loss. The family took shelter with Mrs. W. G. Davison for the night. The fire was a large one and lit, up the whole of the valley. The house was insured.