Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 318, 6 July 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

Fvtim cur Resident Reporter. METHODIST CHURCH QUARTERLY MEETING. At the meeting of the quarterly board f the Methodist Church there was a ull nttendance of the hoard, the Rev. L. Reader presiding. After devotional xereises a good deal of business was ransacted. The balance-sheet as preented was very satisfactory. Mr. J. V. Boon, superintendent of the Sunday ichool, reported that mr.tters in connexion with the school were very satisfactory. There were 111 on the roll, and he number was increasing. Mr. Camron was appointed to visit the schools ri the district during the quarter. It ras decided to recommend to the .Sunay School teachers' meeting the advisbility of appointing an absentee visitor a connection with the school, and sug- . ;esting Miss Grace Everiss as a suitable ppointment. The Rev. Reader reported vliat the Christian Endeavor Society was having good meetings, and good work was being done. It was decided to ask Miss Clemow to continue her work as envelope steward, members speaking in eulogistic terms of her work. The Rev. Reader and Mr. J. Masters, circuit stew- j nrd, were appointed to confer with the i ladies' guild with reference to the envelope system. The meeting affirmed the desirability of a forward movement in the backblocks of Taranaki, and a copy of this resolution will be forwarded to the Synod at the proper time. A very hearty welcome was extended to the Rev. and Mrs. Reader and family. : Several speakers assured the minister ; that they would render him every assistance in their power, and would endeavor to make his term in Stratford a happy and successful one. Tt was decided to invite the choir to attend a social given by the church, mat- ! ters connected with the choir to be discussed, with a view of rendering assistI ance to the choir. The Rev. Reader and {Messrs. Boon, Thompson, F. W. Cle- ' mow, and R. H. White were appointed a | committee to make arrangements for the social. It was impossible to conclude •the business set down in one night, and the meeting was adjourned sine die. THEFT OF A HORSE. j In the S.M. Court at Stratford yes- > terday, John Harvey, alias Henry Hari greaves, alias Cook; alias Taylor, a I laborer, of Toko, was charged with the theft of a horse, valued" at £5, the property of N. B. Fryday, and a saddle and bridle, the property of Taki Moni, an I employee of Fryday'g. \ Taki Moni, a Maori, employed as a I laborer by Mr. X. B. Fryday, at Omona, I gave evidence that on Tuesday, June 25, I he handed a horse, saddle and bridle to the stableman at the Toko Hotel. The .! horse was Fryday's, but the saddle and ' bridle were his own property. At night j the horse and gear were missing, although he had given no one authority ;. to remove them. The aeciis-ed was at ' Toko that day. He identified the horse, j etc., produced. ) James Rielly, the stableman referred to, also, identified the animal and gear as those that the Maori had left with him. 5 The accused was at Toko that day. Further evidence was' ' given by Nicholas B. Fryday, who identified the horse as his, and stated that' the accused had no authority to take it away. Charles Middlemiss, a Midhirst butcher, gave evidence that the accused had come into his shop on Wednesday, June 2(5. He said he was "hard up," and offered to sell witness the horse, saddle and bridle for £5, saying he had owned the horse for six or seven months. - Witness bought the saddle and bridJe for 17s. That was all the money he,had on him at the time, and- the .accused was quite willing to take it; in fact, the accused pressed him to buy. Accused: Didn't you- tell me the horse was done up, and worth nothing at all? Witness: No; I dqn!i remember, telling you that. The accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court at Wei- ' lington for sentence. CARD MATCHES. On Thursday evening, at the Egmont Club, the clubmen defeated the Skinner road cribbage team, by three games. The scores - were as follow, the club players being mentioned first:—Sole and Jackson 5 v. Ilann and Smith 0; R. Harkness and R. Boon 7 v. R. Willis and A. Prentice 4; J. McMahon and A. Speck 3 v. A. Caseldine and E. Bonner 7: Lawson and Jones 7 v. Pattinson and Seabright 5; Butcher and T. Sullivan fl v. ft. Coleman and IT. Prentice's: J. Fredric and 1). Butcher 5 v. F. Bowling and J. Bonner 0-. totals. Egmont Club 30". Skinner road ,33. •' • ' . Fire Brigade and Egmont Club will plav a euchre match at the club next Friday. MIDHIRST GUN CLUB. A very successful meeting of'the above club was held in the club's grounds on Thursday afternoon, when'an open hanIdicap sweepstake was' competed' for. I There was an atte'ridatfr-e v of between I sixty (and seventy, "otttside clubs being well Represented. A large sprinkling of .the fair sex added Merest to the meetling. The shooting oft the'whole was j below the average, "a nasty cross wind, ' with a dull and cold day, no doubt militating against good shooting, but "otherwise there was s.orae Krpital sport and I keen ; competition, eve'rybne appearing well "satisfied. All the officials of the I club'worked hard'"" to ensure success. Special mention musit-bP made for the I way the secretary, Mr. C. E, Seabright, enrrifcd out his onerrui* duties. Mr. J. ,M. the club's referee, gave every satisfaction, his prompt decisions jmcewng with general approval., Mr. T. [Carter at the scoring'board' was the .right man in the right"place, A splendid Isuppjy of bountiful refreshments was. I provided by the wives of the members, j and ' 'during an interval afternoon tea 'was partaken of. after which at the. call of the president, Mr.- Arthur Richmond, throe hearty cheers were given for the ladies, the winners, and - the visiting sportsmen. . The first handicap sweepstake was won ,bv W. TTamlilyn, of the.. Midhirst dm Club, with a score, of 37, Arthur Richmond, of the same club, being second ! with 30. Alf. Liueham and J. Kovaleski i tied'for third place with-34. After the big sweepstake, another open sweep- ; stake, post entries, six birds at 15 yards ri=e. was shot for. when Arthur Richmond, J. Mannix and J. Kovaleski tied with a score of 5 kills, and it being j somewhat late to fire off divided the I stake. The club is very pleased at the : success attending their first venture, and are already thinking of holding another I meeting in the near future. I STRAY PARAGRAPHS T understand that Dr. Carbery has I hooked bis nn=sage for England, and will leave Stratford about the end of the , month on holiday. \ Ctptain Lampen, who was recently ' married, has received on 'bis wife's be- / half a present of a handsome solid silver I tea service from the officers of the 11th \ Regiment. , At (lie Wesley Church quarterly meet--1 ing on Thursday a presentation of an i illuminated address was made to Mr. ,T. TI. Thompson, who recently resigned his

position as organist after fourteen years' service. Mr. Kirkman has succeeded him in the office. Judgment was given by default yesterday in the Magistrate's Court in the following cases:—Frank Rhodes (Mr. Spence) v. Percy Fabian, claim £7 12s, -costs £1 10s; K.Z. State Guaranteed Advances Office v. Henry Jakes, claim £8 Bs, costs 8s: James Bain (Mr. Stanford) v. Charles W. Geary, claim £3 5s 4d, costs 10s. The S.M. Court was occupied for some time yesterday with the case of James Baskin (a minor) and L. Raskin (his father) v. Uhlenberg Bros., of Midhirst. This was an action for £35 damages, received for loss incurred by the plaintiffs through the negligence of defendants' servant, Ernest Robertson. After hearing evidence and argument as to the amount of damages, the court awarded the plaintiffs £ls and costs. BERNARD'S PICTURES To-night will he our last "picture night", till the ISth., and it is stated that patrons are going to give a bumper house to-night in appreciation of Mme. Bernard's enterprise in making such extensive improvements. Roll up everybody. Matinee to-dav as usual.