Stratford News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 184, 21 December 1912, Page 3

Stratford News

From Our Resident Reporttr.

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.

The Rev. J. Pattison was inducted as minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening, in the presence of a large gathering of members and adherents.

The Rev. J. R. Shore, M.A.. of Hawera, in the course of an appropriate sermon, called on the congregation to make a new start for greater achievements. He then performed the short induction ceremony. The Rev. Mclvor, of Waverley, counselled the minister, and the Rev. T. 11. Roseveare, of Xew -Plymouth, the congregation, after- which the members and adherents were introduced to the new pastor. A social evening followed, in St. Andrew's Hall, further addresses being delivered by the moderator, and speeches of welcome tendered by Mv. A. Spencc, elder (on behalf of the congregation), and the Revs. B. Metson and A. Reader, Methodist ministers, extending the hand of good fellowship

■ The Rev. Mr. Pattison thanKea me various speakers and the Presbytery and congregation for their welcome. After frankly acknowledging that there were difficulties to be overcome, the new minister asked that all past differences be put aside, and that, with God's blessing and the co-operation of those who had. called him to this charge, a strong and ! united church would be built up. ] .During the evening songs were given ! by Misses Bayly, Sangster, M. Mackay, j and a violin solo by Miss Rogers. Then S followed supper and informality. STRAY PARAGRAPHS The school concert on Thursday was a huge success. The programme was as good as it was long, and every item, by adults or juveniles, was greeted with I that applause which, more than even the attendance, is a, feature of school concerts. Miss Jean Laurenson was pre- | sented with the dux medal. A branch of the United Labor Party i was formed here on Thursday night. 1 Mr. C. D. Sole presided over the meeting, which, he said, was connected with a great movement for the uplifting of the people. Mr. A. H. Robson, in an ■ interesting address, urged Labor to exert ' itself and get men into Parliament to carry out the party's ideals. He made it clear that the party was not a laborers' party, but stood for the laborer, the doctor, the nurse,, or the farmer. We have now established here a Liberal and Labor organisation, a United La- : bor Party, a Prohibition Party, a Liquor : Party, a Reform Party, and parties of every kind and every hue. We progress. The handsome .silver cup presented by ', the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company to the A. & P. Association was handed yesterday to Mr. J. C. Montefiore, who won it with his champion . dairy cow Joan. The cup was duly , rinsed in the most approved fashion. < At the Magistrate's Court yesterday , judgment by default was entered in the ] following cases:—Newton King (Mr. i Stanford) v. H. Cole, claim £l3 lfls 1 and costs £1 16s fid; E. G. Foster (Mr. ] Thomson) v. same, claim £5 15s 9d s and costs £1 8s Cd; State Guaranteed } Advances v. George Henry Thomas, ] claim £l2 18s lid, and costs £1; D. Butchart (Mr. Fookes) v. J. D. Valentine, claim £3 3s, costs 10s; Mary Ryan (Mr. Wright) v. Thomas Rogers, claim £0 and costs £1 10s 6d; J. W. Boon (Mr. Stanford) v. L. K. Gooch, claim £lO and costs £1 3s 6d. In the judgment summons case J. Masters & Son (Mr. Fookes) v. E. A. Smith, claim £l4 8s 7d, debtor was ordered to pay the sum in 5s weekly instalments.

Another special meeting ot the Council is to be held on Monday in. connection with that lean. BERNARD'S PICTURES. To-night gives picture patrons their last chance of seeing the very fine current programme. An interesting de-scriptive-industrial film Is that showing winter logging in Maine, U.S.A. The film shows the activity of the logging camps during the long winter months, when the heavy snowfall makes the hauling of heavy loads of logs, possible over the smooth, icy roads through the woods. After the trees arc cut and stripped they' are first gathered together in huge piles, called yards, which line fhe road to the landing. As soon as the snow falls the snow-plough clears this road and is followed by the sprinkler. The water thrown from the sprinkler at once freezes, making a hard, icy road, which will sustain the heavy sledge loads of logs and enable one team of horses to haul from five to six thousand feet of timber. The film abounds in interesting scenes'and beautiful photography. Among the other pictures are found "American Joe," the star drama, "A Child's Bomance," a very pathetic A.B. drama, "Vindicated," one of Edison's greatest, "Gentleman Chauffeur" and "Through an Aquarium." Hospital matinee on Christmas Eve. and facred programme, the evening of Christmas Eve.