10 THE TEESDALE MERCURY. Wednesday, December 4th, 19:r). Wednesday, Dec(

The Inspector (Mr R. W. Settle) said the more expensive than the 3in. ones. The single file on steep places, and did SO (g, HOME D STARTFORTH COUNCIL. house had been set back in order to allow larger pipes would carry more wwater. The this occasion. Witness's cycle was snu g the requisite space in front –of it. The total •esiimatetl cost was £240. off. Watson and Smith was knocked A WA IZNI CO COTHERSTONE AND ELECTRICITY. County Council, he understood, . required Mr Alderson said the Untried had been stopped his car about 70 yards alpe EVERY the house to be set back 50 feet from the told that the piping of the whole of the Watson took the cyclists in his ear In t l I think you will highway. w-ould cost only £300. nard Castle.—Cross-examined : \V i!. this week—a war PROGRESS OF VILLAGE WATER everyday wear—is • It wits derided to bring the matter before The Inspector said the cimiemplated Smith had been riding abreast se.. SCHEMES . Useful to women 0 the \ y Committee. scli•lite would do three-quarters of the before the bend was reached. 1740. It is the ye village. Defendant declared that as he neat on wet. or d•iuling ,:,•••• tine of the Startboth Rural Council Sir Frederick Milbank, Mr Alderson. observing that the complete Snow Hall the cyclists appeared te Sit Milhaele wrinue eirerie - Reid on Wednesday, Mr 1. G. Harris, travelling three abreast, taking up r the Council that he would be ;:way from scheme would cost only £60 more than the Chairman, presiding. thirds or three-quarters of the road. home until March, asked that someone one suggested, moved that the whole of the Lartington Footbridge. slackened his Speed and thought he I might be appointed in his place on the village be done. \V all further egferete••: ire Halm of the Tile Chairman : Why do you wish to missed the cyclists as he passed them, lee Advisery and other committees. 111:11 ,t e•re read over found that he had collided with two e : The Council decided to consider the override the Barniegimin parhill meeting? a Stone Lridee on a bridle path a: Larting- Mr Alderson : Berause, as has been often them. He stepped to inquire what 11,, , matter at the end of the year. ton. Mr II. Sayer -girl lie bad inquired of impressed upon us, we are the health happened. He did not give warning as t several reeple of advamitel age in the town- Flooding of Bowes Station Road. authority, and it would be false economy road was straight and clear. He 11111 ship who said it had been a road as long Mr :I. W. Alderson again called attention to do this in parts. see the cyclists till he got to the end of as they (amid remember, and there was a to the frequent'. flooding of Bewes station The. Inspector : It. would certainly be bend. He thought he would gel past it public right of way over it. Road. This Council, when it was its they, ch6aper to do it all at once. and it either meant that or blowing his The (lviitman : Would you give the to attend to highways, did all in its power Mr Alderson : The greater the outlay the and knocking them. down. He was to I. e "(antes to the Clerk, so that we can report to remedy the cause of the flooding. arid more the village will benefit. They will trying to miss the cyclists to NOW hix I, it to the County Council ? now 111;11 ihe duty had pass•ed 10 atether have to pay the first ninepence of the rate and he caught t h e cyclist who \vas ie Mr Sayer : Yes, authority it was, lie thought, this Council's in any case. middle of the road. Lartington Railway Bridge. duty to urge the necessity cot some effective Mr T. G. Degdale said he agreed that this A boy of 14, brother of the defendant. ;A. triter was - read from the 1..N.E.11. action. He believed ilet road was scheduled Council 11 , ■ 1 like to override the was riding with hint, said the cyclists v. regrading the condition of the road over for improvement, and a little pressure from wishes of tine Immingham parish meeting. riding three abreast before the car got ! • the raitwvee bridge at Lartington, stating this Council could not do any harm. He Mr Armory moved that the Council to them, and occupied about three.eeer that the Council's letter on the subject had moved that the Council press the highway respect the wishes of the Barningham of the toad. been handed to the engineer for attention. authority to reinedy the cause of the flood: parish meeting. a Ltd this having, been Defendant was fined 4s. costs awl The Chairman : So we shall be hearing Mg as soon as possible. seconded, was agreed to. expenses, his licence being neither further. Tine Council agreed. Health Report. pended nor endorsed. Mr Welsh said the road had been put Village, Water Schemes. The Medical Officer (Dr. E. S. Hawthorne) • Home from the Dance. right. The Inspector reported that at Romald- reported five births and no deaths in the Christopher 'Births, Walworth, 511111MCII,• Cotherstone and Electricity. kirk the spring proposed to be taken for a district during October, and said there were for using a motor lorry without havile Cl•r!. ! Mr W. 1. V.- aisoit) read a water supply had been opened and a three cases in the isolation hospital, and certificate of third party insurance, lettet fruit: the North-Eastern Electric sample of the water would be taken for one case of typhoid fever had been notified. Winston on November 2nd, pleaded er• Supply Co. setting with reference to the analysis in a day or two. • At Mickleton Startforth Water. guilty. Mr T. B. Heslop defended. electric cables at. Cotherstone that they had nothing had been.done since the last meet- The Inspector informed: the Council that P.C. Reeks said that lie saw defend:• endeavoured to obtain wayleaves at the ing of the Council. driving a motor lorry at a quarter to 3 ;• over a period of 63 days the average con- Refer t Tear of the houses •nd• where possible had The Chairman said that in, the case of suniption of water at Startforth had been with three girls on it. He said he was olir. been successful, but front Balder View to Romaldkirk tine intention of the Council 14,300 gallons per day. giving them a lift home from a -dam, with driving rain, fu the Limes the cables would be carried on was that, the Water Committee should Cross-extunined : He said he would prod cut and fit. and has steel masts. The letter added that the inspect, the spring in company with the his certificate at Heighington, and wie wet and messy, to uncomfortable, in ra installation in Cotherstone had been an owner before going ally further, but that believed he had done so, but the certil• that it may be wort expensive matter, and if public lighting had been quite out of the question because STAINDROP POLICE COURT. limited defendant to the use of the in the picture—or was required in the future between the of the excessive rainfall. They were still for his own business purposes only. the throat at the net EMMY—Before Mr H. L. Fife • (Chairman), Limes and Low Lathbury it would. be as they 'were. was aware that the carriage of passeni. THE MATERIAL —0 t Lord Barnard, Mr Valentine Hodgson and costly. The Inspector said his suggestion was was permitted. Defendant was a hate hip this garment in Mr E. C. Adamson. material you like, Mr .1. H. Armory said he had been look- that the Mickleton plan and the analysis contractor for the Durham County Coin Special Constable. to choose a good, fi ing at the plan and could quite see that the of the water should go to the• Ministry. and could use his vehicle at any time, da' will not get out of s company could not make a better job, not Mr NV. Dent said it was more than time Mr H. Forster, Gainford, was sworn in as or night.—By Chief Inspector Roche worn and which is having wayleaves. In the absence of his that something was done, for unless the a special constable for the parish of Gain- Defendant was not in his working clotl! to " throw " the colleague he suggested that the plan should Council acted quickly summer Would come ford. P.C. Storey, Heighingtoil, said defeD: . wear with the •oa leather or suede, as with no provision for a water supply. go to Cotherstone Parish Council in order " Saturday Night." produced his certificate which covered this coat for a figu that the ratepayers might have an oppor- There was an abundance of water in the Henry Godderd• Stahel i•ee. summoned. the carriage of passengers while it will need 48 yards tunity of expressing their views on the spring which was under consideration, and for having been drunk and disorderly at used in connection with defendant's wide, or its equivale subject at a meeting. If the village was if that was insufficient there was another ness as haulier. stuff. You may line 10-30 p.m. on November 16th, said he was the model as you lik considering street lighting it would be very spring at Bail Green sufficient to -supply the not drunK, but simply slipped on the greasy Defendant said the lorry was his pro! should line the slee expensive. If lie knew Cotherstone village whole village. fobtpath and fell. Sergeant Page described and he had been to Darlington with a type of coat is so at all, he did not think it would ever have Mr Alderson moved that the analysis of defendant's disorderly conduct. Defendant of wheat. He needed the lorry at Waft dirty you can send it public lighting. It had been tried during a sample of the water be sent to the early next morning, and parked it in B. and they will dean said he could not afford to get drunk on his it as good as new. the last ten years, and there was hardly a Ministry with a request for a local inquiry wages. The lads of Staindrop were lington. Early in the morning, finditte single person in favour of it. The people at an early date. • brother's car lights had fused, and he THE r ATTE R N —Th impudent and annoyed hint when lie fell. this pattern — fron there had lived.in the dark all their lives Mr Dent seconded.—Agreed to. He ;Admitted having had three or four" pints unable to take three girls home 1,, under-sleeve, collar a and were quite happy. There was no one Romildkirk's Lower Pump. of beer, " it being Saturday night."— dance, he gave them a lift to Wins:, beginning to cut th going about Cotherstone at night knocking Mr Kipling asked why the pump - on the Defendant, who had been thrice previously Mr Heslop said the defendant had sift. parts of the pattern people down, nor any fear of burglaries. given three young ladies a gratuit00- can, try the coat aga low green at Romaldkirk had been closed convicted of similar offences since 1916. sur2h small alteration •It was a peace-loving village and the people and people compelled to go to tine top was fined 10s. to their homes at Winston because th' You will find that thought that bed•was the best place when pump for water. Stolen 1 - the fusing of his brother's car lights it was dark. The Inspector : We have no information Reginald Down. Barnard Castle, ;Wind- were stranded. In taking the lorry The Chairman said Cotherstone had been as to that, ting cycling without a ligflt and without from a business journey he had s known to change its ,opinion. The Chairman : Is this a private well ? a white surface on the rear of his withl deflected his course in order to Ohg! Mr Armory : That was before i got on The Inspector : Yes. cycle at midnight at Cockfield, was on stranded ladies. In order to get hoc the Council. I have always been in favo4 The Chairman : Who has closed it ? the evidence of P.C. Andrews ordered to was entitled to take any course he of electric light for indoor use. The Mr Kipling : I could not tell you. I was pay 4s. in each case. He said his lamp had and in his (Mr Heslop's) opinion the question of street-lighting is for the rate- told the bottom pump was not working and become disconnected and someone had ance company would have honoured payers to consider. I move that we refer that people have to go to the top pump in stolen the white surface while he was at claim that might have been made is the plan to the Parish Council in order order to obtain water. Houghton-le-Spring, arid it was too late to accident happened. that a parish meeting may be called. The Chairman : We will have the matter buy another. It was too late to report the The bench considered the offenc: - in the cut-out gagmen The Conncil agreed. looked into. loss to the police. been proved, although defendant ha, t";'king them you say thinkingly performed a good-nature ishsei:anilvteneuveoseit_hietd.ried:iupe ,r pa 0l:L Ovington Green. Ovington Water. Young Motorist in Trouble: He would be fined 5s. and have to begin to cut A letter was read from the auctioneers The Inspector reported with regard to the Aakes. Remember Clarence L. Watson, Barnard Castle, was 2s. 5d. expenses, his licence being 1. who recently sold portions of the Wycliffe proposed Ovington water supply scheme alhwed for on the summoned for driving a motor car without endorsed nor suspended. estate inquiring whether the Council would that the engineer's estimate of the cost was due .care and attention near Gainford on i HE A New Ottenc2. 1"r to its fu accept responsibility for the care of the £310, and before they could give an estimate October 23rd. Mr \V. H. Passey, Bishop lNI1Geworni°deth Joseph Hull, Tisdale Crescent, elm: village green at Ovington and maintain it. of the cost of the second scheme from a Auckland, defended. tu. , for using a motor lorry in such a ic 1 the fold is 0 The . Chairman : Who are the village supply in the field of Mr Brown they con- Wilfred James Smith, Barnard Castle, carefullylity beftto ,,) greens vested in ? sidered it necessary'to make a bore-hole, said he and two .others were cycling from as to cause an excessive noise, was (-• ,er ial cannot slip and asked for an advance of £50 toward evidence of P.C. Reeks fined 5s. Th , (tatting out. and The Clerk : It varies in different places. Piercebridge toward Barnard Castle about lil t es upon t In some cases they are vested in the parish the expense before they could give an stable said the defendant was accetc g 9-15 p.m., witness riding between the other rid aetrr teiedge of back estimate. unnecessarily in low gear on startir Tl council and in others the lord of the manor. two in single file. Near Snow Hall a car's tlI collar At Romaldkirk the green belongs to the Mr Herbert : A water diviner says there light warned them that a car was approach- car and remained in low gear tic vt'igecsroscas. the fleeter as lord of the manor. is plenty of water under that field. - ing them from the rear. The left wheel of way through Staindrop, causin_ , C .—Tac I lie Mr Welsh said that the green at Boldron Mr W. Armstrong said the cost would be the car, driven by the defendant, ran into loud roar all the way. This was h - charge of its kind before the court. belonged to the lords in trust of the manor £30 at least. the hind wheel of a cycle ridden by a lad , El tin Nie—ntA facinroielgocnnneigangstiesit Of Bowes. The Chairman : It would be better to have named Robinson and knocked him into the Chairman said it was an annoyie, Mr J. Herbert moved that the question of a price per foot. ditch. Witness was thrown over the top of on the part of some motorists. maintaining the green at 'Ovington be left Mr Alderson moved that the cost of boring his machine.—Cross -examined : The two in Three Offences. evhwveeki r ,taoaa,t andantidt i tea' 1i to idar to the parish meeting. per foot be obtained, the Chairman and front of Barker were riding abreast just John Stockdale, Stainton, was so , bottom Mr Kipling seconded.—Agreed - to. Messrs Garth and Herbert to arrange with before the accident, which occurred at an a motor cycle without for driving The Clerk said the parish meeting at the engineer. " S " bend. licence, using the cycle without ts Ovington had other property vested in it, It was stated that the cost of the boring George Gordon Barker, Barnard Castle, fund licence, and without a certiti::!! t including the mission room. would fall on the district. said he was one of the cyclists, Robinson third party insurance, on October t:::::(111 and gwaisl Corner to be Taken Off. Barningham Water. being in front, Smith in the middle, and Dent Gate. . Mr J. \V. Kipling, referring to the con- The Inspector reported - that a parish witness in the rear. They were riding in He was fined 4s. in each case with V- mnt tistitchs itdkon oeatftijith templated erection of a house at the corner meeting at Barningham had suggested single file. He heard no warning from expenses. His licence was not suspeo nrietye of the Baldersdale road at the west end of laying iron pipes through the whole of the Watson's car.—Cross-examined : Smith and the Lugrnesingrs, slipn it Cotherstone, suggested that the corner village to the moor gate with a view to Robinson rode side by side before they OOD PRINTING is the CHEAPEST. 5- the ages round neck

should be taken off and the road widened. improving the village water supply. He reached the bend. They were travelling at G ink, good paper, good taste, arts arid rawl edges of th e suggested 3-inch pipes, but the meeting twelve miles an hour. display and punctuality in the execullc. Agate Mr Armory said it was the duty of the I the favoured 2-inch pipes thinking they would Clarence Robinson, Startforth, another of of order can be relied on at the TEESD• paln facing. In County Council to see that sufficient land MERCURY PRINTING WORKS, BARNAR, fell turning at the was taken for the purpose. be cheaper, while really the 2in. pipes were the cyclists, said they always changed into CASTLE. Tel. 45. Cover "or the edge the wrong si