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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 105, 3 May 1919, Page 8

At Wellington yesterday. William Kenny, a wharf labourer, was fined i".'l.-i j and £5 respectively on charges of refus- | ing to reply to the questions of the (us- I turns officers, and using abusive binguage. The magistrate considered it a case of stupid obstinacy, and any application to the Minister for Justice for a , reduction of the penalty would have his full concurrence. i A remit to the annual conference of , the New Zealand Fanners' Union, that the Government be again urged to push , on the early construction of the Bay of I , Plenty railway, met with support of the ' Auckland branch of tlie union yesler- j , day. The chairman, Mr. L. G. P. Spencer, I j .-aid that he was a great believer in the ' expediting of this railway, but was not as , exacting as some people who were clam- , ouring for its construction to Auckland I , immediately. He did think, however, that the present rate of progress was a ' j scandal, and he favoured the contract . sytem over the easy stretches of coun- ] try. j A lecture will be delivered at the New Church. Xewton Road, on Wednesday -■veiling on the subject of the League of • Vations and the political principles of ! Federal I'nitv as set out by George ! . Mason, one of the founders of tlie Amcri- , j -an Constitution. j f Mr. Guy K. Hansard, an officer of the j Hritish Motor Patrol, will return to ' n N'ejv Zealand by the Makura on "Monday, 1 Mr. Hansard enlisted immediately on tlie ] outbreak of war. and was a member of j the force which was sent down to cap- ' Lure and occupy Samoa. He served there .' for ten months, and then returned to "" Auckland. On the formation of the Motor Boat Volunteer Corps for service ! in the Xorth Sea. Mr. Hansard imme- " iliately offered himself, was accepted, '! and served in the patrol for many * months. I.aler he was transferred to j the headquarters stall and was stationed ' 5 ul Southampton, when the armistice was t "i_ned. ; ( —hut linoleums are reduced to (i/11 , R H. and I) li per yard at M.-lv,-,-,,"., Fur- n nislnng Department in Karangahape' I Road.—(Ad.) c ' j