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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 124, 25 May 1920, Page 2

'Application \vas recently made T>t Dr. FuUerton to the Mt. Albert Bbronft Council that he be permitted to Teqnni the City Council to supply liim tKSi electricity. Thi3 the Iborougii *oingl ■greed to do, provided that mpplko* was willing to discontinue .tta supply when requested to do m> by than. The City Council had refused to supply on these terms, and a further Utter wit received from the doctor at last meeting of the iborough council. ■ T&t 3layor, however, held that ii *«c &■ practicable to allow the City Council to supply light without conditions,r M,tt» borough council might, in the'_MSr future, join hands with other Weri bodies in installing an electric scheme of their own. It was therefore decided te keeo to their previous decision; i ;"-'■:

The proceedings at the Polite C6pt this morning were of a formal natate, the cases commanding- the attention of Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M., 'being yntHoU exception the outcome of dninkeflniSt A woman was the first called, tai when she failed fo show Tierself it-»•» explained that she strongly objected to being efecorted in a taxi to the Vtxk-VQ "when nnder the influence. So etolit » resistance did she put up that.ek* damaged the conveyance to the extent of 7/6. This sum was added to the.lo/ penalty for getting drunk. Two other ! inebriates got off with a convictioßt while Harold X. Davis, wTio had insiilted and interrupted a constable in the exertion of his duty, until he hrmself-wM added to the 'bag, was fined £5. .'Frederick Miller, who had attempted suicide in a fit of depression, found a gOW iSa-maritan who offered him a home end light work. He was ordered to m«k« good his hospital expenses (£5 2/6) within three ninths, and come lip for sentence if called upon within the year.

The resignation of Councillor P- & AnseU, o f _\it. Albert Borough Council, was received at the council's meetml last night. Mr. Ansel! stated that 1* was now living outside the borough, and thus ineligible for a seat on tne council His resignation was accepted wiA regret, both the Mayor and Count M?' O. H. Tage speaking highly of -tie retiring councillor's good work and keea interest in the affairs of local government. Last month the large shipping M?* entered the port of Auckland showed an increase over April, 1019, of 17 vessela, of 82,735 gross and 62,930 net ton* a very substantial advance in oversew tonnage visiting the port. In this increase, however, one vessel, H-M* Kenown, accounted for 32,200 tons, the largest vessel that has yet entered a"? Austryasian port, and the first berthing of which Auckland has the honour. An amusing incident occurred yesterday in Upper Queen Street, when the driver of a motor ear proceeding down jthe thoroughfare had his hat Wown off. !He got out of the car and ivas recovering his errant headgear, when his car I began to move downhill. Jt collided i with several lamp-posts, and finally charged into another car coming up tht street. Slight injury to the mudguards and lamps was all" the damage eus- , tamed. It transpires that the driver was [■to be married later on in the day, and this may explain his apparent forgetfulness in not turning off the ignitio* switch. ,