AN AUCKLAND RAID.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18127, 17 July 1924, Page 13

AN AUCKLAND RAID.

ALLEGED HAZARDS SCHOOL. (muess association tiusobau.) AUCKLAND, July IC. As a result of a police raid on i boardinghouse in Hobson street, where hazards was allegedly played, 28 were arrested, and brought before a J.P. John Baklish was charged with being the keeper of a common gaminghouse, and the other 2%, many of them Jugo-Slavs, with being on the .premises. A reffland Was granted 'till the morning. A fair ©sample of unpardonable ignorance of Now Zealand has oom© iroin a Palmerston North visitor to "the Wembley Exhibition. It is in the form of a historic sketch of New Zealand entitled, "The danger of thosnagcer," in which men Are described as carrying their "snags" or as r'snaffging it" to tlio goldfields in New Zealand. The article is published in'what we hitherto believed to lie a high-class magazine and is from the pen erf "A New Zealand Lady"! It is well illustrated by sketches of Maori life, which were apparently "snagged" from some more accurate source.

PAPANUI BURGESSES. ; « MEETING OF ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Papanui Burgesses' Association was held last evening, Mr S. E. McCarthy presiding. In Tcsponse to' a letter from the Association, the Town Clfcik wrote stating that the matter concerning l the p&tfc had been referred to the Works Committee and tho Reserves Committee, whet would deal with it. The Post and Telegraph Department advised that no stamp-vending Were at present available for use at Papanui, but the matter would be noted for future consideration.

It was decided to ask Messrs E. H. S. Hamilton, "W. P. Spenoer, and' H. G. Livingstone to address the Association on Srainage board affairs, on a date to be suitable to tho speakers. Mr E. "W. Morgan was appointed auditor to the Association. t A motion was adopted expressing: appreciation of the fact that the poll for the loan to purchase St. James Park vras carried by a large majority. The hope was expressed that the City Council would proceed with the preparation of the ground as soon M possible, eo that the present eeawn' : wou]d''*»ot ; 'be lost. ' '■ ' Mr R. Patrick; reported that he had attended the meeting of tho United Burgesses' Association, .when the evening wan chiefly taken up with the matter of dirty rivers end the canal scheme, Mr R. B. Owen had given an address, urging the formation of another local body to look after the river, but he thought that the members were not in favour of it. The arose as to what would beoome of the sewage which found its way into the river, and the Drainage Board seemed to think that nothing could" be' done until the main sewers were connected up. Mr Owen seemed to have some idea as to how to aoal with this, but he would not disclose it. With regard to the canal question, a speaker had shown that three engineers lad said that the scheme was practicable. iTle canal proposal had been favourably received, and the members had felt that it. waa a step in the 1 right direction. The discussion on the canal question -had been left- ih* abeyance. Gratification wm expressed at the decision of the City Council to provide additional street lights, and the proposed water reticulation of Papanui. It'was decided to commence a new mem-, bership campaign, instead of increasing 'the subscription.

JUKILb i/MAULICH. ♦— SENTENCE SUSPENDED. (raws usoeusin rtxaoaut) AUCKLAND, July 16. The jockey, Harold Norman Wigj&u, who tvbs recently deprived of ci*3 rights for ten your*, applied for a *»• hearing. It was stated that at the bearigfij Wiggins, who is 19 years old, pteaara ss au exousa for failing to attend onu that he was often away from Aowland, whereas the realreasonwaa tlsaft he suffered from physical fatigue as* result of rheumatic fetcr and cardiac trouble in 1923. Horso-ridi ng did Sgfc iffect hint. He could not stand *t»t For any length of time. Wicgjaia'a lienJfch had now improved, and be WW ready to drill. A Mr Poynton adjourned the ca«® far a year, tbe threat of deprivation Mißg held over defendant.