LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 19518, 28 March 1927, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

On Friday, January 21, an old man named William M‘Vny 'eft the City Hotel, Auckland to attend the P inket Shield cricket match between Aud ‘V and Wellington at Eden lark, binco that time ho has not been seen. His relatives and friends have been making inquiries everywhere, so far without a clue to bis possible whereabouts being obtained. W H. Edwards was sentenced at Auckland to three months’ imprisonment, to be followed by twelve months reformative detention, on a cliar § c °‘ issuing valueless cheques. _ He bad ton previous convictions, principally lor false pretences, since 1913. An outbreak of fire which occurred at Taihape at 3 o’clock on Saturday morning completely destroyed an cigtitroomed house owned and occupied by Mr A. M. Uvan. The fire bad a good hold when the occupants were awakened by suffocating smoke, and escaped in the'ir night attire. Guy Ryan a son of the owner, was burnt about the face and hands. Mrs Ryan is in hospital suffering from shock. The others were uninjured. The house and furniture, which are a total loss, were insured for £1.200, The loss over the insurance is considerable. Henry Edward Jefferd, aged fiftyseven, charged in the Auckland Police Court with stealing a dress ornament from a city shop, asked for another chance, offering to take out a prohibition order. Chief-detective Cummings said that Jefferd was an old criminal with a long record. Ho was the greatest safe-breaker in New Zealand at one time, but had been behaving well lately, though he drank too much. _ The accused was convicted and discharged, with an order to take out a prohibition order. In a letter to the radio editor of the Christchurch ‘ Star ’ Mr,C.'L. Button, of Canterbury College, relates a wonderful experience he had when listening in on his short-wave receiver. He writes: “I thought you would be interested to hear about an experimental transmission which I heard this morning. It was by the Phillips Glow Lamp Company, of Eindhoven, Holland. I first heard it at 6 a.in. on a 3L1.2 metres, call sign “HBJJ,” and it continued until 8.50 a.m.. when I had to leave it. The transmission consisted of about fifteen gramophone records. The announcements and speech were in French, except one, which was in English. The transmission was at good phone strength on two pairs of phones, with a detector and two stages of audio without earth.. There was no fading.”