LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 19522, 1 April 1927, Page 14

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Three charges of unlawfully using an instrument on March 3 and April 9, 1925, and Juno 8, 1926, were preferred against Hannah Matilda Dalton, aged fifty-four, in the Police Court, Auckland. After evidence had been heard accused pleaded not guilty, and was committed to the Supremo Court for trial. James Julian East was brought before justices of the peace at Waipukurau charged with having, while clerk to the Waipawa Hospital Board, received from Jeffery Hill £IOO, and with having fraudulently omitted to account for the money. He was remanded to appear before the Magistrate’s Court on April 8. Bail was granted, self £3OO, and two sureties of £l5O each, accused to report to the police daily. Building in Palmerston North during tho past year touched the Highest point in tho history of the town, the value of construction eclipsing the record established in 1925-26. For the twelve months ended yesterday permits to tho value of £329,760 were issued, including 200 for houses. The West Henshaw, which left Wellington at 5 p.m. on Wednesday for Lyttelton, transmitted a radio message stating that she was meeting with heavy weather, and would not arrive at Lyttelton till 7 o’clock this morning. The ferry steamer was forty-five minutes late in arriving at Lyttelton.

A large conflagration which is presumed to have originated in a small cottage owned by Mrs J. King at Blenheim was responsible for tho complete gutting of the cottage and two shops, one owned by Mr A. Price and occupied by Mr W. 11. Marriott (tailor), and the other occupied by Mr L. S. Smith (grocer). The insurances arc not available except in the case of Mr Marriott, who had £250 on his stock in tho Norwich Union Office.

Tho apportionment of £4,825 7s Kkl, payable to acclimatisation sonieties in connection with opossums, representing tho amounts received by way of fines, together with half tho net revenue derived from fees and opossum royalties, is gazetted. Tho Wellington Society gets £1,822 19s, Otago £728, North Canterbury £299 19s, South Canterbury £2l Is 9d, Auckland £42 7s 3d, Hawera £3B Is. Nelson £304 Cs, Rotorua £174 Os lOd, Stratford £lB 16s 3d, Taranaki £IBO IGs 9d, Wanganui £2OS 19s 6d.

The dominion conference of federated women’s clubs was opened at Auckland yesterday Lady Lindo Ferguson, the retiring president, is absent in England, and Mrs W H. Parkes (president of tho Auckland Club) was elected president of the Dominion Federated Clubs for the ensuing year. The following remits by North Otago Women’s Club were carried:—(l) “That representatives of New Zealand women’s elubs should petition the Government to exercise in the interests of the youth of the dominion a stricter censorship over picture films”; (2) “that they protest against the introduction into New Zealand of beauty contests, on tho ground that such contests are demoralising to the, participants, and engender in a large section of the public a totally false idea of values.” It was decided to hold next voar's conference in Christchurch nest March.

Christian John Taylor was charged in tho Police Court, Auckland, with theft and false pretences, involving £242. Accused (pleaded guilty to all charges, and was committed to the Supremo Court for (sentence. The principal sum concerned was in connection with tho Reliance Printing Company, for which accused was employed getting contracts. From June. 1926. to February, 1927, he collected'£2ol from business people in the eitv, and lie had not accounted for it to the company. In addition accused had received £22 10s commission on contracts that were not genuine. Tho Confiscated Native Lands Commission opened a sitting at Tauranjia yesterday morning, when Mr D. ft. Smith, counsel for _ tho petitioning Natives,in that district, traversed the position loading up to Waikato sending an armed force to Tauranga. ending in the battle of Gate Pa and Tc Eainga. Ho then dealt with tho negotiations by Governor Grey, under which the Natives handed over 214,000 acres, of which the Government retained 50,000, and then purchased a considerable area at 3s an aero at a time when private speculators were paying £4 an acre. Counsel contended that that was unjust, and, further, that, many loyal Natives had not had their ancestral rights in their lands restored to them, Tho Taranaki, district fire brigade demonstration was held at Stratford yesterday. 'Results:—Two-men modern event (wet): Hawera A 1 ; Hawera B 2, Patea 3. Two-men coupling; Hawera A .1, Hawera. B 2, Elthnm 3. Throemen event (wet) : Mannia 1, Stratford 2, Hawera 3. Three-men event (hose, hydrant, and union): Stratford 1, Hawera A 2, Hawera B 3. Re.scne event; .Hawera A I, Stratford 2, Hawera B 3. Five-men modern reel, hose, and ladder; Hawera 1, Stratford 2, Elthnm 3. Four-men reel event; Stratford 1, Hawera A 2, Patea 3. Hose, hydrant, and union: Stratford .1, Hawera 2, Patea 3.

Tho monthly executive meeting of the .Roslyn nltd Knikorai Ratepayers’ Association was hold on Thursday evening, Air P. I<. Ritchie (president) in the chair. A long.by consideration was held by members on the City Council's estimates, as submitted to the association. for works to he proceeded with in tho district during the year just dosed. The secretiny was instructed tp write thanking the City Conned for the consistent manner in which the scheduled works had been carried out. Throe big works were, however, still in the minds of this association—tho widening ol the three main thoroughfares—the Knikorai Valley road as far as the mill, the West Taieri road as fains Wakari, and Ilighgate. The council was congratulated on facing the problem of widening the latter when land had to be bought, with the, addition of reconstruction and after that part was sufficiently dealt with this association would urge tho other two works being put in hand. The forthcoming council elections rvero reviewed, and hopes were expressed that representation in the council should bo attained. Should any resident .stand for a sent in tho council in the interests of tho district support from Ihe association would bo forthcoming. If tho other ratepayers' i ssoeiations around the citv declared a candidate tor their respective districts the support of the association could bo assured.