LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 20023, 14 November 1928, Page 9

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Walter Henry . Hailey, a retired farmer, formerly of Ivimboltoii, beild* iurf, died at Wellington on Saturday, aged seventy-eight. It is understood (says a Press Association telegram) that ho leaves substantial to public institutions, including the City Council. Tho JirsL wool sale ot the 1928-29 season will bo held at the Town Hall, Wellington, on Friday. Unfortunately owing to tho inclement weather preventing shearing operations during tho past week, tho quantity of wool to be offered totals only 7,775 bales, against 9,083 bales at the November sale last yean. • This is believed to be the smallest catalogue offered at the first sale of the season for many years. At the Supremo Court, Napier, in the cuso ot dean Cowan v. the King, arising out of an accident between a Government railway bus and a lorry in which the plaintiff was travelling, the Tull claim of £286 14s 6d was granted. The claim was the sequel to a collision on the Waitaugi bridge last year, *vhcn the pupils of the Technical College were returning from their animal picnic, the plaintiff’s arm being seriously injured. When Armits, Ltd., were convicted last week at Wellington in respect to vending cigarettes by an automatic machine after closing hours, the magistrate, deferred judgment to ahow In’s decision to be considered in view of an appeal. Yesterday be imposed a fine of £l. The Marlborough Aero Club has appointed its president (Mr J. 11. Dix) as its delegate to tho International Civil Aeronautical Conference at Washington in ’December. 11c leaves by the Aorangi from Auckland on November 20, and lias agreed to represent the Auckland Club. Th fortnightly meeting of the Optimists’ Club was held in tho Y.M.C.A. rooms yesterday, when the chairman introduced tho speaker, Mr P. R. Sargood, who gave a most impressive address on ‘Personality,’ stressing such points as imagination, ambition, forccfulncss, sell-control, dependability, friendliness, and tolerance. The singing of the National Anthem closed the meeting.