LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 20666, 13 December 1930, Page 12

LOCAL AND GENERAL

When the Maungamii arrived at Wellington on December 1 irpm Sydney, six carriers made up their minds to' resist requests of Harbour Board officials to leave the wharf after they had secured one job. Two carriers went off the wharf when the police were called, and the other four, who refused to go until they were ready, appeared at the Magistrate’s Court to-day charged with failure to-remove their vehicles from the wharf at the request of the wharfinger. The carriers against whom the charges were made felt that they were suffering an injustice owing to a by-law recently introduced by the Harbour Board, whereby a carrier has to leave the wharf after he has' secured one job. Each of the defendants was convicted and ordered to pay costs. A tense atmosphere was creatcd < at the conclusion of the prize-giving ceremony at the Wanganui Cojlegiatc School last night (reports a Press Association message), when Mr C. .Raynor White surprised the largo assemblage by voicing an emphatic protest against his dismissal. In accents which rang round the walls be described his treatment as most uncharitable and unjust, and lie complained that he had been dismissed by one who could not judge of his qualifications. The dramatic incident ended when the National Anthem was sung, no official comment being made. The number of calls received by the Wellington Fire Brigade last month, namely 101, is one of tho largest totals over - recorded in Wellington, The false alarms numbered thirty-four, and of these twenty-one .were malicious. Of tho remaining , sixty-seven calls thirty-two were property fires, eight •were .chimney Tires, and twenty-seven were gorse, grass, and rubbish fires, la eight months ended November the brigade, has received 640. y calls, eoip-'pared-■•'with","436 for' the corresponding period of last year, Just - before ■ 5 o’clodc yesterday morning n room thief was discovered in the Criterion Hotel at Blenheim by guests whom ho had disturbed. He decamped after stealing tho sum of £5 in cash and a cheque for £7. Payment of the cheque has been stopped at the bank. Tho thief devoted his predatory attentions to the rooms occupied by tho members of the Nelson representative cricket team, who arrived on Thursday evening to play in tho Hawke Cup preliminary match against Marlborough, and it was from two players, Alexander Newman and C. F. Shuttleworth, that ho stole the money. Tho thief gob clear away. At the Mosgicl Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr J. It. Bartholomew, Sil., judgment was given for tho defendant in a claim for £2 14s (cartage and erection of posts). The Magistrate said that it was evident that confusion had arisen between tho parties as to the amount tho plaintiff was to receive for tho work. Judgment was given for E. J. Turnbull against C. Chettlcburgh, rent duo (£22 19s lOd) and an order was made for possession on or before December 19, of a house. A. A. Aitkou was granted remission of arrears in respect of three maintenance orders, the amount involved up to. October 6 being £79 9s. William R. Ramsay and Robert Love wore each fined £3 and costs 12s for illegally taking trout from an unnamed- stream running into Post Office Creek, Waipori. ’ Tho monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of tho Y.W.C.A. was held on Wednesday last, Mrs Nicolsoa presiding, with fourteen members present. Tho devotional period was led by Canon Button. Correspondence was read from tho world’s office in Geneva, from New Zealand headquarters office regarding the' girl citizens’ conference being hold in January in New Plymouth, and re the secretarial training school and tho Waikanao youth workers’ conference in February. Miss Law, the national secretary lor New Zealand, is unable to fulfil her engagement with the Canadian Y.W.C.A., owing to the unemployment restrictions debarring entrance into that country for all under contract of employment,-' and it is hoped that Miss Law will now continue in her present position until September. News xvas received that Miss D. Lynn, of the Timaru Association, had been appointed girls’ work secretary of Auckland Association. Miss Morton has been appointed general secretary of Timani, and Miss 0. Ashton general secretary of the Palmerston North Association in place of Miss Jamieson, who is shortly to ho married. It was decided tortlis play the goods loft over from tho recent fair next week, so as to give any who wish; an opportunity of procuring these for Christmas gifts. They will ho sold at reduced prices, and the funds will assist girl citizens to attend tho dominion conference. Reports were received from tho Council of Uiriitnn Congregations, from the National Council of Women, and from the Voca tional Guidance Committee and the youth workers’ conference. The pr cadent dosed the meeting with Ulmsfinas wishes, to all. ’