OPOTIKI NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11835, 4 January 1933, Page 3

OPOTIKI NEWS.

’G AOL’FOR THEFT FROM"'HOTEL!

(Special to the Tunes.) i George . O’Sullivau, aged about 40, was charged in the Opotiki Magistrate’s Court before Justices with stealing two. spanners the property ofrGeorge Anderson. TWSorgt. Miller, stated that accused was a, bird of passage and took the spanners out of .Anderson’s garage, afterwards selling them in another garage, stating that ho, was an engineer ;out of work. Accused was then charged with • stealing two strings .of . heads ' valued at £lO Is, also. 7s-in. cash.- the property of Airs ; E. Jackson, .of Remuera Auckland. Tlie, evidence of-Airs. Jackson showed that - she left the heads in a Jewel .case on the dressing table in he r room in the Roval Hotel where she .was staving. The monov was in a purse in « a" drawer.' ' Rlie did not ,miss the' articles or monev until tho Sunday morning, and boVI not authorised anyone to remove them from her room. ' ■

John Jesse Fov staled that, he met accused' about ■'R'-n.ni. on Saturday. When the’ latter offeror! 'ho 'sell' hun the hohrls TV* rod need for 8s Ad. WO> n.-'ss refused •+,-->'hur and aeeuso'l i rio h>m to .take Them home. Aceus"J mq rerv drunk at the time. *An Sunday morning, on information re. e/ffyod. witness‘took the heads to the ■noli re. ■ XTr* V TUarrin priori rirpvririetrecS r t ihe Derynchire r,l Ir- P'll or sa . *,i.oied +h at n rented hooked ‘i room •>r!f,h her op 'ffridnv -night and p.t.avod there. hut, lafi. in the mOnPnn-. Wo hepl-ed arrain on Qfilnyl-n; uiohi. end hho-trod her and her daughter a -4-rip.Y of .heads similar fa t.hoco prodnood. CPT-Uirr ihav he'd hcoT! thrown at h' m rlnyinrr the day. Const able Proof! cad he arresJod aroused on the Td- Ta™o on Sendifr morning, and. la +ew beird of + lio articles missing Rom the Roval Hotcl made Jinnuiries and roeovarot <he one c-fcnno of heads '■ 'om t’io -witness -For. Accused said he did rof romemhor anything n'ort the Fafii'Tav afternoon. At- about 2 p.m. on turdar accused had entered, ihe nnliee station mv’ stated that he had lent a ATanri 2s. Tmt was noi d-unk then. Wit.ne=« made further inouirles and found that poeused had bought a hat. for 10s. aud had rv»id hock Is he had borrowed from AD*. Warrington, o mired nlcadod not guilt v f ’ T,f ’acted to he don't with summarilyHo then entered the witness-box and denied ' all knowledge of the bends and missing money. TTo stated that he was trying to get to Gisborne n n the cheap as he had very little m-’-uoy a nd had stolen the spanners with •a view to supplementing his funds. The Bench said they did not believe a word of his stow and convicted and. discharged him on the first charge. On the second charge, ho was convicted and sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment- m Mount Fden. An application for suppression of his name was refused. bowling. Games were played on the Opotiki Citizens’ Clubs rinks on Saturdaj a. follows: — Handicap Singles: Battle O v. Foy 1.7 . Other games were: Briggs and Frew 18 v. Patterson and O’Sullivan 14; Stewart and Creagh 23 v. Simmonds and AA-curson 10. On the Opotiki Bowling Cwb’s rinks, playing for the Silver Feathers, Chapman and Candy (holders) defeated Aioody and Reece, 22-2).

WEDDING. MONTGOMERY—JEER. •The. Kutarere. Methodist Church was '• 'stefuliy decorated on December 29 for the wedding of Amv Beatrice, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. p° Jurd, of Kutarere, to Vincent Montgomery, youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Thomas Montgomery, of Mititai, Northern Wairoa. The Rev. G. R. Harris, of Opotiki, performed the ceremony. Mrs. Holmes presided at the organ. The bride, who was given away b 3’ her father,’wore a frock of ivory georgette with lace inset in the skirt and at the neck, and a coatee, of the same material. Her tulle veil which formed a train was arranged on the head with orange blossom, and her bouquet was of white Christmas lilies and gvpsophila. In attendance ns bridesmaids were Miss Gertie Jurd and Miss Janet P.oss, who were similarly gowned in green and pink floral georgette and wore pink and green felt pictuie bats. They carried bouquets of pink carnations ‘and Igypsophilft. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. R. Montgomery as best man and b v Mr V. Cox as groomsman. Tile wedding luncheon was served at the home of the bride, the bride’s mother receiving her guests in a black frock, with hat to match and feather boa. Her bouquet was of red carnations and maidenhair fern. The bridegroom’s mother wore a black crcpc de chine frock with black felt hat and carried a bouquet ol rnauve Michaelmas daisies. The happy couple left for the wedding tour in the afternoon, the bride wearing a turquoise blue ensemble and hat to tone.