PATEA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 June 1924, Page 3

PATEA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) MAG ISTRATE’S COURT. The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court was held on Wednesday last, Mr. Barton, presiding. Judgment was given for plaintiff by default in the 1 following cases : —Dr. Simmons v. W. Neithe, 10s costs only; Haworth and Keane v. James Owen, £7 8s sd; A. Edser v. Joseph Weir, £7 8s 4d; Nurse N. Iveightley v. N. Tinney, £l7 I s 6d; McCarty and Hunger v. J. G. Rutherford, £l3 75.. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. R, A. Adams, Ltd. v, Joe x<ucas, £8 13s lid, adjourned till next court day. CONVICTION RECORDED. The Native, Ngahuta, who was before the court at the May sittings for ■stealing the sum of £4 from the residence of Mr. A. Mercer, came up for sentence. After hearing Mr. Roberts for the accused, a conviction was recorded, and the accused ordered to come up for sentence at- the sitting of the court- in June, 1925; to refund to Mr. Mercer within two months the sum of £4, and to obey certain other conditions that will he imposed by the probation officer. GENERAL. The branch, factory at Westholm, near Wlaverley, belonging to the Whemiakura Dairy Company, is now being remodelled and added to, the work to be finished in time for the commencement of the new season. Mr; White-ford, of the Albion Hotel, has sold his interest in the place to Mr. Lynch, of Palmerston North. Mr. Lynch, I understand, takes possession of the hotel on the 2nd proximo. The twilight dance arranged by the committee and members of the local branch of the P'lunket Society was held on Tuesday night in tjie Town Hall. A very great number of dancers and onlookers were present, and the unanimous opinion of those present was that it was one of the most successful dances ever held in Patea. A feature of the dance was the tasteful way in which the Hall and supper room were decorated with streamers and coloured lights, the effects being most pleasing, and reflected great credit on those responsible for the carrying out of the work. The Premier Orchestra isupplied the music and Messrs. W. Fitzwater and J. Haworth were untiring in their duties as M.C.’.s. Rifleman M. Carey has again won the championship of the Patea Rifle Club.