LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 217, 27 August 1927, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

At Palmerston North to-dav. George Anderson, who had just come out oi gaol, was sentenced to three months for obtaining monev bv fraud,—Press Association.

Shirts this season are going to be in bright gay colours—and as usual, Blackmore and Co. are advertising them in advance of all others. A visit to their shop just now will show you exactly the types of shirts that will be popular through spring and summer.

The first display of the new police uniform by the Hastings force took place yesterday afternoon, when Gun stable Walker appeared an street duty in the latest regulation outfit It was only however, a “preliminary canter" to the wearing of the uniform continuously, which, it is understood, will not he donned “for keeps" until the weather sees fit ’.o become more settled.

“Is that what you call purchasing land?" asked Mr. Justice Macgregor in the Supreme Court at New Ply mouth, when counsel in an applica tion for discharge in bankruptcy stated that the bankrupt had pur chased a large block of 50,000 acres of land for £ll,OOO. No cash passed and the whole of the purchase money was allowed by the vendor to remain on mortgage at a very low rate interest. It was subsequently stated that the land in question was valued hy fhe Government Valuation Department at. £22,1X10. That valuation had since been reduced to £14.000, and the land could now be bought for £7IXIO It was therefore suggested that the bankrupt had been led into this rash speculation by the high Government assessment.

The next annual meeting of the North Island (N.Z.) Motor Union is to be held in the Wairarapa district, the town to be decided upon later.

Mr. W. K. Percy, of Hastings, has been very successful at the recent Wellington Dog Show, having taken three firsts in the smooth-coated fox terrier class with his entry, “Winstone Fay.”

The Hastings Citizens’ Band will hold their usual dance and card party on Monday, not Tuesday evening, so that it may not clash with the South Islanders’ re-union.

"If we get daylight saving we will soon tone down these Australian elevens," said Mr J. 8. Barrett at the last meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council. “AU we want is daylight saving and it won't be long," agreed the chairman, Mr D. Reese.

Reporting to the Wellington Fire Board, Superintendent Creek drew attention to the prevalence of sub picious fires, seven having occurred in the past three months, four of them in one suburb, Kilbirnie. In one case a man wa s convicted and in another a boy of 14j was found guilty.

A valuable car, the property of Mr. Walter Lambourne. was stolen I'st evening from outside his offices nt the Three Lamps, Ponsonby (Auckland). Mr Lambourne left the car at 6.15 o’clock last evening but when he returned at 9.30 it had di' appeared —(Special Correspondent)

One hind wheel of a motor car came off in Manners street, Wellington, yesterday and ran on to the footpath and struck a man. fortunately doing no injury The cap flew oft the wheel and lodged in an adjacent shop. The car dragged along on three wheels foj some distance before it was stopped.

The Compensation Court at Gisborne awarded George Lawless £ll,426 in satisfaction of his claims against the Gisborne Harbour Board, being compensation for land taken for harbour purposes. Lawless claimed £28,415. Mr. Justice Ostler announced that the court’s decision was unanimous. Each party will pay its own costs.—(Press Association.)

For a breach of the regulation which forbids the use of boric acid as a preservative tor bacon, a nutnbei of Auckland bacon curers were fined in the Police Court. The defendant:were The Auckland Meat Co., Ltd , Basil Darnell. Frank Farnell, George Harrison, the Hydra Bacon Co.. T Raster, F, N. Mandeno and W Millerchan. Basil Darnell and Frank Farne'd, neither of whom had received notice of the regulation were convicted and ordered to pay costs. The other defendants were each fined £2.

“Strenuous work, this rehearsing business." was the remark of more than one of two dozen young people practising choruses for the ‘'Gondoliers 1 ' scenes, which will be a principal feature of the High School entertainment on Monday. September 19, in the Hastings Municipal Theatre. With the keen enthusiasm of youth, the work is being carried on with a will, and the result should prove more than satisfying.

A protest against what was termed the "totally inadequate sentences" imposed on Stacey and Harper, who were convicted of the manslaughter of a service car driver on the Hutt road, is to be made according to ■ resolution passed at the annual meeting ot the North Island Motor Uhioi. in Napier yesterday, when the mover, Mr. H ll Mawley, of Wairarapa, commented; "It is so obvious and the press have given the matter such prominence that an explanation and discussion are unnecessary." "Road advertising goes on just »> usual," commented Mr. H, E. Jones, of Auckland, at the annual meeting of the North Island Motor Union in .Xapier yesterday when he move-1 that the union make representations to the Mmistei of Internal Affairs that permits must be obtained before an advertisement of any description was erected on a public highway u such other steps be taken as mav be considered necessary to regulate rural advertising.—Mr Ivon V. Wilson (Wellington) seconded the motion, which was carried.

In the Magistate’s Court at New Plymouth yesterday George Cook pleaded guilty to charges of attempted suicide and to doing grievous bodily harm to Rov Harvey. He was committed to the Wellington Supreme Court for sentence. The incident occurred in the Waitara Hotel, where, in a scuffle following an argument Cook attacked Harvey with a razor, seriously cutting him. and subsequently he slashed his own irrist.

Mr Riddell, S.M.. at Wellington to-day. gave judgment’ for £3 10s against the Victoria Laundry in favour of the plaintiffs, Stevens ahd wife, claiming £7 10s in respect to a coat which was sent to be dved. but which came back patchv. for hich the defendants blamed the fading of the original colour. Mr Riddell said that if the firm thought it could not have done the work, it should have refused to dye the coat at all

She was “broke" and took no pains to hide the fact, for as she swayed from one side of the footpath to the other she turned inside out a handbag such as is the fashion nowadays. This alone attracted the curiosity of a number of Hastings people on their way home last evening. More was to come, however, for the erring me had a bicycle, which she was unable to mount and perforce was obliged wheel in the middle of Heretaunga street. The toots of a dozen or more impatient motorists increased She interest in the spectacle. Ultimately the lady who had imbibed too freely but not too wisely was removed from danger by two young boys who carried out the Bov Scout’s motto of doing one good turn a day.

"The union has considered the question of insurance on several occasions but the matter has been held in abeyance," commented Mr [von V. Wilson at the annual meeting of the North Island Motor Union in Napier yesterday when he brought forward a remit on the question from the outgoing executive. After a very lengthy discussion a proposal that m view of the successful operations it the Wairarapa Automobile Association Mutual Insurance Company and the South Island Motor Union Muti- I Insurance Association, the North Island (N.Z.) Motor Union approve of the suggestion to form a Mutual Insurance Company to be run on lines similar to the above mentioned organisations, was defeated by 13 votes to 10.