NEWS BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 298, 3 December 1935, Page 7

NEWS BREVITIES

The scrutiny of tho roll of the Palmerston electorate is still proceeding. It is not anticipated that the figures for the postal voting will be available till to-morrow ami absentee returns will not bo announced till after that. As there are 870 absentee votes the process of checking these is lengthy.— Press Assn.

When the New Zealand skiing championships are held at Tongariro National Park next season there will be a strong Australian team competing. Tho Victorian champion skier, Mr. T. W. Mitchell, holder of many skiing titles, who is at present visiting New Zealand, stated in Christchurch to-day that he intends bringing a team of Australian women and men lor tho title meeting. —Press Assn.

Norman Walter Jones, aged 42, accountant, faced this morning at the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth six charges of theft from his employers, Duncan McLean, Ltd., totalling £1227 9/4, during the period 1926 to 1935. He pleaded guilty to all charges and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail was granted in self of £3OO and one surety of £3OO. —Press Assn.

Tho Golf Association yesterday decided in regard to professionals’ autumn touring that a grant cannot be given this year owing to the possibility of heavy expenditure in other directions, but permission was gra ’ted the Professionals’ Association to run a tournament if it can be made self-sup-porting.—Press Assn.

A decision to retain the semi-classic Trentham Stakes and to incorporate it in the programme for the summer meeting was made by the stewards of the Wellington Racing Club yesterday. The race, which will replace the hack five furlongs on tho third day, will again he over a mile, but ti sseason the conditions will include penalties, with a probable maximum of 101 b., arid allowances. The programme, except for this change, will be tho same as last year. - Press Assn.