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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 804, 6 September 1923, Page 5

, n T^ e Auckland district lias lost by death . .°*- As old inhabitants sn.ee the beginning of June. Of* these 103 v eto between 70 and 80 years of eye, 34 between o 0 and 90 years, and 17 over £0 j< urs.

A stall was conducted in the Square today by the Children of Mary in aid of funds towards the erection of the new St. Patrick’s bhurch. An attractive display of flowers, vegetables, preserves, clothing and cooked goods was retailed and found ready purchasers. The ladies in charge were Misses Butler, Kirk Minoguo and Brophy,

A sensational accident occurred at th g 1 Endean’s building in Auckland about 6.1 last evening. A girl about 18, v.bo h ys not yet been identified, fell from tie seco cJ landing on to the ground floor, a dlftai upe of 27 feet. She received injuries to fine bead and shoulders that were, to serf that her recovery is not expected.

Buyers of dairy produce are operatii (g in the Dannevirke district. It is said that no less than 14 of them are followin g o ne another round the different factories, which ■ are holding off in the hope of s. muring better offers than the best offered by the 14 buyers. For cheese the offers va /y from B|d to 9d per pound and for butter sd. A fire was discovered yesterday r cberr.oou in a bunker on the Westmoreland , berthed at Queen’s wharf, Auckland. The , g r .. was situated in a cross I.linker bet p. een the stokehold and the main lmnicer. The lire is thought to have been cxlinr pKihed by the ship’s appliances. Maling i/opeirtions have been suspended, and the ) ship’s departure, which was scheduled fc tv to day for American ports and England, ■ ;,-,ith 12,000 tons of produce, is now imVlir e. . Twenty-nine members of the stokehold crew of the Maroma, who 'v,n Saturday, August 25, were sentenced. t p one month’s imprisonment for combinii »/ r to disobey orders on the high seas, were released from gaol at Auckland yp sterday. The remission of the sentences /j, v as ordered by the Governor-General, foil p ,ving an application to the Minister for J pj ,tice by aecuseds’ counsel. Flynn, the me ti * 9 -.pokes,man at the time of tho. disobed if nee, was not released.—Press Association.

Some amusement was ■ caused in the Supreme Court this raorn’/fig when a petition lor discharge from bankruptcy was, presented to His Honour, fl Jr Justice Iloskmg. Is the bankrupt present,,?” asked His Honour. “No, unfortumqV aly, but I think ho must be under a nft sapprehension about tho hour of the cat irt Bitting,” replied bankrupt’s counsel, ,/ Mr Lloyd. “He was here yesterday.” H,y j Honour: “The races are on to-day, peril ftps he has gone there.” In reply to a question by His Honour, counsel said his q' fient was a foreigner. “He has a very 0 nglish sounding name,” commented the J/fidge. “Y 7 es, Your Honour, but it is in ; u ie Bible,” was the reply. “Oh is, it,” said -hlis Honour, “well I hope he i* UOS tropin j; on that.” (Laughter).