Around The City

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 248, 24 October 1934, Page 6

Around The City

Paragraphs About People and Their Work Mr S. I. McKenzie is at prescut attending a meeting of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation in Wellington. <3> <S> <?> Police Inspector Kawle, of New Plymouth, is relieving in Palmerston North during the absence on annual leave of Inspector Harvey. <•><s><»''s■ The lion. Air. Justice Blair was the presiding judgo at the opening of the Supreme Court session in Palmerston North yesterday. His Honour congratulated the district on the smallness of the criminal calendar. ❖ <s> <s> <S> Sympathy with tho relatives of the late Mr J. H. McDowell, who passed away last week under tragic circumstances, was expressed by the Palmerston North Citizens’ Lunch Club yesterday, Mr McDowell having been a valued member of the club. <S> <S> <S> <s> For failing to appear as a grand juror when his name was called at tho opening of tho Supreme Court session in Palmerston North yesterday, a citizen was lined £5. Later lie appeared and his explanation for lateness was accepted by his Honour ami the fine remitted. <3> <•><•> <S> Old Boys did not obtain a four-point win over Y.M.C.A. in tho senior cricket competitions on Saturday, as an extra over was inadvertently played alter the bell sounded. It was in this over, after the game was properly concluded, that the extra runs were hit up. No warning bell is now sounded as was thought ou Sa.urday. <i> <t> <3> <s>■ Under the Unemployment Board’s latest scheme of paying subsidies for building operations confined to tho erection of new houses or the extension of existing ones, 39 applications have so far been lodged in Palmerston North. Of these -19 have already been approved, and the other ten are as yet awaiting advice from the Unemployment Board in Wellington. <s• <s> <3> <s> The gatherings of the Palmerston North Lunch Club are well known for their welcome to visitors, and week by week it is the chairman’s duty to introduce some new faces to the diners. But yesterday, though the stream of hospitality has in no wise dried up, the chairman (Mr A. V. Pizzey) announced that there were no visitors to welcome. Not for 1(5 years, lie affirmed, had a like position obtained. <£•s><»> <S> Grand jurors serving the country gratuitously at the Supreme Court in Palmerston North yesterday were Messrs. J. Hodgens (foreman), it. C. Abraham, D. H. Browning, J. Blackwood, L. G. Callis, \V. Clegg, H. lb Cunningliame, J. Davidson, 11. Dickel, L. Gardner, H. Garner, K. A. Henderson, W. Hunter, J. E. Lewis, D. J. Lovelock, E. Persson, N. H. Sinclair, .T. P. Stubbs, M. N. Wallace, H. Jackson and F. Major. <s> •$> <»> Three jurors secured exemption from ■sorvicc at the Supreme Court yesterday. One was engaged on a bread round, the second was a clerk of works on a fairly large building job and the third the driver of a transport vehicle. ••What does your firm do when a driver is sick!” Ills Honour asked tho last of the three. “They do the best they can,” was the answer. “Well, I’ll excuse you this time, but tell your firm 1 hey will have to make arrangements next time,” stated his Honour. <s> <S> <S> <S> It is perhaps not commonly known that Palmerston North can lay claim to possessing a secret society. Such, however, is a reality, and in addition to the popular use of signs and coun-ter-signs, cryptic passwords, and all the mysterious movements attributed to “Black Hands” and the like, this local organisation is comprised of members as earnest and as desperate as any red-blooded fiction could portray. The birth of -this society had a small beginning. It all started with the alleged "dragging along the street” of a small boy by a mysterious man with •‘a hooked nose!” With childish thoughts of "revenge,” this youth told his pals about the business, and from this incident about a dozen boys have joined forces and are busy plotting and planning to wipe out the assault. Already badges (buttons painted white) have been issued, with, the formidable letters "S.S.” inscribed in red ink. It is understood a meeting was held last evening, but the results of this are not yet known. It seems that at least one man in the city had better beware!