NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 65, 18 March 1937, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Constable W. T. Paget, -who takes uf his duties at Palmerston North this morning, and who has been stationed at Wellington and Mount Cook for years, was farewelled at the Mount Cook police station on Tuesday. The Otaki Methodist Church celebrated its jubilee on Tuesday night with <i large social gathering. Visitors were present from various parts. The proceedings were enthusiastic and eulogistic references relative to the progress of the church were made. Leslie John Entwisllc, a labourer, of no fixed abode, who was charged with stcaliug £1 in money from Justice and Edmunds on Monday, was remanded for one week when he appeared before Messrs G. H. Bennett and J. H. Stevens, J.P.s in the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The rates of pay and condition's for farm workers other than dairy farm employees were discussed yesterday at a conference at Wellington between representatives of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, the New Zealand Sheepowners’ Federation and the New Zealand Workers ’ Union. The proceedings were not open to the Press?. Delegates to the S.P.C.A. Federation conference at Wellington yesterday ap peared to be in agreement on the point that there are far . too many dogs in New Zealand to the stage where they have become a perfect pest. The Auckland society proposed, in reference to sheep worrying, that persons in charge of sheep graing in or close to residential areas should be compelled to make adequate provision for their protection from worrying dogs by enclosing them in a fold overnight. In the course o r the discussion, Rev. C. Carr, M.P., expressed the opinion that the propose! measure was unreasonable. Societies should rather endeavour to see that the regulations made to keep dogs tied up at night were enforced more closely. The conference proceeded to consider draft Bills to ensure the humane treatment of animals and birds. Members of the Palmerston North Police Force have arranged to forward a presentation to Detective-Sergeant J. Bickerdike who, after being stationed in the city for 18 months, left on Tuesday afternoon for Christchurch, where he had been transferred at fairly short notice. Possessing a line record in the Police Force, Detective-Sergeant Bickerdike joined it in 1912 as a constable at Christchurch. In 1916 he was transferred to the detective office there as a plain-clothes constable. Four years later he was made a detective, and remained at Christchurch until 1926, when he was promoted to tne rank of detec-tive-sergeant and transferred to Auck land, where ho remained for 3J years. It was from Napier he came to Palmerston North. His successor, DetectiveSergeant A. B. Meiklejohn, will arrive from Auckland to-morrow morning, but will not assume duty until later in the month.