LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 21 December 1929, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

By forcing a window, burglars <|ntorod O'bbotsbop in ‘Dunedin oily on Wednesday night and stole 30s from the cash register, and ladies' footwear valued at £25. William^■'Whalley was fined £lO and had his license cancelled for 12 months for being intoxicated in .charge of a car. Defendant, thinking he was at,a crossing, ran info the Ashburton railway yard, damaging his car against a stationary rake of trucks.

The annual exodus of sheep from the Gisborne district, commencing with'the Waikato, is absorbing, a-epn : aiderable number, this season. Several large, and arrangements ..have been made for 30,000 to be dispatched in the next fortnight. ..Seven thousand left Rua-’ toria a few days ago, traversing- the new road through the Cape Runaway district. Export to Canterbury begins in January, 20,000 haying already been booked for shipment in that mohtli. :

The Whangarei Municipal Silver Band will play, a programme of music at Central Park, tomorrow, Sunday, at 8 p.m. A. collection will be taken to defray expenses. 831

Wanted everybody to sec our selection at the New Jeweller’s.Shop, next Egg Circle, Water Street. A wide range of good selling. . ■ 833-

Herbert Kane, a taxi-driver, aged 28,’ was fined £lO and his license cancelled, . a.t Auckland....today for being intoxicated in charge of a car.

Cash and groceries totalling £4O wore stolen ‘from Messrs Hutchinson Bros.’ grocery in the Great South Road, Auckland, last " night. After jemmying the. front door, the thieves gejignited the safe.

The Northern Steamship Company announces tliaf one of their auxiliary schooners will load General Cargo at Auckland on Monday next, December 23rd, for Whangarei Town Wharf. Time of departure will be 3 p.m.

Two expresses left Whangarei; for Auckland today. The first brought a very large complement from the Far Nortli and comprised 11 carriages when it steamed out at. 12.45. The second followed about 20 minutes later.

Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co. have received a cable from London dated December 20, which reads: New Zealand butter, after declining to 158 s, is now firmer at 160 s, with a better demand. The cheese market is quiet and prices are unchanged.

The Mayor of Wellington, Mr G. A. Troup, yesterday drove the first pick for the actual tunnel work in the Mount Victoria Tunnel. When completed it will give access to Miramar, Hataitai, Kilbirnie, etc. ' The contract prices is £133,000, and tho tunnel'will bo 2045 feet long with an inside breadth of 29'feet.

Ever since Tuesday evening ram has been falling in the northern part of Rodney County, and tho roads in the Kaipgra Flats district have suffered considerable damage. Haymakings has been, held up. disastrously. It is reported that the slippery roads caused a cream lorry to fall over a bank on the Puhoi to Ahuroa route, spilling a cargo worth £l5O.

At the Dunedin-Police Court, William Alexander ’ Robertson was chargel with breaking 1 and entering a shop by night and .stealing goods. He was remanded till Friday.' The police stated that accused was caught red-handed in the shop by the owner,'who struck him a severe blow, rendering him unconscious. The magistrate,’ remarking that there had been an epidemic "of burglaries, refused bail.

“I have been a member of the Chamber of ’: Commerce' since 1908, and during that time I have never known-oL h- request to a Governmental department not' being courteously and efficiently dealt with. We, in Whangarei,’ are partieularly fortunate ill' that the postmaster and stationmaster Are both members,’ ’ said Mr it. E. : Holnies, at the afinuaf meeting of the Chamber of Commerce ‘ laSt ns fibt.

' To undergo treatment ? at Auckland’, Mr H. iSubritzky, postmaster'at Awanui, who suffered terrible injuries when rah over by a ear on the Ninety Mile Beach, was taken to Auckland in the guard’s van, of the express which passed through Whangarci today. It'will bo rcipenibered that'Mr riding up the beach on flic bumper of a car and was thrown in front of the wheels, -His condition is critical.

Tenders are .being called for- stripping of the, hull Manuka on behalf of the underwriters in London. It is understood that London is not- heavily interested in tho cargo, which is mostly insured locally. Mr A. 0, Hanlon has been retained to a'ct for Captain Ross Clark and the third officer, Mr G. R. Carlyon, at the inquiry to be held at Dunedin bir January 7. The Stipendiary Magistrate,' Mr "H. W. Bundle' will preside.

Two youthful sandbaggers, before the Children’s Court at Wanganui this morhing, admitted the thefts, of a quantity of brass number plat.es, locks, etc., also sandbagging two residents. 'They stated it’was their intention to get ’ money, but' were not successful. They bad been refidiag trashy literature relating to crimes and detection thereof. The Acagistratei Mr J. ii(, Salmon', placed them' under the care 'of the Welfare Officer for three . years. They are not to be. out later than eight o ’clock at night and the iitera’, ture they read is to be controlled.

Expert advice is .to be sought hy the Auckland City Council, in its task of selecing a city engineer in succession of Mr W. , : E„ Bush. The advisers who. will be asked to niako a confidential report. on. the six applicants will bo Messrs J. W. Mawson, Director of Town Planning,, and F. W. Furkert, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department. Thai course was decided upon by 12 Votes to 10, on Cr. Ellen Melville’s motion. The names to be dealt with arc: Messrs E. H. Baxber, deputy engineer, Sheffield; A. G. Bush, borough engineer, Lower Hutt; A, K. Galbraith,! city engineer, Christchurch; J. Tyler, acting city engineer, Auckland; N. Weekcs, private practitioner and excity engineer, Sydney; and S. A. Hill Willis, engineer to the Tilbury Urban district Council.

■.Bargains, for Xmas—Ladies' Model Tweed Coats, with leather trimmings, £5 15/-; Model Suits, 6 guineas to 8 guineas; Men’s Sports Coats, 37/G to 42/G. You can get a better suit for Xmas at Geo. Hendy’s. High-class Tailor, 27, Bank Street, opp. P.O. Only address ;pf J. • W. Dobson, well-known Piano Tuner —4 Banff St. Phone 192,

If the brisk, business already recorded at Henry Wilson’s is any criterion, Christmas* Week is going to be a “hummer.” In this connection the management respectfully ask that patrons endeavour to shop, during the mornurjg hours wherever possible in order to obtain better service from the assistants.