LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 20 December 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Before justices at Waipukurau yesterday, Desmond Kenny, aged about 2g, who was arrested recently at Whakatane, was charged with attempted rape at South Makaretu in October, 1 P2(i. Accused reserved his defence and was committed for trial at the Supreme Court at Napier. Knocked down by a motor car, Colin Butler, aged 4 years, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital yesterday suffering from a scalp w'ound and injury to a foot. The condition of the child, whose parents, Mr and Mrs Stanley Butler, live at 12 Royal Terrace, Sandringham, was not serious last evening.

‘‘There has been a dwindling of unemployed registrations in Whangarei,” said Mr Hopper, of the Labour Department, at the meeting of the Unemployment Committee last night. “Mocrewa absorbed a few,, and others are haymaking, etc. The decrease in the past fortnight has been over no.”

A letter has just arrived from Mi Zane Ore}', at Whitianga, to Mr Cruickshank, enclosing a photo of a striped mailin caught by Mr Grey at Tahiti. This fish Mr Grey claims as a world record, its weight being 1040 lbs. The fish- had been badly mutilated by sharks, as can be seen in the photo, and Mr Grey estimated that it would otherwise have run to 32001bs or ir.OOlbs.

The question of a proposed lease to the Borough Council oi ! a piece of land in Hannah Street for a rubbish tip was under consideration by the Harbour Board today. Mr Holmes; “Our men are working there today putting out a sawdust fire caused from the present rubbish tip. We are being put to expense and the sawdust is valuable.” Mr P. Gardner: “It is an historic spot, too” (Laughter). A special service arranged by the St. Peter’s branch of the Church of .England Men’s Society was conducted by the Bishop of Waikato in the open air at the Ferry Bank, Hamilton, last evening. A procession, comprising the Cathedral choir and members of the society, left the Cathedral after evensong and walked to the band rotunda on the river bank, where Bishop Cherrington gave a short address.

Athletes are finally reminded that nominations for the principal events for the Waipu Caledonian Society’s annual Highland Gathering and Games, which are to be held at Waipu on Monday, January 2, close with the secretary, Mr. C. N. McLean, Waipu, tomorrow, Sec complete programme in another column of this issue. 190

Apart from the sensational bargains at Henry Wilson’s Monster Sale of the Hustlers’ New Plymouth stock, details of which are published in to-day’s issue of this paper, the firm is making window displays of very' special, more than sensational, bargains, included in which are 860 new season’s Ladies ’ Smart Hats that were short shipped from New Plymouth, Prices 1/11 to 3/11.