FATHER AND SON

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25050, 14 November 1944, Page 4

FATHER AND SON

BOOKMAKEES FINED "BIG MAN" TO PAY £250 (P.A.) ■ WELLINGTON, Monday A fine of £250 was imposed on Henry Martindale, aged 65, described as an agent, and his son, Albert John Martindale, was fined £SO, by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., today on charges of bookmaking, to which they pleaded guilty. The police' stated that they visited defendants' office on Saturday. They found the door locked, but entered by other means, and found the room equipped for bookmaking, with telephone, radio, double charts and cards for the day's meetings. There was evidence that two other telephones had recently been removed. The total betting revealed by exhibits seized amounted to £3742,' including 16 bets totalling £177 which detectives took over the telephone in about 20 minutes. Detective-Sergeant Thompson said the elder Martindale was a well-known man, but had only one previous conviction for bookmaking, when he was fined £l5O. Prior to 1910, when bookmaking was made illegal, he was a bookmaker. Mr W. E. Leicester, for defendants, said that Saturday was an extraordinary day for racing, but there was no meeting in Wellington at which leople who wished to bet could do so. < executive that fosters that inclination had provided no facilities to liave_ a bet away from Wellington when racing was going on," he added. The magistrate commented that the case differed somewhat from that which was subject to comment in a recent case in Christchurch. However, Martindale,: senior, was a big man in this class or ; work, and must T>e fined accordingly. "EXPECTED DETECTIVES" PENALTY OF £IOO IMPOSED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Monday Defendant told detectives that he expected them because he had heard that Henry Martindale had been raided and he had rid of some of his bets, said Detective-Sergeant Thompson in the Magistrate's Court today when prosecuting Arthur Robert Watte, dealer, on a charge of carrying on the business or a bookmaker. Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., fined AVatts £IOO. v Mr Thompson said the dbtectives had ! some difficulty in getting in to Watts i flat. When they did so they took £oO in bets in 30 minutes. Watts had been twice previously convicted. SAVING ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO WATER-HEATERS ENFORCING METER SYSTEM (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Monday Owing to the increasing need for every effort to be made to avoid wasteful use of electricity in the North Island it had been agreed that the changing over of electricity supply to water-heating installations from a flat charge to a meter rate should be speeded up. said the acting-Minister of Supply, Mr Nordmeyer, today. An order had been gazetted requiring every electric supply authority in the North Island taking a. bulk supply of electricity directly or indirectly from the Government system to complete the metering of hot water services by the end of March next. The Minister said that for the past 16 months electric supply authorities in the North Island had been empowered to require this change-over and many of the authorities had had the work' done or were completing it. In those districts where all water heaters had been metered the saving in electricity had been very substantial and undoubtedly assisted the supply authorities in meeting the demand for electricity for essential purposes. SPECIALIST TREATMENT SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS DEPARTMENT'S PROBLEM In view of accommodation problems, the Auckland Hospital Board has been considering a proposal to restrict the admissions of patients from outside districts who come to Auckland for specialist treatment. _ This was the subject of a letter received by the board last night from the Director-General of Health, Dr M. H. Watt. "The department is. in agreement with you tiiat there should, when possible, be an eye, ear,' nose and throat specialist at Whangarei and an orthopaedic specialist at Hamilton, while there is some case for an orthopaedic surgeon or a general surgeon with special knowledge of orthopaedics at Whangarei," 'wrote Dr Watt. "There is, however, at present an acute shortage of sucn specialists. The establishment of specialists at these hospitals would, moreover, involve new buildings, which would take some time to carry out." Dr Watt said the board's proposal was against the spirit of hospital legislation and the department's policy was that patients should be admitted to the hospital in which they would receive the best treatment for specialised conditions. Should the board take over the Middlemore and 39th General Hospitals and build wards > for chest_ cases, the! overcrowding in its institutions should be very largely relieved. In receiving the letter, the board expressed the hope that the Health Department would keep the matter in view and see that outlying boards established specialist services as soon as the time was opportune.

USUAL HOLIDAYS WORKERS AT CHRISTMAS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Monday The Minister of Labour, Mr Webb, announced today that the Government had decided, subject to war exigencies requiring otherwise, that there will be no interference in the coming holiday period with the observance of the customary Christmas and New Year holidays, statutory or annual, to which workers are entitled any Act, award, agreement or otherwise. MEAT FOR BRITAIN DOMINION'S RESPONSIBILITY (Q.C.) WANGANUI. Monday The extent to which the meat export quota of New Zealand could be raised by adding 31b to the weight of each lamb was stressed by the chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board, Mr G. H. Grigg, in an address at the annual show of the Wanganui Agricultural and Pastoral Association, ile said that, because of drought conditions in Australia, New Zealand now had a grave responsibility to meet Britain's needs. "About six months ago Britain appealed for the stimulation of all primary production in view of her urgent need of foodstuffs," added Mr Grigg. ''That is of more necessity today than ever, as the position of Australia makes it unlikely that she can give the increased quantities required. It is up to us to make a greater effort here. An increase in the weight of our lambs by an average of 31b per head would mean a total increase of 15,000 tons, worth about £1,000,000 in the season." HOSPITAL CONFERENCE Delegates to represent the Auckland Hospital Board at the general conference of hospital boards, to bo held in Wellington on February 6 next and the two following days, were appointed by the board last night. They are the chairman. Mr A. J. Moody, Mrs E. Morris, Messrs J. Guinivcn, G. T. Parvin, .1. Griersou, A. "Bishop and V. M. Tracey. Mr Moody will also attend ns a member of the executive committee of the Hospital Boards' Association. «