NORTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24826, 28 January 1942, Page 7

NORTH OTAGO

HORSE ILL-TREATED DEFENDANT FINED SITTING OF MAGISTRATE’S COURT A sitting of the Oamaru Magistrate’s Court was commenced yesterday afternoon before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M. Senior Sergeant T. I. McGregor appeared for the police. Henry Isaac Woodward, for whom Mr H J. S. Grater appeared, pleaded guilty to ill-treating a chestnut gelding between Waimotu and Hilderthorpe. Senior Sergeant McGregor stated that the defendant drove a horse and jogger from Hilderthorpe to Waimotu on November 16. On the return journey the horse cast a shoe. The defendant took the nails out of the hoof and drove on to Oamaru, the horse becoming lame. He stopped in Thames street and found that the horse was bleeding freely from the sole of the hoof. He continued to drive to Hilderthorpe. By that time the hoof was well worn down and bleeding freely. Senior Sergeant McGregor submitted that when the defendant noticed the horse was very lame it would only have been reasonable for him to have left it somewhere and have it attended to. Mr Grater said the defendant walked the horse a large part of the way from Oamaru to Hilderthorpe. When he left the paved road he placed the horse in a paddock and attended to it next morning. The horse had recovered rapidly and was now on the road and as good as ever. The defendant left Oamaru about 5 o'clock, and it was after 9 o’clock when he reached Hilderthorpe, having travelled a distance of nine miles. He did not leave the horse in Oamaru as he had his wife and young child with him in the jogger. Mr Bundle said he had little sympathy with anyone who treated a horse cruelly. Tire defendant’s own statement that he left, the animal without attention until next morning showed that he was not fitted to look after horses. The defendant was fined £3 with costs (10s). Charge Dismissed

The adjourned charge against Arthur Francis Jordan for throwing a saucer from a carriage of the Dunedin-Christ-church express, thereby causing injury to Noeline Elizabeth Chittock, was dismissed, Senior Sergeant McGregor reporting that the defendant had paid £1 4s 6d medical expenses and costs (12s). The charge had been adjourned for that purpose. Mr Bundle said the offence was more an act of a stupid boy. Unregistered Alien Foo Yee was convicted and discharged for failing to register as an alien under the emergency regulations within the prescribed period. The police stated that the defendant had been in New Zealand since 1906. He had paid social security taxes and had since been registered. Liquor Breach James Murray, of Timaru, was fined 18s, with costs (12s), for failing to give a statement in writing of his name and address to the vendor of liquor intended to be taken into the no-licence district of Oamaru. Charge Adjourned A charge against Ryan Kelly for carelessly riding' a bicycle at Maheno on January 1 was adjourned, the magistrate suggesting that if the defendant went into camp the charge should be withdrawn. Failed to Report George Alfred Dawson was charged that, being a reservist under the National Service Emergency Rregulations, he did fail to report for despatch to camp, Dawson pleaded not guilty, stating that he would much sooner be tried by a jury than by the court. When he was told, however, that he would have to be remanded in custody, he elected to be dealt with by the court, stating that he would defend the case himself.

Senior Sergeant McGregor stated that the defendant had been called up in a ballot and had refused to report. He had made up his mind that he was not going into camp.

Dawson said he reported for medical examination, but not for duty. He would not go to camp, because he was an Australian. He did not intend to stay in New Zealand, but wanted to get back to Australia to get married. The case was adjourned till this morning. WAIAREKA SALE FAT STOCK SCARCE Fat stock was not plentiful at the Walareka yards yesterday. Store sheep also were scarce, and few dairy cattle were offered. There was a good demand for pigs. Prices;— Fat cattle: Best steers. £9 7s 6d to £l2; best heifers, £7 12s 6d to £9 ss; best cows, £5 10s to £7. Fat sheep: Wethers. 25s 6d to 26s 9d; ewes, 10s 9d to 14s 3d; lambs, 28s to 30s. Store sheep, 14s 6d to 17s 9d. Store cattle, £2 13s to £6 12s 6d. Pigs: Slips, 12s to 19s; weaners, 8s to 10s. ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND ABOUT TOWN High Tides.—High tides for Oamaru today are at 12.27 a.m. and 0.30 p.m. Prices for Wethers.—The export values of wethers have been increased by Jd per lb as from January 19. The prices for other types of meat remain unchanged. Motor Car Ablaze. —The Oamaru Fire Brigade received a call at mid-day yesterday, when a car caught fire in Mr W. Notman's workshop in Thames street. The car was severely damaged, although the brigade arrived within a few minutes of the alarm and extinguished the outbreak of fire. GRATIFYING RESPONSE APPEAL FOR BINOCULARS An appeal has been made to owners of binoculars and field-glasses to give or lend them to the armed forces for esential war purposes, and so far as Oamaru is concerned the response at the outset of the appeal has been very gratifying. Up to mid-day yesterday 14 pairs of binoculars had been handed in at the Chief Post Office, Oamaru, The appeal is an urgent one, and residents who have binoculars would help the war effort in no small measure by handing them in as gifts or on loan, to the nearest Post Office.

SCHOOL ENROLMENTS Enrolments of new pupils for the Waitakl Boys’ High School, both senior and junior, which were to have been received at the Waitaki County Council Office, will now be taken on the same date, Monday, February 2, in the Borough Council Chambers. AMUSEMENTS Majestic Theatre.—A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama will be shown to-night finally, when Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, and Fay Holden appear in the mystery attraction, “ Washington Melodrama.” Opera House. —George Formby, in the army now, will appear to-night and this afternoon in the comedy “ Gunner George.” PERSONAL Dr Rae Brown, daughter of Mr and Mrs R. Brown, Wansbeck street, who has applied to have her name placed on the medical register, is now on . the staff of the Oamaru Public Hospital. She was educated at the Waitaki Girls’ High School. She obtained a University “ blue ” for lawn tennis two years ago, and last year a New Zealand " blue." Mr W. J. Oliver, superintendent of the T. and G. Mutual Life Society, has left Oamaru to take charge of the Invercargill branch of the society for an indefinite period. Pilot Officer McCaw Is spending bis leave with his parent's, Mr and Mrs A. C. McCaw, " Cliffside,’ Hakataramea.