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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16243, 18 January 1927, Page 8

Sydney, Jan. 18.—Arrived at 9.30 a.m., Ulimaroa, from New Zealand.

An old identity, in the person of Mr. Henry S. Beckett, died at the Opotiki Hospital last week at the advanced age of 94 years. Ho had been an inmate of the hospital for about 10 years. A car belonging to Mr. It. Statham. of Ormond, was burnt on Saturday night under unusual circumstances. Mr. Statham returned home after the pictures and about two o'clock on Sunday morning was wakened up by the sound of dogs barking. Looking out Of the window he saw the garage in flames, and by the time lie got out there was no chance of checking the fire. The car was "insured in the Standard Insurance office for £l3O, but the garage was not insured, and Mr. Statham. considers that he will be a heavy loser.

A start was made to-day with the preparation of C'hilders road for the hot mix work which is to be carried out by the Neuchatel Asphalt Co. under contract to the Borough Council. The road was scarified from Read's Quay up to Lowe street, in preparation for the laying of another course of metal. Only a few men were employed to-day, but the gang will be increased, and in the near future there will be two large gangs employed on the road, one doing th« metalling work, and the other following up with the hot mix and laying the bitumen. Komf 28,000 yards of hot mix work is to be done during the season, and if weather conditions remain favorable there should be no difficulty in completing the contract, and laying portions of both Childers road and Palmerston road in bitumen hot mix.

An application for an orddr for the immediate payment of a debt was made by William Richard Qarbett against Frank Neville Green at the Magistrate's Court to-day. Defendant gave evidence that ho was a married man with five children, earning £4 14s a week at the Patutahi quarry, He was not paid for time lost through wet weather or sickness, and had had a good deal of sickness in the family. He himself had been off for some weeks last September. He was cross-examined by Mr J. Kinder, who asked the magistrate, Mr E. C. Levvey, to make an order for some payment. The magistrate said that he did not know how the people managed to ilive at all, and he could not be expected to make an order. Speaking to the defendant, he advised him to pay something when possible, but said he would make no order.

Judgment for the plaintiffs by default was given in the following undefended civil actions at the Magistrate's Court this morning: John Edward McKinley v. Leonard Douglas Hammon, £6 10s Id and costs £1 lis 6d; Gordon M. Dodgshun v. A. T. Ngata, £3 4s 6d and costs £1 lis 6d; Dalgety and Co., v. James Seattle, £4l and costs £4 2s 6d; S. Bright v. Hold Leach, £8 9s 7d and costs £2 0s 6d; Te Rau Press Ltd. v. Charles O'Connor, £2l 16s and costs £4 Is 6d; P. Wright and Son v. George Lindsay James, £3 and costs 23s 6d. Judgment summonses were dealt with as follows: Walter James Button v. Waiaribi Tamihana, £2l 17s 6d to be paid forthwith, in default 21 days' imprisonment ; Duncan James Clacher v. Rangi Pepuere.—Defendant was ordered to pay £7 19s 3d at the rate of 10s a month, in default seven days' imprisonment; William Richard Garbett v. Joseph Semple, £2 7s 6d, to be paid forthwith, in default two days' imprisonment; Sam Me'tvee v. Gilbert Sehultz, £ll 8s to bo paid forthwith, in default 10 days' imprisonment; A*;. Littler v. Whare Carroll, £9l, in default 30 days' imprisonment; S. Bright v. Claude Nepia, £l9 Is, in default 21 days' imprisonment.

On Thursday next Mr Vincent Barker's home at Kaiti is to be the scene of a garden fete in aid of the Macrae baths. Extensive lighting is being installed and the various committees are working hard in order to give thcr Gisborne public something new in the way of entertainment. There will be games and entertainment for young and old alike, and tlio "Breezy Busters," an open-air troupe of pierrots, will make their first appearance. The carnival will be carried on during the evening as well as in the afternoon. Arrangements have been made) for buses to run from town from 2.46 p.m. onwards. These will run every quarter of an hour, and only 6d will be charged for the trip.