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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16377, 27 June 1927, Page 8

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(P.A. Messages.) The Waimate Farmers’ Union have forwarded a letter to the Minister of Agriculture urging tJuat potatoes imported into New Zealand from Australia he subjected to the same inspection as New Zealand potatoes sent to Australia, The letter stated that it seemed most, unfair that Australia, should 1 exclude New Zealand potatoes and then export, to the Dominion, where potato growers are facing adverse conditions, and urged that New Zealand growers .should he protected as for as possible. An elderly man, Patrick O’Mara, was found dead in his hut at Waimate today. It is believed deceased has relatives in Christchurch.

James Johnson, charged in the Dunedin Police. Court, with failing to comply with the terms of his probation, and with obtaining money by falsely representing that lie would advert iso businesses in railways and tramways time-tables, was sentenced to 18 months' reformative detention. Security for appeal was fixed.

An unknown man, aged 60. was found dftul in a water-table at Middlemarch. A receipt found in Jiis pocket, bore the name of W. Clark.

James Robertson, mine manager for the Alexandra Coal Ob., was the victim of a painful accident, as the result of an explosion. He was badly burnt about the face, anil it. was at first thought, that his eyesight \vould l>o destroyed, hut no permanent effects are now likely. Herbert Mitchell Fisher, JO, a married man, arrested at Taihape last night, on a charge of presenting a revolver at C. O. Gibbs, R, C. McDonald, and Leo H. pollinson, appeared in court this morning. Detective Walsh applied for a remand until) to-morrow, and asked that Fisher be kept in custody as further charges were pending. Fisher i s a wellknown business man in Taihape, and has been managing Coliinson’s and Gifford's drapery business for some years.

At Auckland to-day Harry Hurst O’Coilnor, 18, was eommit-tted .for sentence to the Supreme Court l>v Mr. B W. MeKean, S.AL, on 14 Charges of the theft of goods valued at £OB 0s (id, £34 10s 7d in money, and u hank pass hook showing a credit of £4SO. All the thefts were commit;tecl at- private hotels and boardinghouses. Accused admitted all the charges, and much of the stolen property has been recovered.