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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19029, 1 June 1936, Page 4

In the dog section at the Winter Show Mr. P. Fountain’s rough coated collie secure two firsts, in the puppy ring and open dog classes. The To Karaka third grade ltugby team defeated . Old Boys on Saturday afternoon at Te Karaka b.v 12 points to nil. The country boys had the advantage of weight in the, forwards and of being on their home ground. For the winners unconverted tries were scored by .7. Moore, I. Morris, D. Dymock. and C. Dorrnn. Mr. V. Norman was the referee. A feature of last Saturday’s football match at Tn.komaru Bay was that three families of 'brothers were playing against each other. These included' F. Jackson (United), It. Jackson (Waima), S‘. Conole (United), J. Conole (Waima), W. Samuels (United), and S. Samuels (Waima). N. Maxwell plays' for United and' his brother, J. Maxwell, who was absent from the match, plays for Waima.— Special.

The gatherings of the Soul.li African War Veterans’ Association aro often u’odilCtivn of interesting encounters among old comrades who have been separated for years, hut an unusual ■oincidence occurred at the annual reunion hold by the association on Saturday evening. A visiting Waii'on veteran- was warmly greeted, and in the course of the evening was ini.roUiced to a Clishoi'ne member, with whom he sat down io discuss experiences of earlier years, A chance remark '•evented that both , wore veterans of the same, contingent, having left New for South Africa on the same vessel. Further comparison of regimental details revealed that tho two men had held respectively the- regimental \ numbers of '2503 and 2509.

Several traffic offences were dealt with by Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court to-day. Proceeded 1 against ■by the police, John Laurie Jones was K ned 5s and costs 12b for driving a notor car on May 16 without a driver’s license.,Leonard Whale was fined 6s and costs for riding a bicycle on a footpath, nd. flare Harris was similarly fined for double.hanking oil ft bicycle, both charges being brought by the borough traffic in•pedor, Mr. (1, fl. Winl/cr. Alex Brodie, irocccdod against by the borough traffic inspector, was fined £t and costs Ills f or carrying a greater load on his motor truck th,an was specified in his heavy traffic license.. Mr, J. G. Nolan, who appeared for Brodie, explained' that, tiny defendant, was hurrying to catch a ship with a load of ...fruit for export;, .the ’PiTV was capable of taking a greater load, and since thep had been licensed accordingly,