Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 13

Last Look Round —

Fined For Disorder.— Bertram Shera dLy° was fi SO rt d an ly whUe drunk yester-to-day ned at the Holice Court rno arnfa r id S e Competitions. —There are tions”^, 8 f ° r the Cambri dge competitions, opening on Monday. Old Cambridge Residents.—Two old awavMr? residents have just passed aw ay Mi s. Maria Brown, aged 96 and Mrs. Ann Wattam, aged 82. Mail Arrives Home The chief nnst ”ft St Aurtrt V,B f that the mails which lf ft w kl /, ln(i ° n August 29, bv the f"S Mail liner, Aorangi, arrived in' London on September 28. fh AU A k,^'l crs J Health -—Since Monday i ; i e A 'i Cl:h : nd Health Office has been notified of 10 cases of diphtheria in the province as compared with seven last week. All are widely distributed. Topping the Century.— A very old resident of Opotiki, Mrs. Martha Riece, is expected to celebrate her 100th birthday on November 3. She has been a resident of Opotiki since 1868. Australian Mail.—The chief postmaster a.c.vises that the intercolonial steamer, Llimaroa, which left Sydney at noon yesterday, is bringing 151 bags of English Eastern and Australian mail for Auckland. Hamilton Statistics.—Vital statistics for the month at Hamilton show 45 births, 24 deaths and 21 marriages, the figures for the quarter being 137, 61 and 58 respectively. Flaxmilr Reopened A fiaxmill on Caiman .Road, I’aeroa, has been reopened and employment given to 16 hands. The first of the new output left for Auckland on Wednesday. The mill was worked for many years by the late Mr. John Endean. Fire Brigade Tug-of-War. Seven Hamilton teams took part in a (ug-oL-war contest last evening, organised by the fire brigade. Tlio Hopu Holm camp team won the contest by defeating the fire brigade team in the final. Inquiry Ended. After a hearing lasting three weeks, the Royal Commission v hich has been inquiring into the Sydney “Morning Herald’s” charges against Mr. A. B. Bidding-ton, K.C., NewSouth Wales Industrial Commissioner, has concluded its sittings. It has till Tuesday to make its report.—A. and N.Z. Tran s-Tasman Flight. Owing' to the unfavourable weather Lieutenant K. M. Frewen postponed his flight from Brisbane to .Sydney until to-day. I-[e proposes subsequently to take his airplane to Auckland and fly from there back to Brisbane.—A. and N.Z. British Communists. The membership of the Communist Party in Britain has declined in last year by nearly one-third, according to a report of the Central Committee, prepared for the forthcoming conference of the party. The membership throughout the whole of Great Britain is 7,377, compared with 11,000 last year. —British Official Wireless. Houses Damaged by Fire. A fire, which broke out in a six-roomed house at 56 Richmond Road, shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, was subdued before any great damage could be done. The house, which is owned and occupied by Mr. C. W. Payne, was being renovatecl and the paint being burnt, off when the weatherboards caught alight.