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Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1930, Page 8

"We don’t want people to lean on relief,” said the Mayor, Mr. J. IL-Fow, at the last Hamilton Borough Council meeting. It had been the. council’s practice to close down relief work in October, continued' Mr. Fow, and it was hoped to do the same this year.. It was not wise to keep men in town when work was offering outside. "It is amazing to find so many people in Australia and New Zealand who regard the Empire as an abstract thing-— something divorced from our everyday life,” said Mr. 11. M. RushwortL, M.P. for the Bay of Islands, in an address at an Auckland Rotary Club luncheon on Monday. “During the next decade or so the Empire must become am economic unit or disintegrate,” he said. "Your husband said there were’three cars ahead of him, and you say there were four; you wouldn’t contradict your husband, would you, Mrs. ?” asked Mr. H. 11. Cornish, counsel for accused, of a witness in the Supreme Court atWellington. "No, I wouldn’t,” replied witness. "Quite. Tight; -quite right,” was counsel’s comment, and he smiled. "Tn that way safety lies.” “We' look very especially to you, sir, as Minister of Justice, to bring to our assistance the strong arm of the. law, because though it is true that the wicked flee when no man pursucth, to adapt & saying, they make much better time when someone is after them,” said Miss M. McLean, a member of a deputation to the Minister of Justice at Wellington on the subject of cocktails and cabarets,. At the conclusion of the third Test Eden Park, Auckland, says the Star, was left littered with rubbish, chiefly crumpled newspapers and empty bottles. A small army of children got busy among the bottles, but the rest of the cleaning up was left to the ground staff. It was ascertained on Saturday that the rubbish collected amounted to 30 truck loads. Among the litter was found 20 thermos flasks, all of them broken, two portmanteaux, both squashed flat, and half a dozen hats, none of them fit for further'wear. "In most oases they go in front of the tramcar,” said a motorman, when asked in the Supreme Court at Auckland what passengers usually did after alighting 1 from a tragi. "They go all roads,” he added. "Yon never know what they are going to do.” “That is just what I was going to' put to you,” said Mr. A. Moody, who was appearing for a man charged with negligent driving. "You have been very lucky to miss them, I suppose.” The witness . agreed with the suggestion of Mr. Hubble, for the Crown, that the sensible and cau- , tious thing to do was to stand and wait until the tram had gone on. The following story is vouched for 'as authentic. A boy working for his father digging potatoes on-a farm not a hundred miles from Opotiki, Southland, being of a somewhat “restful” dispose sion, thought of a method, of uncovering the potatoes which would entail the minimum of work for himself. • He a stick of dynamite and placed it in the middle of a row of potatoes. 1 He lit the fuse and stood back to watch the potatoes being unearthed. They were unearthed all right, but as potatoes they were no more. All over the neighbouring paddocks were found infinitesimal fragments of potatoes. An unusual ground for exemption from jury service was pleaded by an applicant in the Supreme Court at Wellington. He said he knew some motor eases were to be heard, and as he was manager of an insurance company ho. had an indirect interest in those cases so far as the question of possible insurance claims was concerned. The Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) said the applicant could not be granted complete exemption, as there were _ cases which did not concern motor collisions, hut when the latter cases were called it was asked that he _ again mention his position to the presiding judge. A very enjoyable dance was held by the Young People’s Club in St. Mary’s Hall, New Plymouth, It was well attended. Miss Jamieson delighted with a recitation, and an extra at supper interval Was played by Mr. Ron Jones. The dance music was provided by Smith’s Melody Boys, and Mr. B. Collingo was master of Ceremonies. The series of these dances will be concluded on Tuesday week with a long-night dance. Have you sampled these yet at the Mel" bourne’s half-price sale? Wooden coat hangora 8 for 1/-; fancy silk bows !/•; evening and oriental trimmings half-price; fancy crepe de chine scarves 3/11; furs, frocks, velour coats, jumper suits halfprice; Fuji s’lk bloomers ; gussetted .2/6; curtain L.ts half-prite; suite and overcoats L«df-price bargains-to , clear*?