South Taranaki News

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1931, Page 8

South Taranaki News

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OKAIAWA FARMER BANKRUPT

UNSUCCESSFUL STOCK DEALING.

HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Unsuccessful stock dealing, bad fortune iu farming and the loss of his farm residence by fire were ascribed by Herbert Joseph Rudkin, farmer, Okaia ra, as the reasons for his bankruptcy. He appeared at Hawera yesterday before the D.O.A. (Mr. R. S. Sage). Bankrupt was questioned by several creditors as to his stock and financial dealings, after which the meeting was adjourned sine die.

Unsecured debts totalled £1220 13s 9d and the stock and chattels on the farm were valued at £6OO, leaving a deficiency of £620 13s 9d. The amount of secured debts was £6400, the estimated value of the securities being the amount of the debts, which are to the New Plyhiouth Savings Bank £4BOO and to H. O. Rudkin £l6OO.

The principal unsecured creditors are: Newton King-, Ltd., £987 6s 4d; Fanners’ Co-op., £5B; R. H. Lecce and Co., £l3 16s 6d; Hawera County Council, £35 9s Id; W. Linkhorn, £l2 10s; G. R. Horsburgh and Sons, £lO 15s 3d; Gyde and Co., £5 IBs (all of Hawera); A. Robertson, £53; J. Barclay, £26; G. Good, £5 Ils 6d (all of Okaiawa). In 1926 he ■ purchased a farm of 137 acres at Division Road, Okaiawa,. where he was at present residing, said bankrupt in his statement. As he had no money when he went into-the farm his father financed him. ■ -

For the first three years he did fairly well and then began dealing in sheep and cattle. About February, 1929, he purchased 800 sheep from Hawke’s Bay, on which, owing to falling prices, he lost considerably. About May, 1929, he re-arranged his mortgages, increasing his first mortgage, with his father’s consent as second mortgagee, from £3400 to £4BOO. This was done with a view to renovating the dwelling, which was in a bad r fate, and erecting a new dwelling so that the farm could be subdivided. Part of the mortgage money was expended on renovating the house, when it was destroyed by fire. He hail to expend the balance of the’mortgage money in erecting a new dwelling and sheds.

Bankrupt had continued to deal in stock with little success. He had been unfortunate with his herd during the present season, part coming in late and the milk yield, being affected by vaginitis. His two largest unsecured creditors were pressing, and as he was unable to pay he was reluctantly compelled to file. / " — JUDGMENT FOR DEBT. ; ACTIONS IN HAWERA COURT. Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., entered judgment for plaintiff by default in the following actions heard in the Magistrate’s Court at Hawera yesterday:—H. F. Riley 'and Sons v. K. Wilkinson, costs only (10s); Todd Motor Company v. A. K. Skevington, £6 14s 6d (costs £1 12s 6d); Noble and Cannon, Ltd., v. H. W. Lacey, 15s 6d (8s); J. W. Archbold agid Co. Ltd. v. H. W. Lacey,/15s (8s); Arthurs Ltd. v. O. Williams (defendant’s separate estate), £4 4s 9d (£1 5s ,6d); Hooker Bros. Ltd. v. L. J. List, 1 £7 15s (£1 Us 6d); Parkinson and Co. Ltd. v. P. Wetere, £l6 16s 6d (£3 Is) ; same v. P. Tearo, £l4 -l'os (£3 3s); same v. Herbert Davey, £5 17s (£1 12s 6d); same v. J. Bradley, £2.1 3s (£4 Is 6d); same v. A. Kamanu, £9 9s 3d (£1 18s 6d); Palmer’s Bakery Ltd. v. A. Warner, £l2 16s 4d (£2 18s); same v. Reg. Kio, £l3 9s 6d (£3) ; H. D. Fraser v. E. Wharton, £4 10s Id (£1 ss. 6d) ; Technical Publications, Ltd., v. Jones Bros., £2 10s (fl 5s 6d). ' ’ . ”

On judgment summonses the following orders were made:—Dick Wipeni to pay J. A. Dymond £7 14s 6d, in default seven days’ imprisonment; Charlie Tonga to pay L. A. Taylor £1 17s 6d 'before March 18, in default 48. hours’ imprisonment; W., Mataka to pay D. ■Stewart.£s 15s 6d, in default five days’ imprisonment; Charlie Tonga to pay D. Stewart £7 4s, in default seven days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as debtor pays £1 a month. DISTURBANCE AT A FACTORY. ■COMPLAINT BEFORE MAGISTRATE. Arising out of incidents at the Ohangai cheese factory a week ago the manager, Bertram Laurence Duff, brought a complaint before Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., in the Hawera Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The information alleged that John Guest . had assaulted complainant at Ohangai on February 12, wherefore complainant asked that Guest be bound over to keep the peace. The information was dismissed, defendant being ordered to pay complainant’s costs, totalling £3.125. Complainant in evidence said defendant had at one time been employed in the factory but was now engaged as a sharemilker. Recently witness had rejected a quantity of milk as it was not fit for cheese-making. Two days afterwards defendant accused him of later taking in the milk. Complainant had not done this. Defendant’s _ supply had been up 3001bs one day, this being allegedly due to witness accepting the previously rejected milk. Witness tested the milk and found, it three points below the previous test. This gave complainant the idea that the milk had been watered. Defendant inferred that witness had not been honest about the testing and one day, after using bad language, seized witness by the throat. Defendant said, “If you ever come through my gate alone you’ll never come out alive.” Complainant had no ■feeling against defendant. When both appeared, before the directors defendant said: “He was lucky he did not get a good thrashing.” Mr. North: You claimed that the' excess milk had been due to the adding of water, while defendant claimed it was because of the rejected milk being later accepted? —Yes. Reginald Harding, an eye-witness, said that at the time of the fracas complainant was very cool while defendant lost his temper. Witness thought com- ' plainant’s calm further annoyed defendant, '

Opening the defence Mr. North submitted that the -incident had been a storm in a. tea-cup. ' Defendant had' been confident, he said, that not all of his rejected milk had been bad. Accordingly he had mixed some with the following day’s milk, which had been accepted, as first grade. Witness had not been able to refrain from telling Duff. He had no intention of ever touching Duff again. J. J. Paterson, defendant’s employer, gave him a? good character. Witness had never seen any. signs of bad temper.

SOUTH TARANAKI CROQUET

SECOND DAY OF TOURNAMENT.

MOST EVENTS WELL ADVANCED.

Close contests under ideal conditions made the second day of the South Taranaki croquet tournament yesterday most enjoyable. A large gallery of spectators was attracted and its appreciation of the evenly good standard of the game was marked. The management of the fixture was again excellent, a large number of <rames being expeditiously disposed of. The handicap events have reached an advanced stage. Yesterday’s results are:— ' CHAMPIONSHIP. EVENTS. Open Singles. First Round. —Captain Hartnell beat Mr. Gibbs 26—21, 26—22. Ladies’ Singles—First Life. First Round. —Miss Power beat Mrs. Ward 26 —21; Mrs. Hartnell beat Mrs. Campbell 26 —-15; Mrs. Penny beat Mrs. Glenny224; Mrs. Harding beat Mrs. Masters 26—21. Ladies’ Singles. —Second Life. . First Round. —Mrs. Stevens beat Mrs. Johnstone 26—6; Mrs. Bennett beat Mrs. Gibbs 26—4. Intermediate Singles. First Round—Mrs. Meyrick beat Mrs. Williams 26—13; Mrs. Dawson , beat Mrs. Campbell 26—9; Mrs. A. Murdoch beat Mrs. Gibbs. • Doubles. ■ First Round. —Mesdames Stevens and Evans beat Mesdames Dawson and Tait 26—13. . . HANDICAP EVENTS. A Grade Singles. First Round.—Mrs. Penny (5) beat Mrs/Hartnell (4J).-26—21; Mr. Gibbs (scr.) beat — 26—12; Mrs. Clague (5) beat Mrs. Harding (3|) 26—10; Mr. Harrison (5 J) beat Mrs. Washer (5) 26—5; Mrs. Williams (6) beat Mrs. Campbell (4) 26—16; Mrs. Masters (2j) beat Mrs. Meyrick (5) 26—24; Mrs. Ward (54) beat Mrs. Wylie (4) 24—8. Second Round. —Captain Hartnell (24) beat Miss Power (24) 26—14; Mrs. Bennett (24) beat Mrs. Gibbs (5) 26 — 22; Mr. ■ Harrison* (s|) beat Mrs. Clague (5) 24 —14; Mrs. Masters (24) beat Mrs. Williams (6) 26—21; Mrs. Ward (SJ) beat Mrs. Johnstone (6) 24—13; Mr. Exley (3) beat Mrs. Glenny (3£) 26 —21; Mrs. Jenkin (5) beat Miss Sutton (ss) 26—11. B Grade Singles. First Round.—Mrs. Dingle (94) beat Mrs. Hollis (8) 22—14. Second Round. —Mrs, Brass (8) beat Miss Putt (7) 26—15; Mrs. Evans (7) be .t Mns. Dingle (9J) 26—16; Mrs. Whitehead (8) beat Mrs. Brennan (10) 26—8; Miss Beale (11) beat Mrs. Winks (6J) 26—12. Doubles. Second Round. —Misses Irvine and Beale (15J) beat Mesdames Evans and Wills (8) 26 —19; Mesdames Bell and Whitehead (16) beat Mrs. Stevens and Miss Hay-Mackenzie (9) 26 —19. Third Round.—Mrs. Hollis and Miss Putt (15) beat Mesdames Rothe and Gardiner (16J) 18—12; Misses Irvine and Beale (15J) beat Mr. and Clague (s|) 19 —16; Captain and Mrs. Hartnell (7) beat Mesdames Hey and Barnett (12) 26—4, SITTING OF HAWERA COURT. - ' MOTORISTS PENALISED. E. H. Everett, who drov J e a motorcar at a dangerous speed in High Street, was fined £3 and costs by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Hawera yesterday. • Cutting the corner at the intersection of Normanby and Aliaipaipa Roads at Okaiawa on December 4 cost Robert Brown £1 and 10s costs. The magistrate intimated that if offences at this corner continued the penalty would have to be increased.

Stephen Minhinnick, charged with the breach of a prohibition order, was fined 10s and costs.

Ake Hawe was charged with failing to stop when requested to do so by Constable Pidgeon. A conviction was entered and defendant was fined £2. Defendant and the Native who had been with him denied that they had seen Constable Pidgeon step out into the middle of the road, put . out his hand, and call out stop.

Mr. E. M. Beechey, who appeared for Ake Hawe, said Constable Pidgeon’s story when compared with that of the Natives seemed strange. Mr. Salmon: Not strange at all if you have a knowledge of.the Maori temperament. - r PERSONAL ITEMS. Large numbers of friends gathered in Hawera yesterday to attend the funeral of Mr. Heathcoat Livingston. The cortege was of unusual length. Services at the house at Ohawe and at the graveside were conducted by the Revf R. E; Evans. The pall-bearers were Messrs. H. F. Wren, W. G. Walkley, R. McLean, H. J. Finlay, M. Barraclough and F, W. Horner. ' MANAIA TALKIES. “HOLD EVERYTHING.” There is much singing ' throughout the production, and the score includes at least a dozen tuneful melodies. The majority of these are sung by Winnie Lightner, famous comedienne, of vaudeville and musical comedy, and it may be said that she “puts oyer” a number in a manner that leaves nothing to be desired. Winnie is seen in one of the principal comedy roles, and the other member of an hilariously funny team is none other than Joe E. Brown, who has feiv equals among screen comedians. Brown, as a “dub” prize-fighter, is a positive scream. Another leading role is.played by the winsome Sally O’Neil, who is seen as the sweetheart of Georges Carpentier, who also plays a leading role and stages an exciting championship ’ ring battle. A feature of “Hold Everything” that is worthy of special mention is the dialogue, which sparkles with wit, and has much to do with the success of this rollicking musical comedy. Pictorially, the film is beautiful. The natural colouring achieved by the improved technicolour makes every scene one of warmth and beauty, and this production has the added advantage of scenes which are in themselves beautiful. Especially so are the sequences made in Carpentier’s training camp, which was actually established in the famous Busch Gardens in Pasadena, California.

PARK RINKS BEAT HAWERA

COMPETITION LEADERS EQUAL.

FINAL GAME NECESSARY.

Six rinks of Park (Hawera) bowlers defeated Hawera Club players on the Park green at Hawera yesterday by a margin of 20 pointe. The weather was ideal and the green excellent. The scores were: Park 151, Hawera 131. Park’s victory places both the contesting teams equal for- first place in the South Taranaki competition so a playoff will be necessary. Two substantial wins were recorded for Park in the Quin-Robb and SmithHicks contests, the score in the former bein<r 31 —17 and in the latter 31 —16. In° the Quin-Robb game the scores were even at the 9th, 14th and 18th heads, Quin’s score of 16 pointe to Robb’s 3 on the last seven heads giving him lite substantial win. Smith had little difficulty in accounting for the veteran Hicks, maintaining his lead throughout. 1 He was 11—4 on the Bth head, 17 —9 on the 16th head, from when he scored 14 points to his opponent’s 7. The other four games were more evenly contested, though at times margins of several points separated the rinks.

Results are:— P. H. Jellyman, Crutch, Hotter, Quin (s) 31 — Champion, Gerrand, Burgees, Robb (s) — 17 Barnett, Hall, Thurston, Goodwin (s) 23 — Wills, Foden, Lester, Bull (s) —— 27 Machin, Parkinson, McLaren, Colman (s) - 25 — Goodehap, J. Tait, Wefitaway, R. Tait- (s) — 23 Bremford, McPhillips, Meredith, 23 Chadwick‘(e) —■ Canning, Watts, Towneley, Corkill (s) —— 23 Williamson, Butler, Villars, Mason (a) 18 — Colclough, Reckin, McCormick, 25 Cropton (s) — Foy, Brennan, Brett. Smith (s) Herbert, McDonald, Shaw, 31 —— — 16 151 131