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Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1932, Page 6

“When did th© accused speak to you about th© horse?” was a question put to a witness in th© Supreme Court as Wanganui on Monday. “On the day there was a court case in Waverley,” was tho reply. Mr. Justice McGregor: Does that occur often? Counsel; I. don’t know. His Honour: It sounds like a sort of gala day for Waverley. (Laughter). A barrister who had been persistently interjecting throughout the hearing of a case in th© Supreme Court at Auckland on Monday at length drew on himself a sharp rebuke from Mr. Justice Herdman. “If you have occasion to ask a question will you be good enough to ask it in a polite and civil way?” said His Honour. “One is accustomed to deal with gentlemen here." A claim to a fair knowledge of New Zealand’s Rotary clubs was made by Miss Jean SteVenson,. Dominion secretary di tho in addressing the Auckland Rotary Club on Monday. “I have addressed Rotary clubs from Invercargill to Whangarei,” Miss Stevenson said, “and I know all about them. I know, for instance, that they are tho worst singers in Christchurch; I have attended a sWearing<-in ceremony at Whangarei; and Auckland, as far as I know, is unique in its Maori birthday toast.”

Th© need to keep relief workers up to the mark in their maintenance payments was stressed at tho meeting of th© North Taranaki Unemployment Relief Committee at New Plynioutn yesterday. The secretary stated that the men were frequently in arrears jn their payments. The committee decided that any relief worker who was in arrears rqr two weeks or more should b© stood down for two weeks as a penalty. Arrangements are to bo mad© for the Labour Department to deduct the maintenance mcfiiey instead of paying it to thi© worker.

“Work must bo found for those desirous of working and it must be found in the secondary industries,” stated the Hon. R. Masters, Minister of Industries and Commerce, at the opening of the Christchurch winter show on (Saturday evening. “To provide avenues of employment w© must extend our markets. There is a brighter outlook in the last month and we must drop th© inferiority complex we have had. We have learnt our lessons from the slump. We have a bright future and I am satisfied that tho time is not far distant when New Zealand will come into her own, and largely by her own efforts.”

In connection with the New Plymouth borough loan poll to-day ratepayers and the husbands or wives of ratepayers if their names are on the roll have the right to vote.

The New Plymouth Relief Association acknowledges a donation of groceries from the Tarurutangi branch of tho Women’s Division, and a donation of two and a half chests of tea from th© Community Stores, New Plymouth. Newton King Ltd. advertise a sale of household furniture and effects to b© held on behalf of Mr. H. Roberts at his residence, Pungarchu, to-morrow at 10.30 a.m. sharp. See auction columns for particulars.