ALLEGED CAR CONVERSION

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1933, Page 10

ALLEGED CAR CONVERSION

DRIVER DETAINED AT HAWERA.

SMART WORK BY HAWERA POLICE.

Smart work by Sergeant J. Henry, of the Hawera police, on Wednesday, night resulted in the hirer of a Wellington rental car who had allegedly retained the vehicle for a longer time than he should have done, being intercepted at Hawera. As a sequel Charles Matthew McKendrick, a 22-year-old Wellington baker, will appear in the Wellington Court to-morrow charged with converting the car to his own use. Just as Sergeant Henry was going out of his home on Wednesday evening he heard a wireless announcement that a rental car was missing from Wellington. He made a note of the number and about 10 pan. he saw a travel-stained car in the street. The driver returned to the police station with the sergeant, who telephoned the Wellington police station, where no complaint had then been lodged. The firm that owned the car was consulted and a charge laid. Shortly before midnight McKendrick was arrested and he spent the night in the Hawera lock-up. McKendrick came before Mr. E. Dixon, J.P., yesterday, charged with the conversion of the car, and was remanded in custody to appear at Wellington on October 21. He was taken to Wellington in the car in question yesterday, escorted by Constable Pidgeon. GENERAL ITEMS. Patea Beach Working Bee. An effort to stem the erosion of the ground in front of the Patea beach pavilion was commenced yesterday by a working bee composed of members of the Patea Seaside Improvement Society. A breastwork is to be formed consisting of tarred drums, filled with sand, across the point where erosion has been most severe. The drums will be wired together and securely anchored, and the space’behind them filled with stones and driftwood. The sand will drift sufficiently to consolidate the enclosed area, it is hoped, in a comparatively short time.

Bathing Pavilion Accommodation. The accommodation for women at the Patea bathing pavilion has been almost doubled by the erection of a separate enclosure for younger girls. This provision, which has been desired by bathers for several seasons, has been made possible by closing off of a portion of the verandah space on the northern side, the entrances to both adult and junior sections being adjacent. Patea Tennis Club.

The opening day of the Patea Tennis Club was provisionally fixed for November 4 at a meeting of the committee on Wednesday night. The date will depend on the intervening weather as cutting and rolling of the lawns are necessary. A working bee will be busy to-morrow replacing wire-netting and generally renovating the environs of the courts. A special sub-committee was formed to investigate the project for a new pavilion and to report upon alternative schemes.. A donation was received from Mrs. and Miss Whitehead for competition between club members in ladies’ and men’s doubles in two grades, with the motive of promotion of play between players of varying standards. Tawhiti Final Euchre.

• There was a large attendance at the last euchre party of the. season held recently in the Tawhiti halh Fourteen euchre parties were held during the winter, seven parties in each section, four points prizes being presented at each. The winners for the final seven nights were Mrs. J. Pepperill 1, Miss Nora Parker 2; Mr. T. Norman 1, Mrs. Eric Smith 2. The evening’s prizes were won by Mrs. H. Dawson 1, Mrs. Laurent 2; Mr. L. Philpott 1, Mr. J. Rangiwahia 2. After supper Mr. H. Thrush (chairman of the hall committee) thanked all who had helped to make the parties the great success they had been, especially the Maori string orchestra for playing for the dances after the euchre parties. Manaia Church Carnival.

The Manaia Anglican Church has arranged to hold a small queen carnival to raise funds in connection with the annual bazaar. Four young ladies have been selected to represent the districts of the parish and committees have been set up to conduct activities on behalf of the respective queens, Misses Nancy Crompton (Manaia), Betty McCullum (Otakeho), Delia Good (Okaiawa) and Ivy Eliason (Kapuni). Anglican Queen Carnival.

To further the cause of the Okaiawa candidate, Miss Delia Good, in the Anglican queen carnival, a card evening was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. Good, on Monday night, there being an attendance of over 40. The euchre prizes were won by Miss D. Corbett and Mr. W. Stening, and Mrs. Evetts and Mr. G. Barclay were successful in an amusing and clever competition. The winner of a box of chocolates was Mr. R. Harris. After supper the Rev. C. W. Solomon thanked Mr. and Mrs. Good for the enjoyable evening. Dairy Produce Market

The Hawera office of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., yesterday received the following cabled advice from London: Butter, finest 995. to 100 s., firsts 955. to 965.; market is firmer in sympathy with Danish advance. Cheese, white 495. to 505., coloured 475. to 485.; market is steady. Six Hawera Solicitors. Six Hawera solicitors were engaged in a case presented before the Taranaki Mortgagors’ Relief Commission at Hawcra on Wednesday. The commission consisted of Messrs. A. Coleman, C. D. Dickie and V. Smith. New Cold Stores. New cold stores are to be erected at Hawera at a cost of approximately £2OOO for Messrs. T. H. Walker and Sons., Ltd. The stores, for which Mr. A. O. Brown, New Plymouth, was the successful tenderer, will be constructed in ferro-con-crete at the Egmont Bacon Factory, Tawhiti Road. PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. L. I. Marter was presented with a life-membership medallion by the Hawera Amateur Athletic Club at the dance on Wednesday night. Sympathy with Mesdames E. Paterson and O. McGlade in recent bereavements was expressed at a recent meeting of the committee of the Tawhiti Women’s Institute. ,