"INIQUITOUS THING”

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1934, Page 8

"INIQUITOUS THING”

; 1 PROTEST AT PROSECUTIONS. 1 • ] FARMERS AND TRANSPORT ACT. . “It is a most iniquitous tiling that ' farmers owning lorries which they run. r to the factories should be taxed in this ‘ way. They made the roads and they ( should have the benefit of their work,” • said Mr. T. A. Winks at the monthly , meeting of the Hawera County Council ' on Saturday when it was decided to pro- . test against farmers being fined for * breaches of the Transport Act regula- . tions. ; The discussion arose when a copy of ! a report of Transport Board activities was received. In it notice was given that inspectors of regulations had been ' appointed in the Taranaki area. , j . The chairman, Cr. J. B. Murdoch, in ■ a short discussion said iron wheels did ' great damage to roads. There should, therefore, be a tax on horse-drawn vehicles. Cr. Winks: There should be a tax on , neither. We should support any movement to get the prosecutions stayed un- ( til the matter is inquired into. His suggestion was agreed to by the , council. CIVIL CLAIMS HEARD. ' HAWERA COURT JUDGMENTS. ; Judgment for plaintiffs by default was ' given in the following undefended civil i cases by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., at I the Hawera Court on Friday: Gold- i stone and Patterson v. G. Hinga, £7 i Is 6d (costs £2 9s 6d); W. J. Claringbold v. E. Gibson, £2 10s (£1 4s 6d); Paramount Tyre Service Ltd. v. C. Fincham, £7 9s 6d (£1 13s 6d); Goldstone and Patterson Ltd. v. Tupito Maruera, £8 3s Id (£1 15s 6d); same v. G. P. Anderson, £5 (£1 13s 6d); same v. T. Cross, £2 9s 4d (£1 7s 6d); A. G. Barley ( v. R. M. Palmer, £2 (£1 3s 6d); W- J. Claringbold and Co. Ltd. v. Roy Walker, £lO (£1 12s 6d); Newton King Ltd. v. L. C. Cuthbert, £3 Ils 3d (£1 5s 6d). On a judgment summons C. Stewart was ordered to pay the Egmont Box Co., £7 Ils 6d (costs 15s 6d), in default fault seven days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended on payment of 30s a month. For failure to pay under a maintenance order, Roy Francis Harwood was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment the warrant to be suspended on payment of 10s a week. HUGE HOUSE FOR PICTURE. GEORGE ARLISS’ GREAT SUCCESS. One of the largest houses for some time greeted the first showing at Hawera on Saturday night of “The House of Rothschild,” George Arliss’ magnificent creation of the early founders of the internationally famous banking house. . The picture will be shown at matinees and nightly for the remainder of the week. The story traces the rise from the Frankfurt ghetto, where the Jews were persecuted, to a European organisation of the banking house of Rothschild. Arliss, in a wonderful characterisation, takes two roles—that of Mayer Rothschild. the founder, and of Nathan, his son and the head of the house. The scene is laid in Europe at the time of the Napoleonic wars, when stress and misfortune combine to make one of the greatest crises in the history of the world. Against a background of historical fact, the picture weaves a glorious pattern, in which the dominance of Arliss has never been so noticeable. For acting the picture is a sheer delight, and it is unquestionably the finest thing Arliss has done. He receives good support from a splendid cast, including Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young and C. Aubrey Smith. PORT OF PATEA. November* 10:—Sailed: Motor-vessels Inaha and Kapuni. November 11:—Arrived: Motor-vessel Hawera,