No Cinemas To-morrow.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 April 1935, Page 4

No Cinemas To-morrow.

There will be no screenings at the cinema theatres in New Plymouth tomorrow (Good Friday), an offer to screen charity programmes having been declined. Sequel io Theft of Hoard. y In the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court on Saturday Thomas John Lucinsky, Foxton, was charged with the theft Of £240, money belonging to his stepmother, Mrs. Marion Lucinsky, Taikorea, reports the Palmerston North Times. He was remanded till Saturday next, bail being, fixed at £3OO to be found by accused himself and two other sureties of £l5O each. There are now two brothers in custody on the same charge, their arrest being the sequel of the disappearance of the money from- a cowshed where it was hidden. Few Bad Debts.

On a turnover of approximately £lOO,OOO, only £lB7 of bad debts had to be written off by the Waitemata Power Board during the year ended March 31, stated the manager, Mr. A Main, at a meeting of the board. “Judging by the account mail we receive,” he said, “I am certain that most consumers are doing their best to live within the means they have.” Mr. Main also remarked that although in previous years, he had had instances of baches being broken into and the cash stolen from prepayment meters,, there was no single instance of that form of crime during the past year.

Maori “Healer.” Numerous alleged miraculous cases of Divine healing as the result of the laying-on of hands and of the prayers of Te Huaiatahi, a Maori “healer,” are reported in Ngaruawahia, _ states the Taumarunu Press. Te Huiatahi, who comes from Raglan and who now resides at the Ngaruawahia pa is reported to have had possession of his healing power for about a month and during this time he and his wife have prayed for hundreds of -people. Aged Maoris vzho have been indisposed for years are reported to be well and strong. One man who had been bed-ridden for 15 years, after being prayed for by Te Huiatahi, was said to return to his home miraculously cured. Bus loads of visitors seeking relief from their ailments arrive at the pa every day, coming from as far away as Te Kauwhata, Morrinsville, Cambridge and New Plymouth. Pakehas as well as Maoris visit the pa and a case is reported of a woman, blind in one eye, having her sight completely restored. Te Huiatahi, a middle-aged man, believes his power to be Go-given and in all cases stresses the value of prayer.

In the auction columns of this issue Newton King, Ltd., advertise the sale of three farm properties at Tarata. These must be sold to close an estate, and those in search of a good farming proposition would be well advised to attend.*