WANGANUI HOCKEY VISIT

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1935, Page 6

WANGANUI HOCKEY VISIT

WOMEN’S MATCH AT STRATFORD. To play a return match with tire Stratford Old Girls’ Hockey Club the Gonville Old Girls team will arrive at Stratford to-morrow afternoon. The Stratford team visited Wanganui to play Gonville two or three years ago. The match will be played soon after the visitors arrive, as the Wanganui team will apparently not be leaving until after work to-mor-row morning. The team will be billeted at Stratford until Sunday afternoon. To-morrow evening the visitors will be entertained at a dinner given by the home club and will later attend the theatre. Sunday morning will probably be spent on the Stratford side of Egmont National Park. GENERAL ITEMS. Eltham Debt Judgments. Judgment by default was given by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., at the Eltham court yesterday in the following claims: Kaponga Town Board v. G. B. Calder £1 4s (costs Hs), H- A. Pascoe v. J. D. Spence £3 16s 6d (£1 5s 6d), I. J. Bridger v. J. K. Colman £1 15s 6d (8s). On a judgment summons W. Corrigan was ordered to pay I. J. Bridger £1 19s forthwith, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended on the payment of 10s a month. USE OF OBSCENE LANGUAGE. FOOTBALL MATCH AFTERMATH. The aftermath of a football match at Eltham was a charge of using obscene language against one of the players heard at the Eltham Police Court yesterday. The defendant, whose name was suppressed by the magistrate, was fined £1 10s and 10s costs. Sergeant Henry stated that about 6.15 p.m. Constable Antili was on duty in Bridge Street and heard defenciant say “the bulls are coming,” meaning the police, and use the expression complained of. He afterwards apologised and shook hands. Tire language was apparently used in the presence of footballers and there were no women within hearing. Mr. J. L. Weir in pleading guilty on behalf of the defendant said it was ?n unfortunate incident following a football match. He was afraid the boys had been treated too liberally to liquor. This lad, who was not used to liquor, had had several beers and when the constable approached he used this method of warning his mates that it was time to get out of the hotel. It was not used at the constable and it had been thought that after making an apology the incident was closed. Ho asked for the suppression of the name. This was agreed to by the magistrate, who said it did not appear to be a bad case.