GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 November 1924, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

Mr (!. ,T. Sc-uloy has agreed to act as judge at tho l’ioasaut Point flower show, to lie hold on Thursday, Novemlwr ‘if. A telegram from Auckland last nigh*, staled cli.V tile Araliura. wl;:!o im li.'m tlishornt* m Auckland. P cii;icd ,;;iihnan! prope'lnr in th. II ■■ !’• |.|. ;i { alme' 1 . a. in, ~n c i v ;•••<.■( c.'ilf’il !■: port under ' ■ '. g n rone! lev and arrived re. h.'Jo a.ui.

—n———t ! At the Christchurch Show on ITcia/ the Rouown Challenge Cup, lor qiiautied hunters, was won by Mr It. Apergussou for \\ aiuiato Hunt) with .Warfare. There were ten competitors. An attractive and profitable sale of work was held at tho Baptist Church, WiL on Street, on Saturday alteruoou, in aid of tlio church dent extension Hind, and tiie Mauurewa Dome. J lie re were several well-stocked stalls, at which good business was done, ami tno ultornoon tea department was also very profitable. iTue sale will be continued to-night. ; At the Police Court Churles Janie.; Eccles, aged 23, on three c-Uargos <■- obscene exposure, was sontenceu to three years’ imprisonment. Cuun.-e. contended that prison hlo oouiu no. cure accused, but that be oiiotmi Unallowed probation in ordoi to outae: medical treatment. Medical ovuleuco was called in support of this view. me Magistrate in sentencing the accused, strongly defended tho present pnso.. system of classification and segregation. Charlotte Leonard, 40 years, vas charged at the Police Court at Auckland on Saturday, with the thelt of goods valued at £4O 12s 9d from sixteen different shops. She was caught ifi the act at ltendell’s drapery. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment on cue charge. On another sho was placed on probation for two years. Accused had £IOO in the bank, and her hubhund had more than £SOO in cash. The latter was known as a man of good character. A servioe for Masons was held ifi St. Mary’s Church, Wellington, yesterday afternoon. A large and representative gathering included the Governor-General (Grand Master) who. read one of the lessons, while the other was read by the Rev. J. 1L Sykes, Past Grand Chaplain. The Dean of Nelson (Ve’ry Rev. C. P. Askew) preached an appropriate sermon from the text, “Tear God, Honour the King, Love Thy Brethren.” The service was held to commemorate the signing of tho armistice six_ years ago, and in memory more especially of the men of the Order who fell in the Great War.—(Press Association.)