LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 14 June 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A cablegram from Melbourne received last night reported that at ladies’ hockey, England defeated Victoria by 14 goals to nil. A Sydney Press Association cablegram states that Cedric Ryan, found guilty of the murder of Nellie Howard in May last, has been sentenced to death.

The annual social of the Carterton branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union will be held in the King’s Theatre, Carterton, on Wednesday, July 6.

At a meeting of the Otago Swimming Centre last evening, advice was received that the 1928 national swimming carnival had been allotted to Otago.— .(P-A-). A London cablegram mentions that the crew of Jesus College, the winner and head of the river in the eights at Cambridge, included three Australians and a New Zealander, O ’Rorke.

A Waimate Press Association message states that Thomas Kinsman, aged 10 years, of Douglas Settlement, was killed through a horse he was riding, slipping on the greasy face and bolting, dragging the boy some distance. He died a few minutes after.

In our report of the Jubilee function of the Loyal Masterton Lodge, M.U., 1.0.0. F. on Saturday evening, which appeared in yesterday’s issue, Mr A. Macalister was reported as representing the Forresters’ Lodge. As a matter of fact Mr Macalister represented the 1.0.0. F., Waipoua Lodge. At the Supreme Court criminal session, at Gisborne, Richard John Ferris was charged with, at Tokomaru Bay, assaulting Thomas Robb, and robbing him of about £3 10s; also with assault, and intent to rob, and with intent to commit actual bodily harm. The accused was found guilty on three counts, and was sentenced to three years’ reformative treatment. —(P.A.). Speaking to a toast at the golfers’ dinner in Sydney, Sir Henry Braddon, a former New Zealand representative footballer, said: ‘‘We must not forget the debt we owe to New Zealand in the field of sport. If we have helped them in I’rieket and tennis, we must remember they have rendered us service in the Rugby Union game for which we can never sufficiently thank them. Largely because of their assistance the game has been re-established soundly and satisfactorily.”— (P.A.). The Arbitration Court was engaged in Wellington yesterday in hearing the Typographical dispute, in which a partial agreement was reached before the Conciliation Council recently. An agreement was then arrived at so far as the hand section was concerned. The matters which remained to be settled by the Court were connected with the wages of machine compositors, including linotype and monotype operators. After hearing the evidence the Court reserved its decision.— (P.A.).

Thieves broke into G. W. Smith’s store at Opawa Road, Christchurch, on Sunday night and stole a quantity L of shirts, collars, rugs, socks, and cigarettes. It was a stormy night and ihe thieves were undisturbed. An attempt to force the lock with a jemmy failed, and the robbers then used a jemmy to smash the glass panel of the door” by which an entrance was made. No cash was left in the shop by the owner, who has had previous experience of burglaries. Just a year ago thieves broke into his residence and stole bo.’.wcen £3O and £4O.—(P.A.). The last-minute scratching of the horse Castles from a hurdle race at Bandwick on Saturday, a Sydney cablegram reports, caused an angry ferment among the public and bookmakers. The horse had been strongly supported, and its withdrawal upset the betting. Just before the time to start the owner asked to be allowed to amend his entry on the .ground that the horse’s pedigree had been wrongly described. The stewards decided that the application was too late and that they had no alternative but to reject the entry. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Influenza Colds.*