LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 23 May 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In a gruelling fight of fifteen rounds for the lightweight championship, reports a cable from New York, Sammy Mandell gained tho decision on points over Jimmy McLarnin.

The decorations in the Masterton Municipal Hall, for the Harriers’ Ball, which takes place to-night, were completed yesterday. A most effective and unusual decorative scheme, worked in the club’s colours, black and white, has been used.

There was a large attendance last light in the Lecture Room of the Masterton Municipal Buildings to hear an address by Dr. P. 11. Cook. Thu lecture, the first of a series on first aid, was given under tho auspices of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. All persons interested are invited to attend the meetings.

Gordon William Shirtliff (23), the only son of J. W. Shirtliff, of Miller Run, about 70 miles from Blenheim, was attacked by a stallion on the station on Monday, and sustained fearful injuries, which resulted in his death while he was being brought to Blenheim. The same stallion attacked, the deceased a year ago, when he had. a leg broken,—(P.A.). The Press were asked to suppress the name of an elderly Pahiatua man who appeared before Mr. Platts S.M. in the Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton yesterday, charged with attempting to leave his wife unsupported, intending to leave New Zealand. The arrest was made on a warrant from Pahiatua. Counsel for the accused said he was a Justice of the Peace of cohsiderablo *wealth and was separated from his wife. Accused paid her £4 10s per week and an unmarried daughter £2. He had remitted sums regularly. Counsel thought tho facts would convince the Bench that the suspicions were groundless. The Magistrate granted a-remand to Pahiatua.—(PA.).

The Provincial Farmers’ Union at Hamilton passed resolutions yesterday that no lease of Crown, privately-own-ed or native-owned land be permitted unless it contains a clause allowing compensation for improvements or renewal at rent assessed on tho value at the date of the original lease, the rent to bo settled by a competent court; ■that a stock food Act bo passed to obviate the possibility of adulteration of stock foods; and that the Government be urged to further investigate mammitis and vaginitis in cows. Resolutions were also passed supporting the control of dairy produce and meat exports by boards elected by the pro ducers, asking for the elimination of trade and Government represenrutivcs from control boards, and also for a pig subs Cy in the form of a guarantee of tho minimum price for pork exported to Britain. —(P.A.). An interesting technical point is involved in a nomination for one of the vacancies on the Dairy Produce Board which reached tho returning officer on Monday, three hours after the time fixed for the closing of nominations at his office. Ample notification is always given of the annual statutory vacancies on the -board, and plenty of time is thus allowed for nominations to ‘be tendered. But, as occurs not infrequently in electoral nominations in the case of Mr. B. T. Booker, of Whitford—a candidate against the chairman of the' board (Mr. W. Grounds) —there was apparently a lastminute rush in forwarding the official nomination paper to Wellington. The registered letter containing the paper had been addressed not to the returning officer, as required in the notices inviting nominations, but simply “Dairy Control Board Election, Wellington.’’ The letter was re-directed, but was received too late, and it is understood that it is not being accepted.

An elderly Chinese named Yip Wah appeared at the Napier Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning and pleaded guilty to a charge of being a rogue an J vagabond. Statements made by the police showed that the defendant had a grudge against a Maori named Chase'. The defendant had come to grips with Chase and threatened to use a knifn upon him. A Maori friend had invited Chase to -sleep in his house for safety and Chase did so. Early in the morning Chase was awakened and found defendant with a formidable slasher about four feet in length with a blade three feet long. The Maori was able fto overpower the Chinaman without inthe def endant, counsel statronW v’- S Was in financial trouble was preying M n U that he waa sl! gW STof I A®- the und «tak ang of a Chinese friend that the defentart would be sent to Wellington or Masterton to friends who would find □edT Cnt f ° r hi “’ th ° Ma gistrate de hided to convict the accused and order him to crime up for sentence if called upon.—(P.A.). caiiea

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