BULLS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19433, 20 October 1925, Page 3

BULLS.

SCOUTS’ TROOP (From the “Chronicle's" Special Correspondent.; The monthly committee meeting of Bulls troops was held last week, there being present Rev. Ireland (chairman), Miss Nancy Wilson and Messrs J. Mansell, G. Withell, J. Kemp and R. J. Ransom. It was reported that the boys had subscribed 10s to the Massey Memorial Fund. The principal business discussed was in connection with the jamboree. The treasurer reported that Lady Wilson had donated £5 towards this fund. The scoutmaster reported that the boys are working keenly in their efforts to become proficient in the various contests that are to be held at the jamboree. The jamboree secretary had informed the scoutmaster that 800 scouts, excluding those in Dunedin and from Australia, have already paid their first deposit. Captain Slipper, of Palmerston North, has been appointed quart-er-master of the camp. The annual scout census discloses on September 30, there were 447 scouterg 4170 scouts, 1313 wolf cubs, and 222 .sea scouts, making a total of 6152 for the Dominion. These figures do not include 500 sea scouts and scouts in Samoa. TENNIS CLUB At a committee meeting of the tennis club it was decided to hold the postponed opening of the courts on Wednesday October 21, at 2.30 p.m. The ladies have arranged for a dance in the evening. A match with St. John’s Club (Wanganui) was left to the ladder committee. It was decided to carry out necessary repair work to the netting. The courts which have been relined are in good order and arrangements are well in hand to ensure a successful opening day. MAGISTRATE’S COURT A sitting of the Magistrate’s Court was held on Saturday before Mr R. M. Watson. S.M. On the information of Stock Inspector E. A. Palmer, Mrs E. M. Stokes was fined £1 and 13s costs for exposing lice-infected sheep at the Bulls sale yards. Failure to Destroy Rabbits. Rangitoto Rabbit Board prosecuted A. W. Campbell and A. A. Mitchell for failing to take the necessary steps to destroy rabbits on their properties. Mr R. Mackay appeared for the board. Evidence was given by the board’s inspector, Mr W. Sutherland, and by the stock inspector, Mr E. A. Palmer, in support of the board. Mr A. A. Mitchell who was undefended, was fined £3 and costs £1 17s. Mr Campbell defended his own case, and stated that he had trapped 14 rabbits and had also poisoned with carrots after he had received notice to do so. The Magistrate stated that trapping was not an approved method of destroying rabbits, and after quoting the stringent provision of the Rabbit Act, said that defendant apparently did not realise his responsibility and regarded the position solely from his own point of view, which was a selfish one. He had overlooked his duty to his neighbours. By allowing rabbits to breed and spread on his own property he was nullifying the good work done in this respect by his neighbours, to which the inspector had testified. A fine of £5 and costs £1 14s was imposed. Judgment was given for plaintiff in the following undefended cases: Ford and Co. v. J. H. Pooiey £1 7s, costs £1 15s; V. Edhouse v. W. Cononn £2 ss, costs £1 5s fid; J. Dunham v. J. Gifford £7 19s lid, costs £ 1 10s fid; L. D. Coleman v. D. Keith £ll, costs £2 18s. W. Parrish was ordered to pay T. Sanson £57 2s lid and costs £2 2s, in default two months in Wanganui gaol, warrant to be suspended so long as debtor pays £4 per month, the first payment to be made on December I, 1925. Winiata Wereta, who failed to appear, was ordered to pay Messrs Ralfe and Archer £24 ss’ fid and costs £1 Ils fid, in default 4 weeks in Wanganui gaol, warrant to be suspended so long as he pays £4 per mouth, first payment tu be made on December 1, 1925. Matai Hunia was ordered to pay Messrs Ralfe and Archer £7 16s, costs 15s fid, on or before December 1, in default seven days’ imprisonment in Bulls police gaol. Robert O’Connor was ordered to pay J. Homes £8 3s fid with costs 15s fid on or before December 1, 1925, in default 10 days in Wanganui gaol. “AS MAN DESIRES." TOWN HALL ON SATURDAY. She has vamped from one end of the country to the other —“iilmically" speaking—and now, after using her entrancing wiles in every possible American lodale, she transfers her charms to the Orient.

Which is another way of saying that. Rosemary Theby, screen vamp, plays the part of a love-intriguing matron in “As Mfin Desires," which, co-featuring Milton Sills and Viola Dana, comes next Saturday to Bulls Town Hall.