BULLS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 3

BULLS

GOLF. A ladies’ foursomes will be held on Wednesday, March 28, and all those wishing to participate are requested to send in their names to Miss Lovett before Monday. On Monday evening, the coach, Mr John Lambic, will give a lecture on the “golf swing,” in the Town Hall supper-room. The lecturer will be aided with moving pictures of Bobbie Jones, the National Open Champion, and action pictures of some well-known professionals at the recent Timaru Professional Tournament will be shown. MAGISTRATE’S COURT. Mr J. L. Stout. S.M.. presided over a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. A first offender, charged with drunkenness, was convicted and discharged. For creating a disturbance in the Town Hall during a picture entertainment, two youths, who pleaded guilty, were fined £2 anil costs, in default 7 days. Thomas Henry Jones, fishmonger, was charged with being in charge of a lorry while in a state of intoxication. —Constable Shannon stated accused was at the wheel, and was drunk. In reply to Mr Mac Kay, who appeared for accused, the Constable said that the lights of the lorry were not on at the time. He arrested accused, and took him to the police station. When witness returned another person was in the seat of the

lorry, and, acting upon witness’ instructions, this person drove the lorry to a garage. Constable Larmor stated that accused was intoxicated when lodged in the police station. For the defence Mr Mackay said that after some consideration of the circumstances surrounding the case he had advised his client to,plead guilty, but he wished to point out mitigating circumstances. Defendant was a man who made his living selling fresh fish. In the ordinary course of his business he reached Bulls with his catch in the morning; sold his fish by noon; and returned to Tangimoana. On the day of this occurrence he came into Bulls as usual, only to find that it was race day, and, through having to remain in the township until his customers returned from the races, he had had several drinks. wns hopeless for him to dispose of his fish until the late afternoon. .1 fri-nd • . defendants, seeing that he was not quite himself, invited to stay with him for the night, and arrange ! f■•!■ 'fe lorry to be removed. The lorry, ,being an old-fashioned model, could not be illuminated unless the engine was running. and while defendant’s friend was starting the engine, defendant had got into the drivers’ seat to adjust the lights. The other party then stood by, in readiness to drive the lorry to the friend’s house. Jones’ livelihood depended upon his business, and his lorry was necessary to upply customers in Bulls, Rongotea, Feilding and other places. Counsel suggested that a fine would meet the breach, and said that his witnesses were in Court ready to give evidenc. Mr Stout said that he L would accept counsel’s statements, but

pointed out that it was Jones’ second offence. But for mitigating circumstances, defendant would have been severely dealt with. He warned him to be careful in future, and endorsed his drivers’ license and fined him £5. On the information of E. A. Palmer, stock inspector, H. P. Brightwell was charged with being in posession of lice-infested sheep. Defendant explained that owing to drought conditions he had been unable to dip sheep purchased recently in Bulls. As a matter of fact he had had to cart water four miles for ordinary farm circumstances, and when he purchased tho sheep he did not know that they were infested. A fine of £2, and costs 10s, was inflicted. Judgment by default was given in the following cases: —U. H. Edwards v. ‘E. C. Gaisfard £ll 18s 9d (costs £2 17s); Nicol Bros, v 11. Hartley (£2O Is JOd (costs £4 Ss 6d); Lundy and Co. v. R Maree £1 Us 3d (costs 8s), Lundy and Co. v E. Apirama £l6 19s Od (costs £3 ss); Ford ami Co. v. J. Leo £5 10s (costs £1 11s 6d). On a judgement summons, Dave Williams was ordered to pay to A. Guinan the sum of £lO 10s 6d, with costs £1 Is, in default 14 days imprisonment. Johnson Hunia was ordered to pay to V. Edhouse the sum of £lO 6s 6d, with costs £1 Is, in default 14 days imprisonment. Miss Stock was ordered to pay to Miss I. Bishop (Marton) tho sum of 14s forthwith. X-RAY REVEALS GEM THEFTS. Swallowing a diamond may not be pleasant but it is profitable if you

get away with it. That must be the way the natives who work in diamond mines reason it out in their elemental way. In “Framed,"’ which brings Milton Sills to the Bulls Town Hall this evening, there is a graphic demonstration of the tracing of stolen gems by means of the X-ray, as practiced in the Brazilian mines, where the story is located. In this First National picture, produced bv Ray Rockett and directed by Charles Brabin, who also directed Colleen Moore in “Twinkletoes,’’ some of the most dramatic scenes Sills has ever played are included.