Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 146, 23 June 1931, Page 6

Town Talk

Detective's Integrity. “Ilu also made mention of the fact i that he was acquainted with me, why I lie said that I do not know.” rcmarkt-ti Detective Welsh in conducting a case against a confidence man in ljiui vcir Motor Procession. School boys rushed the moto' piocession in the Avenue yesterday in connection with Welcome Week, a number of business firms were ujprcsen’e.l in the prociuiion which was headed by a band on a decorated lorry. •Samples were distributed from j.as.-ing units ami these were r spousible ter the stimuhttion ,jt j’lvei’de eutbiisi asm. Conspiring to Defraud. Charged with conspiring to defraud Peter Healey of the sum of £B3 ss, Alfred Jensen, who appeared before Mr J. H. Salmon, H.M., on the Magistrate’s Court at mid-day yesterday, was committed to Wellington for trail. Detective Walsh stated that he had just arrested the accused that morning. Bail was allowed in £lOO in self and £lOO of one other surety. Launch Again Missing The 33-foot launch Scotia has been out since last Tuesday and has not been reported since then. Those on board are Messrs William Young and William Emmery, both of Wanganui. They have hired the launch, from Mr Harry Lawson, of Pitt Street, Wanganui. The craft is stated to be well provi sioned, but there was no news of their whereabouts last night. Motorists' Infringements. Clifford Bae was fined £2 and costs in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for driving in Victoria Avenue at a dangerous speed at 12.30 a.m. For not having the current year’s motor registration plates on their cars when on the street, Daniell Becker and W. Hebberley were fined £1 and 10s costs, R. M. .Laurence £l. and 12s costs, and Miss Jean Wells £1 and 10s costs. ■' Guaranteed ’ ’ Parachutes. According to Flying-officer lan Keith parachutes are not the dangerous things they are made out to be and with reasonable care they would always fulfil their duly. One instructor used to go so far as to offer a "guarantee” to pilots making use of them,’’ he told the Rotary Club yesterday. ‘‘Here you are,” ho would say “and if it is no good you can bring it back and we will give you another.” (Laughter). Stolen Mangolds. Convicted of stealing mangolds to the value of two shillings, Paul Roscoe, of Castleeliff, was yesterday fined £2 in default 14 days’ imprisonment. Senior Sergeant McLean said that a close neighbour of Roscoe’s had found

mangolds missing. Roscoe at first denied taking them but when the police found them on his place, admitted it. Roscoe entered a plea of guilty and said that he had taken the mangolds for pig food. The Magistrate gave him 14 days to pay the line* League of Nations. The widespread interest in the League of Nations is being catered for by the W.D.F.U. and the Farmers’ Union. The recent meetings organised by these bodies has led other branches to follow suit. The Hunterville branch of the W.D.F.U., in association with the Farmers’ Union, is organising a big public meeting in the Scotts Hall, Huntervillc, at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday. Mr Hugh C. Jenkins, of Wanganui, has been invited to attend and deliver a lecture on the League and its work and the invitation has been accepted. Visit to Banana. Dr. G. J. Adams and Messrs J. B. Rowe, C. T. Young and J. D. Crowley, representing tho Wanganui Rugby I nion, paid an official visit up-river on Saturday and returned yesterday. They were accorded a great reception at Ranana where the annual North v. South match was played for the Hatrick Cup. South won by 19 points to 13 and Father Dynan presented the cup to R. Oxley, captain of the winning team. The Wanganui officials were present at the meeting of the Wainui-a-Rua Union in the evening and canic away greatly impressed with the enthusiasm backing the game up-river. Three Months’ Imprisonment. Three months’ imprisonment was tho sentence passed on Percy William Solly when he appeared in the Magis trate’s Court yesterdav. Detective Walsh told Mr J. >L Salmon, S.M.. that Solly had come to Wanganui on Friday and had ujt tp at a first-class hotel. He visited a dentist on Friday and ordered a set o r teeth. He borrowed £1 from the dentist, and. lai er went back and borrowed anoth.T He said that nis broil cr was c uniug through from Palmerston No"th *<,■'.! would pay. Solly had a list of convictions commencing at 1917 and continuing from then on. He ha 1 becu discharged about a month ago.

Scenes at a Sale. Wages may have fallen ten per cent, but there seemed to be more than .10 per cent, additinal vim when bargainhunters rushed a winter sale of drapery in Wanganui yesterday. Perplexed assistants fared unenviable tasks in smoothing lhe ruffled feeling of those who were rivals in laying claim to titbits of the morning. With the sale spirit well developed several women fought and bargained over articles of their fancy. One couple, evidently from the country, brought a box to sit I ok outside before the sale imgan—not |to put their purchases in. But ihux '• had a good haul all the sanu*. Al- ' though the totals had not been 1 ikon | out at that time, it seemed, late yeMer I tiny afternoon that tin* day hat! I'Btn a i record one. I Up-River Rugby. | "It is certain that the visit of officials j of the Wanganui Rugby Union up-river eu Saturday last will result in something being done to stimulate still further the great Rugby spirit of the Wainui-a-Rua L'nion. For several years past the game has had a wide, appeal on the upper ireaches oi the river. Dr. G. J. Adams (president), J. B. Rowe (treasurer), C. T. Young (secretary) ami J. D. Crowley (selector) were impressed with the enthusiasm displayed and have come back determined that some effort should be made to send a Metropolitan team up-river to Ranana this season. 'The scheme mooted is one which could well be carried out when Wanganui travels to Palmerston North in August. A Metropolitan team, it is suggested, could travel up river. In ;ul dition, it has been suggcsteil that a third Metropolitan side could play Wai roa at Wanganui. This would have the effect of interesting the outside unions and, at. tho same time, keeping city plavcrs ori the field for the day.