TAIHAPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 275, 19 November 1937, Page 10

TAIHAPE

THE MAJESTIC “100 MEN AND A GIRL” The girl who has the most unusual singing voice in motion pictures, Denna Durbin, is the star of the new Universal film, “100 Men and a Girl,” a comedy drama with music, which opens at the Majestic Theatre for a four-day run, starting to-morrow. The story of “100. Men and a Girl” concerns a musician’s daughter who helps an orchestra of the 100 men find their place in the sun when they are facing a serious crisis. During the course of the production, Deanna Durbin sings four songs destined to live in your heart long after you hear them. MAGISTRATE’S COURT The monthly sitting of the Taihape Magistrate’s Court was held before Mr. R. M. Watson, S.M., yesterday. Wandering Stock Mr. B. C. Marchioni, poundkeeper, employed by the Taihape Borough Council, proceeded against J. O’Brien on a charge of allowing 16 cows to wander at large in Goldfinch Street. Defendant, who was represented by Mr. R. C. Ongley, entered a plea of not guilty. Mr. W. H. Maclean appeared for the Borough Council. Mr. Marchioni stated in evidence that the cows in question were grazing in Goldfinch Street for about 20 minutes without being under the control of Mr. O’Brien or anybody else. Feed was plentiful on the roadside in question. The defendant, J. O’Brien, told the Court that he visited Mr. G. H. Peacock’s residence in Goldfinch Street to use the telephone and stayed for a cup of tea. The cows were left unattended for a few minutes only. Mr. F. Wallis gave evidence to the effect that O’Brien was in Peacock’s house about 6 to 10 minutes. Evidence was also given by Mr. Peacock.

Mr. O’Brien: A drover often has to leave cattle for more than 10 minutes unattended on the roadside.

The Bench: Is that so? Mr. O’Brien: There are no lavatories along the roadside. The magistrate remarked that the whole of the circumstances bore testimony to the fact that the defendant, O’Brien, had used the telephone at Peacock’s residence, and it would be a biu hard if his cattle were deemed to be at large because he had stayed a few minutes to swallow a cup of tea. In view of the circumstances the charge would be dismissed. "Don’t stay too long in houses in future. These things can be stretched beyond reason,” His Worship told O’Brien.

A charge of tethering one cow on the roadside on September 12 for grazing purposes, was also preferred against O’Brien who pleaded not guilty.

Mr. Marchioni told the Court that he found the cow tethered on the side of the road leading to the reservoir. It was tethered on a rope long enough to allow it to feed. He spoke to Mrs. O’Brien, who said that she didn’t know it was a breach of the by-laws to tether a cow on the roadside. She removed the cow when he spoke to her.

Jeremiah O’Brien explained that the cow had been kept in a garage at night and then tethered on the roadside so that a calf could suckle it. The cow had been fed with chaff and cut grass before being put on the roadside. If it had not allowed the calf to drink, he would have put the cow back in the garage. The magistrate: The defendant, O’Brien, must have known that the cow would do a certain amount of grazing. Marchioni says that there was no calf there. I think that the cow was there for grazing. Defendant will be fined 5s and costs 20s 6d. D. Connell was fined 5s and costs 20s 6d for allowing one cow to wander at large. A. G. Whiteman and J. C. Bradley were each fined 10s and costs 12s for parking a car over a fire plug. J. D. Morris was fined a similar amount for parking his car in a “no parking” area.