Results Of Music Examinations Held Recently In Marton

Wanganui Chronicle, 27 October 1948, Page 2

Results Of Music Examinations Held Recently In Marton

Recently the practical examinations conducted by the Trinity College of Music (London) were held in Marton, when the examiner was Mr. Alfred Wilson, F.T.C.L., an ex-organist of Paisley Abbey. The following are the results, unless otherwise stated the subject taken being pianoforte:— Associate, performer (practical only): Caccia-Birch, Margaret Jennifer. Higher, local. Pass with Merit: Hunt, Owen Davis (organ). Senior. Pass: Howard, Merlene Olive (singing); Howarth, Zoe Agnes; Morgan, Kathleen Shirley. Intermediate. Pass with Merit: St. Matthew’s Schoos Choir (class singing); pass, Heywood, Susan Elizabeth Baker. Junior. Pass with Merit: Birch. .Gerald Timothy Caccia; Chambers, Roger McKenzie; Notley, Alan. Pass: Grey, George Robert; Jensen, Elaine; Williams, John Roland. Advanced Preparatory. Honours: Nesbit, Rona Janice. Pass with Merit: Taverner, Lewis John Macworth. Preparatory. Pass with Merit: Archiba’d, Beverley Dawn; Garvin, Heather Lorraine; Morgan, Joan Beverley; Turner, Roger Swainson. Pass: Jones, Marie Rose; Nichols, Zoe Margaret; Todd, Pamela Ellen; Turner, Robin William. First Steps. Honours: Notley, Dennis. Pass with Merit: Andrews, Valleen Janice; Galpin, William Barry; McCaul, Maurice Hugh; Taverner, Graham Digby Macworth. Pass: Marie Coulter Eadie. Initial. Honours: Mensforth. Gay Rosalin. Pass with Merit: Cavf )d, Burnice; Eagan, Priscilla Denise Louise; Gardner, Patricia Ann; Holder, Delphine Mary; Hughes, Stephen Owen Leslie; Lock, Timothy John. OPERATING I RON-TYRED VEHICLE ON ROAD WITHOUT PERMISSION The county was very keen that permission should first be obtained from the engineer as great damage was done to the road, said Mr. W. C. Shaw, traffic inspector, when prosecuting Walter Richmond Harding and Cecil James Harding in the Marton Court yesterday morning for operating a heavy iron-tyred motor venicle at Tvrakina without the consent of the roa* v?ntroLing authority. Defendants were lined £3 (costs 14s) by Mr. A. Coleman, S.M. Outlining the facts of the case, the inspector said that at Turakina on June 6 he stopped a large caterpillar bulldozer which was being , driven the road. To a question, the driver said no permission had been granted to operate the vehicle on the road. The matter was then referred to the Rangieikei County Council as the authority controlling the road, and the engineer had stated that no written permission had been given. The vehicle, which weighed five tons, had traversed some seven miles along the road, said the inspector. The driver of the vehicle. Graham Thomas Dungan, who p.eaded guilty by letter to driving the bulldozer without being the holder of a motordriver’s licence authorisig him to drive such a class of vehicle, w r as convicted and fined £1 (costs 12s). IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED FOR IDLE AND DISORDERLY CHARGE.

Pleading guilty to a charge of being idle and disorderly, Alfred William Donaldson, aged 54 years, of no fixed abode, was sent to orison for one month by Mr. A. Coleman, S.M., at a sitting of the Marton Court yesterday morning. Sergeant W. J. Brown, who conducted the case for the police, said defendant came out of Wanganui prison about a month ago and had been in Marton for a week, sleeping in a woolshed and getting his meals whenever he could. Sometimes he went without. Defendant had no money. Asked bv the magistrate whether he had anything to say, defendant said he was medically unfit for work. Mr. Coleman: Couldn’t you apply for an invalidity benefit? To this question defendant said he had not. In convicting Donaldson and sentencing him to one month’s imprisonment. the magistrate said he could not overlook defendant’s past record. PASSED CAR “FULL OF COPS” AT 60 m.p.h. Defendant did not know he was “passing a car full of cops” as he' termed it, said the assistant chief Traffic Inspector, Mr. J. H. R. Semple, Wellington, when prosecuting jack Raynard, a motor-cyclist, in the Marton Court yesterday morning, for exceeding the speed limit of 40 m.p.h. near Bulls on July 6. The magistrate, Mr. A. Coleman, imposed a fine of £3 (costs IQs). On a further charge of having no driver's licence. Raynard was convicted and lined 20s (costs 10s). | Over a distance of one mile, de- 1 fendant’s speed was checked at 601 m.p.h. said Mr. Semple in explaining i to the Court the facts of the case. When stopoed defendant said he was in a hurrv. The motor-cycle, added the inspector, appeared to have been stripped for racing. NGA TAW A PUPILS ATTEND I IVIARTON COURT. The seating accommodation of the public portion of the Marton Court was insufficient and many had to “squat” on the floor, when the monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court opened in Marton yesterday morning. The reson for sucn a large gallery was the presence ol some 26 pupils from Nga Tawa School, under Miss M. Surridge, a teacher from the school, and they had come to gain an insight into Court procedure. A variety of cases came before the magistrate, Mr. A. Coleman, which included various types of traffic breaches, liquor near a dance hall, idle and disorderdly charge and several civil cases. MOTORIST BACKS INTO TRAFFIC INSPECTOR’S CAR. “The responsibility is on the driver, and no one else, to sec that the way is clear. In this case you chose the ..rong vehicle to back into.’’ said the magistrate, Mr. A. Coleman, in the ..larton Court .yesterday morning when convicting and lining Ernest Neal Hunt 30s (costs 12s) for driving! without due care and attention, ini Broadway, Marton. Delendant had backed into a traffic inspector’s car damaging the vehicle to the extent of £2 17s. A plea of guilty was entered. The inspector. Mr. W. C. Shaw, in prosecuting, said that he pulled in be-1 hind defendant at a bowser station in i Marton. Defendant later put hisca.* into reverse gear and backed into th« , patrol car damaging it to the exteir i of £2 17s. Defendant said he understood from] an attendant that the way was clear. The momentum of the ear was very] slow, when he hit the patrol car.

LABOIU DAY GOLF PLAYED ON MARTON LINKS

Despite the wind and the rain, there was a good attendance of golfers at the Marton finks on Monday (Labour Day) for the annual competitions arranged by the Marton Club. Visitors were present from all the neighbouring clubs and shared in the prizes.

The ladies’ stableford competition was won by Mrs Max Wysocki (Marton) with a score of 28, while Mrs J. Caithness (Marton) won the stroke competition. The men’s stab.eford was won by D J. Abel (Hawkestone) with a score of 34, the runner-up being S. W. Morrison (Marton) with 30. In the afternoon a mixed Canadian foursome was played and resulted in a tie between Mrs Brown (Rangatira) and N. J. Clarke (Marton) and Q. Kingharr (Taihape) and D. J. Abel (Hawkestone), the former pair winning on the count back. At the end of the day’s play Mrs A. B. McFarlane, wife of the captain of the Marton Golf Club, presented the trophies to the winners. FAREWELL SOCIAL ANn DANCE. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brown, who have' been residents of Marton for several years are leaving to take up residence in Wellington at the end of the month, where Mr. Brown has been appointed supervisor of faults, in the Post and Telegraph Department. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been actively associated with various organisations in the town, particularly with musical organisations and stage presentations. Mr. Brown, who has been line foreman at Marton, and Mrs. Brown are being tendered a farewell social and dance in the Marton Sports Half this evening. This function has been arranged by the local P. and T. social club and all friends have been invited to attend. Opportunity will also be taken to farewell Mr. J. N. Tobin, who is under transfer to Wanganui, and Mr. L. A. Wildbore, who recently left the service. Mr. J. McConway, Wanganui, will be relieving Mr. Brown in Marton until the arrival of the permanent foreman. NO WARRANT OF FITNESS. Pleading guilty to driving a car in High Street, Marton, which did not possess a warrant of fitness, lan Keith Tichbon was convicted and fined 10s (costs 10) by Mr. A. Coleman at a sitting of the Marton Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. The traffic inspector,. Mr. W. C. Shaw, who prosecuted, said defendant was driving an old model car which appeared to be in a state of disrepair.