LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160711, 26 July 1920, Page 11

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The .Federal [>ii.e-ii\ing genuine end.-j ( n .Ji.ly .>ibi. .tho Government claims! that snice the commencement in 1916 the scheme has resulted in saving £4,771,000. Edward Scott, on three charges of indecent exposure, was remanded at the Court this morning until Wednesday next, pending medical examination. Bail was granted on the application of Mr Hussey. For the last week Wanganui has been experiencing a succession of heavy frosts, the last three, on Saturday, Sunday, and this morning, being the severest experienced here for many years. The whitebait season has commenced unusually early this season, and supplies have been on sale in Auckland for about a fortnight past (says tho New Zealand IJerald). Most of tho consignments are coming from tho Lower Waikato. The season usually begins in August. About three weeks ago attention was drawn to the dearth of biscuits on tho local market, it being noted that tho stocks of some grocers were completely denuded. Since the price of sugar has advanced bv 100 per cent, there are biscuits for all—at a higher price!— Dominion. On July 21 the Wangamii police received advice that a motor-car had been stolen from a garage at Johnsonville. The car was found this morning in a gravel-pit on Durie Hill. A resident of the locality had noticed the car standing in the pit for several days, and reported the matter to the police. At the Court this morning, Frederick Patrick Beattie was charged with drunkenness at Gastlecliff on July 24, and with damaging two portholes., on the Calm, valued at £3. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s on the first charge, and on the latter was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and ordered to pay the amount of the damage done to the portholes. Norman Coulter, a Territorial, who had failed to register under the Defence Act, and who was previously fined for a simila.r cffence, wag fined 40s, with costs 7s, at the Court this morning. James Wells pleaded an irregular tram service for failing to attend drill. The Magistrate stated that the tram irregularity would not count, as defendant had not attended any parades this yeax. lie was fined 10s, with costs. Jack Howe, who was working in the country and did not attend drill, wae ordered to pay costs, 7s. Like the thrifty housekeeper, the retail shopman has been forced through a shortage in some lines that were obtainable in good supply in pre-war days to adopt economic methods to meet the changed conditions. The latest case to come to light is that of an Auckland suburban baker, who requires customers to bring along their own paper. The. customers have, perforce, accustomed themselves to tlhis provision, and it is now no uncommon sight to see them waiting in the shop with the necessary coverings for their requirements.—Auckland Star.

At the Court this morning, on the information of Mr Gohns, of the Labour Department, J. E. Glover, tobacconist, Wanganui East, was charged with three offences of keeping his shop open after the hours set apart for closing under the Shops and Offices Act. Lie Magistrate stated that defendant had been cheating in business, raid bad not been playing tho game fairly with the other tobacconists. He was doing what tho Chinamen had been doing lately. It was not tho first time he had been doing the same thing, and unfortunately he had had two "previous convictions. On the first charge he was fined £5 and ordered, to pay costs of the prosecution on all three. Julius Barth was charged at the Ccurt this morning with, the theft of one gallon of paint, valued at 28s, on May 14, tho property of Alexander G. Toop. Informant stated that he was working on a job in Bell Street, and defendant came to him for the loan of a ladder. Later he missed some green paint from the job, and subsequently noticed that defendant had painted his cart with a similar coloured paint. ’The paint was a peculiar shade and had been mixed by informant. After several witnesses had been called for the prosectuion, defendant stated that he sold his cart to Mr Gabriel, and the latter gave him the paint to paint it before the deal was completed. Defendant had had several years’ experience in painting at sea. He mixed a small portion of black paint with the green. Defendant took exception to Detective Sergeant Cameron calling him “Julius ’ at the original interview regarding the paint, and informed the Court that they had not been formally introduced to each other. Andrew Gabriel stated that he gave defendant three tins of green paint to paint the cart. The Magistrate, after inspecting the cart, stated that it was painted with a very suspicious shade. He would accept the evi deuce of Mr Gabriel that he gave defendant the paint, and dismiss the information.