TE AROHA NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20886, 18 August 1939, Page 10

TE AROHA NEWS

MAGISTRATE'S COURT (Special to Times) TE AROILA, Thursday. At the Magistrate’s Court, Te Aroha. today, before Mr W. 11. Freeman, S.M., Eric Cordon Haddon was charged with making a false alarm of lire on the evening or July :iu. Defendant pleaded guilty and was lined ios and ordered to pay one shining damages. 11. Bridgman, Waitoa, was charged with ofreeing lor sale milk containing 7 per cent of water, and was lined £1 and costs lus. J. R. Horne, for offering for sale milk containing s 5-10ths per cent of added water, was fined £1 and costs 10s. FIRE BOARD MEETING At the quarterly meeting or the Te \n>ha Fire Board, surpvi©** was expressed that the annual boot allowance of £1 wasubject to the social security tax. The superintendent. Mr l*. J'ilkington, ©aid tin* members objected to basing the tax deducted from their allowance. Jin* chairman. Mr It. Coulter, ©aid the allowance was not wage©, and the tax should not base to be ueuucteu. Un the motion of Mr Arthur it wadecided to ask Mr J. oiiling-Butcher lui a ruling. ORPHANS' CLUB Bro. J. A. Hepburn presided at the monthly gathering of the Te Aroha Orphans' club, when a “Scottish .Night ’ was held. The chairman and representatives ol the Hamilton. uhaujKj and Rotorua clubs were piped in by Pipe-Major E. Robertson. An addre©© on Scotland and its poop I ■ was given by Bro. Hepburn. As a prelude to the -rung of the supper the haggis ua© addn—.d by Bro J. came roil aim piped round the hail by PipeMajor Robe!' t " >ll. The programme included items by Bro. W\ lde .Moitiiisn ill** , ace .rdmu ©ol .©; Bio. Dunbar Murrm-wlle , ©ong-: tiro. Caundle Wailll , song-; Bp*. \\ * ~!© Hamilton , huiu-r- »ng- ; l;r -mu Her©, i• i I trio; Bp.. K\an© WaUu , mule .dog u.-s ; Bl'o. Flail, violin sol*.-; Bro. Um.-1.-r (Hamilton j , songs; Bro. Don (Waiii; Pianoforte monologues. Bro. lh. mas i Rotorua), songs; Bro. Elliott (Auckland;,