STOP PRESS NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 6 February 1941, Page 6

STOP PRESS NEWS

CADET FOR DUNTROON HAMILTON YOUTH SELECTED ton that J. R. Warrington, who was one of a party of over 20 assembled at Trentham with a view to selecting ten cadets for posting to the Royal Military College at Dunrtoon, New South Wales, has been included • n the final selection. FINES TOTAL £l5O MORRINSVILLE BOOKMAKER Fines totalling £l5O were imposed by Mr W. K. Freeman, S.M., in the Mornnsvdie Court on Stephen Joseph Bain, hairdresser and billiard saloon prorietor. The tines were £IOO for bookmaking and £SO for keeping a to have been fined £l5O in 1936 and £IOO in 1939 for similar offences. LEND-LEASE BILL FURTHER AMENDMENT? BAN ON AMERICAN SHIPS WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Following a meeting of Democratu members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committeemen, Senator Rayburn announced that he was seriously considering a further amendment to the Lend and Lease Bill with particular attention to proposals to place a ceiling on the amoun,. of money spendable by the president under the programme and to limit the time of contractual commitments. Ho was also considering writing in a clause stating that the measure neither authorises nor repeals any existing ban on the use of American ships to carry supplies to Britain. JAPANESE LANDING EXPECTED iN INDO-CHINA SAIGON, Feb. 5 In authoritative circles it is said that Japanese troops will be landing here within a fortnight, ostensibly to enforce the armistice terms on IndoChina and Thailand. SUPREME COURT The jury retired at 3.35 p.m. after the Judge’s summing up in the case in which Charles Harold Longloy is charged with murder. Bfc... 'TUn E3IVIONT RACES Trial Handicap: Night Ray 1, Minvale 2, Valtour 3. Egmont Cup. Piastre 1, Friesland 2, Homily 3. Juvenile Handicap: Star Mark, 1; Air Flight, 2; Barry Boy, 3. Scr: Miss Hallomet, Park Light. Ngamatea, High Tone.