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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 220, 16 September 1940, Page 4

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i 4 THE AUCKLAND STAR, M DUPED. ! "SYDNEY THE STAR." I AFTER 13 YEARS r- - —.— ' —. f ■' rinance, Lorn STORY OF SICK WIFE. DARING SEA EXPLOITS. AUCKLAND UNBEATEN ON 'CHANGE. EX-NAVAL MAN'S OFFENCE. WORK IN MEDITERRANEAN. TRIUMPH AT WELLINGTON. An ex-naval man employed as an (Air Mail .) SYDNEY, Sept. 14. Not since the 1927 Rugby season, when FIRMLY. en;rme driver at the Auckland Mental A Boncli rati HM\S Svdnev Mr * V " R - Meredith was selecter, has Hospital, who stole goods from the wiIHam Bcnoe w ], f) is a t*home'on 1 a .' the Auokland representative XV. been COLONIAL SUGARS STRONG. hospital and defrauded his landlady by ti v i ' ■ • i °!'i * °" unl>ea,ren until this winter. telling her stones about a sick wife, *??* 7 ' * "^ rcc0^ S€d as the 6tar The climax to one of the most successful Quotations opened firmly on the Aucl , ,, S| "P ft the Jinlish .Mediterranean fleet, playinc vears in tlip Rubhiv luei™-,, r>f land Stock Exchange to-day, but busines was dealt with by Mr. J. Morling, He 6aid the Sydney had made manv d:u- p rov SL™ 1 ZulT t h« w f, was 1 uiet > with 1 ' 0,ders higl S.M., in the Police Court to-day. injr attempts to force units of the Italian ™L~J ,♦ ! i °. S £™ «"ere raised for New Zealand Dru He was Reginald Tam« Arthur Swan n «'t to come out and fight. °* "°* at Athletic Park by rights to £1 5/10, sellers asking £1 7, ne wa» iteginaid James A.tnui swan, ,.. +,. n„i «• ai U points to 10. Only three sales, all reported, were pu aged 37, for whom Mr. Aekins appeared. ? n olle «««*'»" " e pattoiled off the Tfl through at noon, when the chief feati.r Swan pleaded guilty to a charge of a ! a " c " Hfit J«r neariy a week, but the m Xfof AuckkndW Ir t cS wa * * n advance in h^TS to £50 fo stealing, on May' 20, two and a half Italian * w«™ too shy, said Bcnoe. "We over eight games-four at Eden Park and Colonial Sugars, after sellers had quote yards of mangle' felting and two and a l".'" 10 ' 1 *"*"* lnto P ortri a,ul forts '» a similar number away. They are the £ 5 h * Wilsons Cement had an unsatii half yards of sheeting of a total value *' lb ' Va ' ,,ut the onlv retaliation by the selector Mr. V W. Lucas, who has stuck fied demand at 19/6. of £2 3/ the tirnnprtir r.f tl, P ATpntal Ttalla "* was to "end out a few bombers, practically to the same X\ r . all the season ■-Mi>,»«'»,,a ;,„,,, „„• £2 ;;;!7£;~ja n^ «£ r «».. = <-,*>-.i-a-UrttStan." sales completed. between January 9 and March 25 last, ]ut c lv ludicrous winger, L. W. Schubert after his return with intent to defraud, obtaining sums ,, •. , ■ ' ,, . ,. c . , , U' om Christohurch); the captain, N. C. *» thf in a m ntt rn nAv_ of money totalling £24 from Daisy Scott *" le lh cIa ' n,a . * h »* "" S - vdn 7 <¥" Firman who, filling a difficult'position AT THE " AM - CALL XODAY - Sale . by falsely representing that he rcciuired the first Italian submarine lost m with distinction, reserved his beet in- * s d iT% tl„ rnn,L ■ °r , required the war „ We gaw the . garba „ . com dividual effort until the all-important game S>rm Auct. (A pref.) . 120.. 120 i„t„n» Y up after tossing over depth chafes, but ft Wellington: and B. W. Hare, Xe Egg" WunZinfr ° ' * " ° * 6 nm rua - the Admiralty did not claim tliis as a k, ng produced nearly half of Auckland's p<= 101 0 0 ..10010 0 Detective W. W. Roddick produced a sinking," he said. "The Mediterranean r al P° mte ; AT THE lzls P-M . CALL TO -DAirstatement made by Swan in which he was alive with submarines for the first lhe wmnln B scores in the eight engage- b.h.p 259.. 259 admitted theft and obtaining various two weeks after Italy came in. Our & v . Waikato at 3 14 0 .. 4 0 6 sums of money totalling £24 Irom Mrs. section of the fleet was credited with 11, &J *$&*%*%' _Z_^. hcott by false pretences. Swan said his possibly 12, sinkings. These figures were Hawke's Bay, at Napier, 'l8— 12; August wife was not in Rotorua, but lived in far too conservative. The actual sink- 10, v. Waikato, at Hamilton, &— 3; August THE LATEST QUOTATIONS England. He made several visits to see in gs I would say were about 20. The 7 > v - Northland, at Auckland, 20--9; ______ a woman in Rotorua and spent the Sydney also got-"first hits on an Italian f 4 ' v - Taranaki, at Auckland, money in going there and on entertain- destroyer, but missed credit for the sink- TZtf'f "K/jL,Jll "^ ay ?1 F1^ ty „'. at Bu,e " 8eU " ing Swan expressed his regret for what tag. which went to another ship." ZVIZ *. ""^ u/« .. w he Jiad done. for 131, against 67. Com. Bank Aus. (pref.) .... 8/12/6 .. 9/5/ D. .. „ , __ , , . ■ English, Scottish, Aus. Bank — 5/0/ ctective-Sergeant Walsh, who prose- Schubert Two Tries. Nat. Bank n.z i/>9/o .. — cuted said Swan some years ago, came CITY ORPHANAGES. The run of the scoring at Athletic Park lank of xM™:.. ! \11'.\\ \'.'. \ \ \ 2/2/ to .New Zealand ' from England as a on Saturday was:— n.z, d Mort. 6/i5'o — member of the Royal Navy. Since 1936 ■ Potted goal by Hare, try by Schubert Natfinsurance US .'..".:"'.::: 18/5 '.'. 19/ he had been employed as engine driver & HP?,- J-<«D«|rie gouth'srl^Xurance"::::: V. 2%w. at the Mental Hospital, his bein-r GIFT OF £500 MADE. (wing three-quarter) for Wellington, con- Standard insurance 2/16/6 .. 2/19/ about £20 per month! His wife was AuctV (A P r.r.) "!."!:! 6 i/%° .'i ™ m England. Swan rented a room from An anonymous gift of £500 has been favour. »"ng -a.v.a shipping— Mrs. Scott and while there he told her made bv an Auckland resident through A-nnthw inr lw «„t a 1.1 j Taupin coal (ord.) 1/1/0 .. 1/2/1 the stories about his sick wife in Canon W. W. Avetill, vicar of AU JSft&tttJ&^SM££%£ Sffi& ™ V. K Rotorua. Saints Anglican Church, Ponsonhy, to the Cassidy crossed the line, and, converting Auckland Gas (cont.) 3/0 .. — (<w ... _ Auckland Orphanages Advisory Council, hie own try*, the final tallies became: misceixaneocs— r-iausiDie Wastrel. which is representative of twelve city Auckland 12, Wellington 10. Oamaru wool 19/9 .. 1/0/! 'On one occasion," continued Mr. orphanages, conducted by various " '. \'.'.'. l/u/o V. 1/11/1 Walsh, "Swan brought a woman to the denominations, and caring for about a „___ N - z ; B , r ,? werl <ff , ln i',% • ln l'A hniwo in*Frt/i. «:«-. <ij i • -l , 1 -1 , mi .. .,i S^^^-'4^^^^^^ : II^^M^^^^^^K^^^<SSS3^ Aust. Alloy Steel d/j .. b/t noufce, introducing Tier as his wife. She thousand children. The council will |g|. HfJkSit*. z 'm«f Aust. consol. Indus 1/16/0 .. — stayed there as his wife. On eight make its annual appeal on September ifi ' ,"---^ mm Beriel f teel 3/1/6 3'io/l different occasions he obta.ined money 27, and it is hoped to raise £10 a child, H British Tobacco".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 2/6/0 — from Mrs. Scott by falsely represent- or approximately £10,000. It - Burns" Slip'"'..:::.":::::: a/M .. Sun mg that he wished to see his tsick wife In spite of higher costs, the council jfc * 8or2»i al Brie" 5 °'?/4 51 7°i( at Rotorua. He even elaborated on hopes to carry on the orphanage work H|||f iBBs r>°rUop. Perdriau (pref.) ... 1/10/0 '. l/i4/( this story and told Mrs. ScoU that his without curtailment. In stressing how Mp ./ llEEm o"™" colef 8 3'J/o -° /f mother was ill also. There' ik nothin"- short the time is between childhood and 18 jM Macky, Logan I8/0 .'. 1/1/c that can be said in his favour and "l when a boy or girl becomes a responsible j B m . »*wf "on. DSck , * cture ".:! 16*3 is: think he can best be described as a citizen, the council has directed atten- m? N^ ur r? ou inV'n tnV/l plausible wastrel. Some time ago he tion to the fact that the voting men, Ml d™| (rts.)"::::::"::: 1/5/io !.' - gx>t to know that Mrs. Scott had sold who are in the front line of the navy, ■! ' «%'. Newspaper's""" 1 ' I'/'o/f ' 3 some propertv and intended investing ie army and the air force, were babies 9 a« N ' z " Paper Mllls 1/90 •■ 1 /n/i her money. Swan suggested that she in arms during the last war period. BL #" >»•# \ Reid R R 1 Sbb^ 11 '('ncw) rd) .. '.'. .' 1/0/0 !! 1/1/6 sho d lend him £100 and that she would ''We have unanimously resolved to TfflllP Taranaki Oil Development — .. 3/e • get more interest from him than if she co-operate in every way possible with ■ Till Snton" 1 oil°".. FleWs ..::::::: 1/5/0 !! 1/10/0 otherwise invested it, He borrowed th e Government in its efforts for the Wilsons" ceS" 80 " lie 13 8 £100 from her and used it to buy a refugee children," states the secretary Wf » <*mm&. wooiworths (N.z.) "". i6.i 17/0 motorcar. Since then the oar lias been of the council, Mr. T. E. Whitton, in F ft ■ i SuiW Mines "'>l~" 'o/o repossessed, and Mrs. Scott has "-ot connection with the appeal. "It is surely p Vk : ''P9 I II Martha Mines 7/3".. 7/6 •neither the principal nor interest." 0 the privilege of every citizen to see that B;;!!! irn^or I MinS >uth :":::::: 'io/I ! "no Mr. Aekins submitted that Swan was eve, ' : > r cllild is adequately nurtured and iKSmk Wk *"' Morg£m (ord> 7/u 8 ' 3 not quite as bad as Mr Walsh had trained to tak e its proper place in life. Hip WuH H government bonds— described him. "Swan says that his We mus } »?* So e r that the great young ■ KB ■ " = wife left him in Enirland and went to Jleroe8 ln tne forefront of our present is/ii/38-4i, 3>i P .c 100/17/6 — live with another man and had a' d,M fi = htin .S f? roe » were mo& «y babe* in " \ -™«" 15/2/43-46. * ........... ,02/5/0 .. 103/0/0 to him," added counsel. "Since he has armS 1D *- e l* 8 * W . "* Pearman. . 4 ' pc 106/10/0 " ~ been here Swan ha« petitioned for + . In an t'?'Pation of the general eflfort, Ru (e x fnff \. 15^ 47 '..*.. pc : 102/0/0 .. - divorce and obtained a decree nisi, . e • al , read y r «ceived a con- Commenting this morning on the team's ovscbibed stock— which has not yet been made absolute. sl< * emDle s U m ln donations. satisfactory performance, Mr. Lucas said is/t/39-41. 3 p.c 99/15/0 .. — This cost him £80, of which he has = 2g* *P his w two u/VvAVpi. V. - paid f40. Out of his waves he has heen " tries, kept well on top of Lance Pear- 15/3/40-43. 4 p.c. (ex int.) .100/15/0 .101/10/0 ITS-* « J-L # * . fr • 1 J- Ji ..»», . s 011 - th « Air Force footballer, who played 15/2/43-46. 4 p.c 102/5/0 .. 103/0/0 ?ST S *t i fortnight, including £1 APPEAL FOR BOOKS. for Schubert's own club (Grafton) at the }K«Jfcg- 4 4 P D C 0 105/10/0 = 10/ off the loan he got from Mrs. Scott, wn0, outset of last season and was Auckland W/S/wlli: 4 g£ I"""iiiiol/ls/o " = so he is not quite the heartless 1 -•— centre in the first three engagements. wl 1 *}*'** 4 * p ' c 101/0/0 — scoundrel. Had this charge not heen -,„„ _,„_. -,«„«„«, A. V. Wiles, who made the opening for mSSz m/W 3V4 p*' \'.'.'. OT/2/6 ;; 10 !l 0/0 brought Mrs. Scott would havo got BU "'-*'" ! 8 FOB THE TROOPS, the second try. which, with the board pre- oebentcbesevery penny owing to her." viously reading &—5, ensured Auckland's Auck. Eiec. p.b., 15/8/59 107/0/0 109/10/0 Mr. Aekins also said that Swan left mvvt t T\rr"r/-wr e i j victory, on a later occasion was overhauled Auck. Har. Board, io/«/54 . 106/0/0 .. — mr. aeKira_a.»o sa-ia irat owan jeit WJiLLINGTON, Saturday. f rom behind after a "iinkv" run for over Au< *- HBr - Boa «»' 10/8/59 .. 107/0/0 .109/10/0 the navy with a very good character Co-onerativo «ff„ r t h„t,»«.„ +1, n tS» S w»5 1,- «i«„I? a*1 tZ. Auck - Trans - Board - 22/am 103/10/0 . 108/0/0 and discharffes Ho wa> willino- to tuiv effoit between the Coun- * nl . rt y yards. Had he slowed down for Auck. Trans. Board, 1/4/44-48 103/0/0 ,. 105/0/0 ana aiscnarges. tie was willing to pay try Library Serv ce, the Libraries' Asso- Schubert another try might have resulted, Amai. Brick. 1/3/44. 6 p.c. Mrs. Scott out of the £80 due to him ci^tion an | the Nat ' iona , M e wi ? ger^uld v. 5°f quite ? et in J° 31/3/44.- 8 p. c 100/0/0 " ~ oa superannuation. Under these cir- with the backing of the -eneralnnhlin Portion when Wiles had to pass with only (weuington)" ...'.'. .". e . P .102/10/0 .. - cumstances counsel asked that Swan be has resulted in ™«rJ5 il — P k • C ' * he tuOhmek to beat and the goal-line but Auck. Gaa (perp. deb. stock) - .. 102/5/0 given a chance on probation. madeTl\ j P £TT T a few J ahead. The youthful centre • After he had consulted the nrrtbation ™ « ? / ° readln S mat " dropped back like a veteran to cover the ofBcer Mr MV told Swan that SS +t ° T tr °° PS Undei ; training ■» d when d^f nce whenever H*™ to follow up a MINING. T.j A • {ri . *: / the y So overseas. A generous response hick. S^i^n^T!U , fT, m f e t0 , a " • ap , pea 1 1 s , ome time Ex «»"'t Combination. • the SSrt these supnHeV ha ve^ten 11 • 1 ftf M » 1 and R "- H - Barlow ' the G "- LESPIE ' S BE *C" PROFIT. this was the first time he had been in 1„ -i 8U PP" ea ha^ e been d,awn on eighths, played their finest games of the 111*,. 1» hZ! ™; t »1m heavily and another appeal is being eight-match series. P. L. Tetzlaff behind The Gillespie's Beach Gold Dredging company trouble, the sai<l ne would. ,„ a de for suitable literature. the scrum was gameness personified. His jwrt that for th 8 year ended June 30 the dredge show leniency and admit Swan to pro- M r. G. T. Aiiey, wlio is in charge of heady play was the foundation stone of the after^yin^Siis^ bation for two years, a condition being the Country Library Service aava Tmifo excellent all-round combination. Indeed, tion expenses £196. The amount deducted irom that he repaid £24 to Mrs Scott. «I 25)0 00 books and an equal' number of fSLTZP* feature of Auckland's victory, *»J8S?JS£ll S»g*mAfiS JPI& have come to this decision partly periodicals have <*one ovprsp»« n „ trn nn bot , n apd forwards working 111 unison ounce of gold won. The net proat for the financial bi>f>aiiRP von have voluntarilv anreed to .1.1™ t„ 1iV ,.. .. s on / roo P- and, in particular, backing up wel . year amounted to £3596. One dividend of id a Decause you nave yoiuniarny agreeci 10 ships. In addition, libraries at the t„ *i 1 e„ 4. 7 11 r, 1 ,hare ' e " ual t0 8 l ' 3 p" cent - has bee" paw. Charge a substantial amount of VOlir three main training ramna luv. -.J-;,* , ,* ePeU , crossed Values throughout the year have been consistently ■upJannuation money to repay Mrs. S"! a*S«H»%?WaW% tS? jS e M r y mLnn7 10 ° + 1S .^ d —t-watching stations! X^JFL'ltttSSglRA'&S. nghted a wrong, said Mr. uviorung. The training centre being established at Merv Gillespie broke through the tackle of below present limits. Three others were sunk "But the Court does not look lightly on Waiouru will require about 5000 books. h \ v j?*:V* L - Colmore-William;, but Hare ,ft t *££%& c rma B y r0 pro d ve 1^&7T^ rour offence, and if you get into trouble —(Press Assn.) picked him up as the Wellington winger later date in conjunction with adjoining virgin* oS a rcnar» ,be dealt with on the ' == n gg a? s?^s. •% the , th ¥ Tr lT?,„ W RAILWAY REUNION. &% .*% was atuttw — o ««»—. ta£M called nil °wttMn 12 months' __. ""'il h n had gr ° Unded T fr, a c -* ~ coast).-88o Z from 13.977 tence 11 cancel njion wumn ie. moniiih. * ___ try before he was swung into touch-in- yards in 133 hours. nminnvn «»««».««. goal. On another occasion in the same White's .Electric (West coast).—56oz from 9500 - HUHDBED MEMBERS ATTEND, qnell Schubert went nv-pr hut t rlrr>n nnt y \ rd5 ln 12 ° hoiirs - *■"*"•■'• speii acnuoeri; went over, out a drop-out New Blver (We5t coast).—20oz from 8500 yards was awarded for a breach-111-goal. ln 89 hours. STRATEGIC HIGHWAY. annual ' «W i. ioNno,. * New Zealand Bailwav Offlporo' Tnotit.,t 0 most conspicuous. The hooker, A. John- ,_ ... TAIHAPD-NAPIER PROPOSAL. %*£ ~tf£ fSlarToftlif |W - *********** «»* Saturday evening. Mr. J. W. Shepherd snare ot tne Dan. buyers 7d, sellers 9d: Moiyneux. buyers id. sellers occupied the chair. In response to the Fifty-nine Contests. M - TCAPTTC'R Snturdav 'toast The Department," Mr. J. Sawers. _, ., . . lOAl'iaw, oaturaay. general manager of railways «nl The northern province is now "three The strategic Importance of the phasised the cordial relations existing , <J» the « ?* aT «' h .f^ e with the repre- CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Taihape-Napier road in the event of an .between the Railway Department and the « eK |* tlv « 8 of the capital city. The figures emergency was stressed at a meeting of institute, and also referred, to the sterling are: g m w h the Hawke's Bay County Council, which work being carried out by the railway Venue. played. AuckTwgtn. Drawn dividends. Due. decided that representations be made to operating group serving overseas. Other Auc ",SS? <flrat game ,„ ,. ,„ „ MUburn Lime—rinal. 5 p.c. making 8% the War Council that as a war measure W "p W I' » lm * " , ord. *»' " the. road he nut in order ir 1? ep ? \ r t « ■ , , Kane ' , Mr - L< auat 1875) 29 " ■ " * 8 P- c - P rrt - » n «« 7 V-c. B pref. . Sept. 18 tne roaa De pux in oiaer. V Carmine. Mr. J. X>mnbleton, Mr. W. -.„,.,. 7i « ~ "= »eet- zme-pmai. a p.c. of. ord. and Mr. E. H. Beamish said that some- W. Chitty Air R Ledez Mr C H Brav Total* 59 30 27 2 pref.. making 14 p.c. for year Sept. 20 thing should be done immediately to put Mr. G. L. Brown and Mr. K.' D.' Croft! . Hc-ward r^tth-ir5t?.^ C p.c. ',' I .'! " ISpt.'as the road in order for the movement of An enjoyable musical programme -n- K.d.v. Boxes—Pinal. 4 p.c. making 6 troops should the necessity arise. He eluded items by Mi;. F Carlson Mr. P. ANTVTTTAT RPTTTViniSI Ba P rthoiomew.-Finai. bonus 1 Sept " M did not expect a road that would last Je Awhitu Mr AV Thompson, Mr. L. KHiUJ>llUJN. l ep V % for hundreds of years, but it should be Shepherd and Mr. W. Bray. .■ n Per^u e 2 F^f. eZ o n P^ 6 p?e C f-.. i* Bept "" made readily usable and serviceable. ______«__ Co/h™.'lAut.Y-tei: 6 p.c back pref:. SePt - 3 ° At present the only means of moving GREAT WAR ENGINEERS 3 ' 4 p c - makln B 12 'i p.c. p.a. on ord. troops to the Hawke's Bay district was AMBULANCE CADETS. " aSSSf »i p.c.- 8ept - 3 ° by or road through the Manawatu wooiworths 5 (s P if' °?—i'I' 'e Sept " 30 Gorge. ~~~~ " The fifteenth annual reunion of the New Wooiworths (Vic "—Half "yearly ."fe p.c '. Oct" 15 The chairman, Mr. C. C. Smith, said A high standard was revealed in the ?^ la ° d £*£%» ™ ■l* th l, G, 2 at T W ff aS W t^Wbe N d!duc"^ W ..?">.' * ?4 pc ' Oct' is the Manawatu Gorge was likely to be annual cadet competitions conducted by he W on Saturday night, Mr NLHiggin- ° eu ls blocked at any time, and it was the Auckland Corps of the St. John f^u 15 ! 1 ,?* ln f the f fw , HP men essential that there should be an alter- Ambulance Brigade during the week-end. SSen* P WCTe STOCKS IN NEW YORK native route for the movement of troops Keen interest was shown by teams which I "T7™' . . . t a t lUHIV. from one coast to the other w^ re J? nder the control of Corps Officer H. ,/• s P^ la j, v ? te , of thanks was accorded 11 om one coast to the other. w Thompson, assisted by Corps Officers Mr - s - T - Carter for his work as honorary , , — ===== - P- Davidson, W. Dawson and G. T. Pater- secretary for the past fourteen years. Mr. t uSo^er J - < Sf s the aV NeT *a"e son, Lady Corps Officers Mrs. E. Mc- Carter proposed the toast of fallen com- as fouow:- . Stock: Exchan8 ° ale «. .*». «.'«._. Dowell and Mrs. F. Turner, Mr Beattv Tft<leB ' The °ther toasts honoured included: _ ,?o 30 • shares GLUT OF POTATOES. Transport-Officer S. Aspinall, and judges "&•*** Zea ' and Engineers," proposed 4 . .**W" tIo'ooo from the senior men's and ladies' divisions D:ir -* Ir - bryce Hart and responded to by September s ... 29.29 134.10 l.zsolooo • Results were as follows:- ' "r. SgSSS S ::: S?:S ii?.?I !?ooo2 SOUTH ISLAND POSITION. ,""'«»« Cadet Efficiency Cup. senior: Onehunga find T H * G C R M «.84 120.38 ??S:°0°00 0 ° ut *»*«»«»* rwoiuun. {Maorl Auckland District Challenge ,jO ' 0nel A - **■ Dawson, W'.ti., S'-S-*'-' , Highest and lowest ln 1939.—Rails, 35.90-24.15; Cup, senior: Onehunga (Maori school). NursinBl a nd responded to by I/iOSjtenant-Com- industrials, 151.22—121.4. Ca< J e ' Efficiency,Cup, junior: Onehunga (s team)|mander R. C. F Hardina ' R N and CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Lffl«a , *3&aSL J SSS»BJP tS&JL Major C. Herman" N^.S^ " "The