Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 89, 10 August 1942, Page 4

Local and General

Out of Date When the case of a married man who, when ho lodged an appeal "with the New Plymouth Armed Forces Appeal Board, stated that he had no children, came up lor review recently, a member of the board reported that the information was now out of date. The appellant now had one child, he said. Punt Recovered Jn his report to the Harbour Board the Harbourmaster, Captain Carey, stated that he had been entrusted with a Hooded punt, which the master of a fishing vessel said he had picked up some five miles out at sea on June 16. He had taken steps to tow the punt to Thornton where he returned it to the Lands Department. Waimana River Diversion The following recommendation of the Works Committee to the County Council at Its last meeting was read and adopted: "Your committee' inspected Kirkbride's Waimana River deviation and na'' directed that a tea tree groyne be constructed to fill break made by river to old course —that Mr H. A. Wardlaw be urgently asked to complete the willowing as originally arranged. Place of Imprisonment In response to the request of a prisoner that he should be imprisoned not at the Auckland prison, J)ut at Waikeria or National Park, Mr Justice Callan said in Auckland that that was not a matter for a judge. "The place of imprisonment," he said, "is a matter which lies within the province of the persons who control the Prisons Department. It is not a matter over which the judge has jurisdiction, and as a general rule it is not a matter upon which I think it Avise to make a recommendation." Bull Enters Shop A finely-built Jersey bull, peacefully grazing in a well-fenced paddock is a pleasant sight, but not so pleasant when it takes it into its head to do a little shop-walking, as one decided to do last week in Commerce. Street, Frankton. Entering the drapery shop of R. McCreesh it sauntered past the counters and after gracefullj r overcoming an obstacle in the shape of a mirror it proceed through the back of the shop into the properitor's residential Quarters. Having made its inspection of both the* shop and residence it took its departure from the back door, much to the relief of both the properitor and his employees.