Local & General
v%\ > ■ Liquor Near Dance Hall For having liquor near a dance in the Kokohinau Hall, Te /Teko, on November 19, Thomas Victor John - Hall, Te Aroha, was convicted and fined £3 costs 10s by Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., at Whakatane yesterday. License Cancelled ' i James Norman Semmens, labour- v er, Thornton, was fined £ls, costs £1 11s for being intoxicated while in charge of a car in Commence Street on December 2. In addition his license was cancelled and he was prohibited from obtaining another for 12 months. >" Found Drunk ' Found-drunk on the Paper Mills Road on November 10 Mati Tai was convicted and fined 10s costs 21s in* 1 the Whakatane Magistrate’s Ccftirt ' yesterday. Nini Wi Mutu, labourer, Thornton; was convicted and fined 10s on a similar charge of being drunk in Commerce Street or. December 2.
St John Appeal Last St John Ambulance appeal day cpnducted by the Whakatane branch of the Association yielded the record figure of £235. Members of the Association's executive have expressed themselves as delighted with the response, which will enable the first aid and ambulance services throughout the district to be maintained and probably Expanded. - . Rangitaild Rainfall ■ . / With the heaviest fall of 3.97 inches, on November 13 a total rainfall of 5.99 inches was recorded on the Rangitaiki Plains last month. This brings the total recorded for the 11 months this year to 49.74 inches, which is less thah the aver- w. age of 53.58 taken for the months February to November over the past 10 years. The average fall for v November over the last 10 years has' been 3.36 inches.
Took Snooker Ball To replace a snooker ball he had previously taken from one billiard saloon Don Tutua, labourer, Paroa, entered another owned by George Hanright, Whakatane, and took a ball valued at £3. However,, he was caught and the sequel was , a con- . viction and fine of £3, costs 15s, imposed by Mr Walton, S.M., m the Whakatane Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Accused was ordered to return the ball. \
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19491207.2.11
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 73, 7 December 1949, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
341Local & General Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 73, 7 December 1949, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in