Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1948, Page 4

Local & General

IHockey Results The resuits of the Horowhenua Hockey Association's competitlon i games, whieh took- place on Satur- | day, were as follows: — Men: Rahui ! 3, Levin 1; Te Horo 7, Colts 0. I Women: Raukawa' A 1, Rahui • 1; | Levin 9, College 1. » (Arbor Day Arbor Day this year will be I observed on Wednesday, August 4, I' states a P.A. message from WellingI ton. Notice in the Gazette requests I io'cal bo'dies throughout New ZeaI land to organise suitable celebrai tions to emphasise the national I importance 6f tree planting. [ Social Postponed,. f The social evening arranged by j the Levin Municipal Band in hon- [ l our of their past conductor, .Mr. G. 1 :R. Lester, and Mrs. Lester, has | been postponed owing to unforek [seen circumstaiices from next Wednesday July 31 ta Thursday, | August 12. [ Offices Ransacked \ i The offices of Messrs. Moir and ; Campion, public ' accountants, in S the Public Trust buildings, Bath [ Street, were brok'en into during the j, weekend and Lthe interior ranS sacke'd. Nothing of value, however, I is missing. The door of the Rehat i bhitation Department's ofRce in tne ; I s.ajhe buiiding was also forced. The I ipicbliee are investigating. ; Niue Island I "What kind of -an island is [ Niue?" asked Mr. Justice Finlay in i the Supreme Court, Auckland, when ! he was asked to conslder a native's t appeal against his conviction and sentence there. Mr. F. Baxter, counsel for thei prisoner, sard the island had a ^population of about 4Q00, and the people lived a very primitive life. It was a povertystricken island, the natives relying for a livelihood on the sale oi ■ bananas to New Zpaland. Iliere was one school for European children and one missionary. Two other schools were run for the benefit of the natives. The chief of 'police was also prosecutor, regis--trar, and clerk of the High Court. TJnless four of the six assessors who eamprised the High Court coneurred with him, the judge could not convict a prisoner, but he could over-rule -the assessors if ;they returned a verdiot of -guilty and he consi'dered the evidence showed the prisoner to be innocent.