Woodville Hotel Theft.

Chronicle (Levin), 9 May 1949, Page 4

Woodville Hotel Theft.

Thieves broke into the Masonic 'Hotel at Woodville on Saturday night and ransacked the office. It is understood that not much cash | was stolen but that a number of ! cheques are missingi ! The Doctor's Letter. I A Christchurch medical specialI ist penned a letter to a friend. | Shortly afterwards he received a I reply to the effect, "Thank you for I your letter. I was unable to read | it, but it did enable me to get two ! hotwater bags." ! Reasonable. I A fiiryman who explained that he j usuaily slept during the day as he | was a milk vendor, accusvomed- to rising at 1 a.m., was excused attendance in the Hamilton Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Stanton' said with a smile that 'the ends of jus- | tice might be jeopardised if a juryj man fell asleep during the hearihg of evidence. I s ; War On Poaching. ! All acclimatisaoion Societies in | Northland are making a concerled : drive against illegal shooting. The ! Whangarei society has appointed I five rangersMnstfead of ohe as in j the past, the object being to reI duce sfll classes of poaching, in parj ticular pre-season shooting. With j more birds available for fiberatipn, | prospects for the sport this month ! are regarded as more encouraging | than for some time. j More Oranges. j Most of the Cook Islands' orange ] crop of 50,000 cases would ije ex- ! ported to New Zealand this year, j said Mr. A. McCarthy, Chief Judge j of the Native Land Court at Raro- ! tonga, who arrived in the Maui, I Pomare on Friday. The GovernI menc's orange replanting schemes. were very successful, and different | types of orange plants were being ; introduced. The Maui' Pomare, car- ; ried 11,000 caSeS;