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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 125, 24 February 1928, Page 16

Writing by the last mail to a friend in Auckland, Mr. Zane Grey mentioned that an American film service with worldwide connections, is about to release six two-reel motion picture., taken by him during his visit to New Zealand last summer (says the "Now Zealand Herald”). The pictures deal fully with all phases of New Zealand's salt and freshwater angling, and incidentally depict the bird life and natural beauties of the many places in which the pictures were taken. The series have won very favourable comment in the film trade journals throughout the United States, ami wherever they have been screened privately they , have aroused great interest. The publicity they will give New Zealand was typically summed up by Mr. Grey, who said: "They pre worth a million dollars to New Zealand.”

Two middle-aged men pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to being idle and disorderly persons with insufficient lawful means of support. Chief-Detective Ward stated that the two accused, who had done no work for some considerable time past, had been banging around the city cadging money from passers-by and making themselves a general nuisance. It appeared that the two accused, who had been used to light employment, were unable to take on heavy work. "As they have never previously been before the Court I suggest that if they were convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon it might act as a lesson and stop them making a nuisance of themselves in the future,” the chief-detective added. The two accused were convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon within twelve months, the Magistrate telling them that unless they wished to find themselves in further trouble they had better go and earn an honest living.