NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

No Court Holiday To-day. Labour Day was not observed as a holiday in the Police Court as there was a list of 18 charges in respect of 12 men to be heard by Messrs. J. H. Ormond and J. E. Benson, J.P.s. The alleged offences all took place during the week-end.

Offence While Drunk. A labourer, Alexander Donald Dimmick Inglis, aged 33, Tuai, appeared in the Police Court this morning and was fined £2 by Messrs. J. H. Ormond and J. E. Benson, J.P.s. on a charge of casting offensive matter in a public place. Inglis, a statutory first offender, was convicted and discharged on a count of drunkenness. Half-holiday Benefit. The opinion that the introduction of the Saturday half-holiday would greatly benefit tennis in Wairoa was expressed by the president, Dr. E, B. Jardinc, at the annual meeting of the Wairoa Tennis Club. Dr. Jardine said that lie was certain that the Saturday half-day, providing, as it did. more personal leisure for the younger members of the community, would have the effect of increasing the numerical and playing strength of the club.— Special.

Increase in Price of Rennet. A 20 per cent, rise in the price of rennet —from £4 16s. a keg to £5 16s. —was discussed at a meeting of the executive of the Manawatu and West Coast Dairy Companies’ Association. Several members expressed the opinion that the company was taking advantage of a monopoly, as the greater part of its requirements were produced in New Zealand. It was decided to write to the Minister of Industries and Commerce asking if the company had authority to increase the price of rennet. Disorderly Behaviour, “These three young men were throwing seals about and generally upsetting the gardens on the Kaiti esplanade,” said Senior-Sergeant J. F. H. Macnamara to-day when Joseph Michael Askew, aged 23, a labourer. Leslie Anderson, aged 29, a labourer, and Daniel John Ryan, aged 21. a yardsman, appeared before Messrs J. H. Ormond and J. E. Benson, J.P.s. and pleaded guilty to charges of behaving in a disorderly manner whilst drunk on Saturday. Each accused was fined £2. being allowed a week in whicli to pay. Polo Club to Carry On

The opening of the polo season, in Gisborne will take place at Bushmero on .November 4, according to a decision reached at an informal meeting on Saturday of members of the Poverty Bay Polo Club. The mooting was cal'ed primarily to discuss whether or not the war would seriously affect the playing strength of the club. It was found that at present the membership was not seriously reduced by the calling up of volunteers for the speeia’ force. Further arrangements for the official opening of the season will be made shortly at the annual meeting of the club.

“On a Drinking Bout.” “You can go back to work after paying a fine ol' £2, in default three days’ imprisonment," said the Bench in the Police Court to-day when James Shannon, aged 58, a labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found drunk in a public place, having once previously been convicted of a similar offence within the past six months. The case was heard by Messrs. J. 11. Ormond and J. E. Benson, J.P’s. Senior-Sergeant J. F. H. Macnamara, who prosecuted, said the accused was on a drinking bout and there was no chance of stopping it until he was put away where he would be unable to get liquor. Shannon said he had been working at a sawmill for seven months and had had no liquor before last week and it had affected him. Two Remands Granted. Two remands were granted in the Police Court to-day by Messrs. J. H. Ormond and J. E. Benson. J.P.s, in respect of two men charged with serious offences. Alfred Rongopoi Giliman, aged .19. a labourer, for whom Mr. A, A. Whitehead appeared, was remanded until Wednesday on a charge of being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor vehicle, and a further charge of driving in a manner that might have been dangerous to the public. Bail was fixed at £25. On a charge of indecently assaulting a 12-yenr-old Maori girl on October 8 at Te Karakn, William Dutton, aged 57, a war pensioner, was remanded to appear before the Court on Wednesday.