LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1925, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

A grand hull will he held in Arahura schoolroom on Wednesday next, January 28th., the proceeds of which will go to the improvements of the grounds now in progress. ’There is a strong Lillies’ Committee catering tor the occasion and nothing Avill be spared in putting oil a first class slipper. During the mid-summer vacation the floor lias been under special treatment and is uuw in excellent dancing trim. Roll up anil help the children, in their education by giving them space for recreation. Cars w! 11 leave town at 8.15 o'clock.

The General Synod of the Church of England Province m New Zealand, which meets once in three years in turn in the various diocesan centres of the Dominion, will open its proceedings in Dunedin with a service at the Cathedral on the. evening of February 4. Ibe subsequent sittings, which will last foi about a fortnight, will take place in the Allen Hall, which has kindly been placed at the disposal of the Synod by the University authorities. Tt will he presided over by Archbishop .luliu.s, and will he attended by the Bishops of Auckland, AYaiapu. AYellington, Nelson ami Dunedin, and by the missionary bishops of Afelancsia and Polynesia, d 10 personnel of the Synod includes throe clerical representatives and four lay representatives from each diocese of the Dominion, and two clerical and two lay representatives from the missionary dioceses. It is eighteen years since the General Synod last sat in Dunedin. Another party of assisted immigrants arrived at AYellington on Saturday by the New Zealand Shipping Company s liner, Rotorua, from London anil Southampton. The newcomers, who total 173, were hooked to the various ports as follows (men being mentioned first, then women and children) :-Auckland, oq in 22—70; Gisborne, 1,1, 2—4; Napier' 2,0, 0-2; New Plymouth 1. 0 o—l; Wanganui. 4,4, o—l 4, Wellington 24, 5, 7-36; Nelson 1, 0 0-1; Westport, 1,0, 0-1; Lyttelton 6,4, 6 0—1; Port Chalmers, 7,6, 5—18; Bluff 4 o 0 —1; totals are: A ten 84, women H, children 48 In addition to the above, there were twenty-three domestic servants.

A youth of eighteen years of age uas dmrajed at 'the Magistrh.tie’s Court, Christchurch, on Saturday morning with stealing, at Corsair Bay, a pencilholder, a fountain pen, a Post Office box hev and a leather pouch valued at 8 S Gd. the total value of the articles being” £1 os, the property of Lionel Harold Cavcll. Accused, who was represented hv Mr Batchelor, pleaded mriltv to the theft of the pen and pencil. Chief Detective Gibson, who prosecuted, said that he would ask for a remand. He could not accept the plea as lie could not. separate the articles in the charge. It was a case of stealing from the pockets ot bathers, and the missing articles had been found in the lad’s possession. A remand until next Saturday was granted hail being allowed m self of ->2o am one surety of £25. An application for an order suppressing the lad's name was granted in the meantime.