Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3621, 2 April 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The usual liberties were taken by the young people with their elders yesterday—All Fools Day, “I’m a police station, eonstabled at Auckland,” said a constable at the Police Court at Auckland when giving evidence. A silver medal has been granted by .the Royal Humane Society to Constable Wilfred Alex. Lean, of Gisborne, for rescuing a prisoner from drowning at Napier on November 24 th. “How are your circumstances'?” asked a counsel of a defendant in a debt case in the Masterton Court. “How are they! I am going to tile; that’s how good they are!” was the prompt reply of the youthful defendant. At a district school the other day a teacher asked a youngster where she had been. “To Hawera” was the reply. “Wiliat for?” questioned the teacher. “To see the Duchess and Dutchman,” came the quick reply. James Julian East was charged at Waipukurau on Thursday, that, while being clerk to the Waipawa Hospital Board, he received from Jeffery Hill £IOO, and fraudulently omitted to account for it. He was remanded to appear on April 8, bail being granted self for £3OO, and two sureties for £SO each. He was ordered to report to the police daily. Three charges of unlawfully using an instrument on March 3 and April 9, 1925, and June 8, 1926, were preferred against Hannah Matilda Dalton, aged 54, in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. After evidence had been heard accused pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. The crossword puzzle craze is again coming into prominence giving an added popularity to “Humour” wherein a series of competitions are now being featured. Cash prizes are offered in each case. “Humour” is one of the most popular weekly magazines oir the market. It gives a weekly epitome of the world’s leading magazines of wit. It is on sale at all booksellers.