MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, 24 March 1922, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

During the war a large quantity o: s-piurn was sent to Victoria College Wellington, for scientific purposes, and the bulk oi it has remained there until recently. When, however, s raid was made on certain houses a: Haining and Taranaki Streets or February 24, some opium was seized which was subsequently, found vc | have been stolen from the college 1 1 In consequence, a youth named .Char | les Aloysius Wilkinson, was charged [in the Wellington Magistrate's Court I with stealing opium to*the value c; ' j £SO, while Harold Fairchild Pabai I was charged with receiving • the opiun. | knowing it. to have been stolen. Bo'.r {pleaded guilty-and were committed ic | the Supreme Court for sentence. | For having “rung in” at the ■ Hawke’s Bay Show, a well known l and successful lady rider of hunter; ; was disqualified lor life by tho | Hawke's Bay A. and P Association •i A letter recording this sentence wa; -! read to the Feiiding Show Commit i tee at its last meeting. It was ex >- plained that the lady had ridden c j winner in a hunters’ competition e i the Marion show Inst year, and latei t had competed in a class for novices athe Hastings show. Before the com . : petition started the lady’s attention , was drawn by a steward to the con ditions, but she assured him she wa " 3 eligible as a novice. Members of the * Feiiding Committee thought the sen * fence far too severe. One speake; ’ said this practice and similar one; had been going on for years, and ih< Associations would show a bad grac< * if they singled out a lady'for pun ishmem by way ol making a start to it. The committees decided to ask for further information before dealing with the matter*