A Last Look Round

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 43, 13 May 1927, Page 9

A Last Look Round

Vacancy in Commons. —A writ for the by-election for Bosworth. Captain Gee’s seat, lias been issued. —A. and

Theatre for Rotorua. —A proposal is on foot to form a company to build an up-to-date picture theatre at Rotorua at a cost of £IO,OOO. Shares are being offered to the townspeople.

Manawatu Competitions. The Manawatu Competitions festival concluded last night. The piano scholarship winner was Miss Francis Revere. Feilding: vocal scholarship winner. Miss Joan Lowry, Otaki.

Appointments at Waihi.—The AN aihl Borough Council at its monthly meeting last night appointed Mr. 1.. S. Shergold, of Waihi. as foreman of works, and Mr. M. F. Haszard. Waihi, consulting engineer.

Thames Plunket Society.—Thames Borough Council last night refused to make a grant of £25 to the Plunket Society on the grounds of economy and that the soicety had been treated very generously in the past.

Egg and Butter Prices. —Hen eggs. 3s 5d to 3s 6d; duck eggs, 2s Sd to 2s 9d: good supply, moderate demand. Farmers’ butter. Is to Is 2d; moderate supply, good demand.

Injured by Motor. —Frank McCarten. (74), residing at Makaraka, was knocked down by a motor-car in Gladstone Road last night, sustaining serious injuries. He was removed to the hospital (says a Gisborne message.)

Christchurch Band Contest.— The Christchurch Band Contest Committee has decided to hold an A. B. and C grade contest on February 18 to 25, next year.

An Elector’s Responsibility.—A warning case of having failed to enrol as an elector was heard at Wellington to-day, Louisa Lucas being convicted and ordered to pay costs.

Five Years’ Gaol.—ln the Christchurch Supreme Court, for attempted ■ape in a city right-of-way, Stanley Miller was sentenced to five years’ gaol. Richard Carney, theft of a ring, was sentenced to a year’s gaol.

Royal Military Tournament.—King George, who will be accompanied by Queen Mary, will open the annual Royal Military Tournament at Olympia on June 1. It is 50 years since the tournament was instituted.—A. and N.Z.

Express Delayed.—The coupling on a goods train near Mercer broke last evening, and delayed the second express to Wellington for about 10 minutes. As it was possible to repair the broken links, the goods train was shunted into a siding.

Australian Wheat Yield.—The final estimate of the wheat harvest, made by the Government Statistician shows a decrease of nearly 3,000,000 bushels, compared with last year. The yield is now estimated at 47,288,600 bushels. The decrease is due to the adverse weather and bush fires.—A. and N.Z.

Jigger Smashed.—A jigger used by an inspector of railways. Mr. Nelson, of Frankton Junction, was smashed to pieces yesterday afternoon when it was struck by a train at Mercer. Mr. Nelson had left the jigger on the rails, and had not anticipated that a train would be passing. No one was hurt.