HERE AND THERE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 56, 28 May 1927, Page 15

HERE AND THERE

Crash at Gaza.—A British airplane crashed at Gaza. The pilot, Flying Officer R. D. V. Howard, and the wireless operator, named Turvey, were killed.

Defying the Signals.—For driving a motor-car over the Breakwater Hoad railway crossing when the line was not clear, John Lyall was fined £3 and costs in the Magistrate’s Court this morning.

Gas Works Appointment.—Mr. James Watt, formerly of Balclutha, has been appointed working manager of the Blenheim Municipal Gasworks. There were twelve applications from all over the Dominion, and the appointment was unanimous.

Boys’ Orchestra.—An orchestra has been established in connection with the Leys Institute at Ponsonby. Some of the boys, said the chairman, Mr. W. Cecil Leys, at the annual meeting last night, come from as far as Avondale to practice.

111-Treating a Horse. —Chitta Pama, an Indian, was convicted in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday of working a horse with sore shoulders. A constable stated that Pama had given no trouble and had immediately taken the horse OLit when approached. He was fined 40s.

New Bridge Rules. —There has been an agitation in favoiir of alterations to the rules of auction bridge along the lines adopted by the American Portland Club. As a sequel a plebiscite has been taken and a conference will consider drafting new rules. Girl Clerk Faces Theft Charge.—At Dannevirke, Mavis Dorothy Parker, formerly employed as cashier at the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Dannevirke motor garage, was committed for trial to the Supreme Court at Napier, on a charge of stealing £126 14s 4d between May 7, 1926 and February 26, 1927. Bail was allowed.

Overloading Ships.—Charged with overloading the scow Waikowhai, Edward William Norton could not appear in the Police Court yesterday owing to his ship being out of port. A representative of the company owr fig the vessel pleaded guilty, and was fined £ 5 and costs. A similar charge against Knud William Larsen was adjourned till June 1.

Strike on Canefields.—Racial trouble which had been developing for some time in the South Johnstone canegrowing district, culminated in a strike of the British workers at the South Johnstone sugar mill. The men demanded that those who were employed last season should be given prior right to employment this season. The strike is expected to extend further.— A. and N.Z.

Port Darwin Lepers.—At a meeting the secretary to the Mission to Lepers Rev. Mr. Eddy, made serious allegations regarding the conditions at the leper lazaret at Port Darwin. There were, he said, 12 men and women there who were segregated on a mud island, away from all comfort and aid. No one visited, fed or clothed them, and in despair nine of them swam to the mainland through water infested with’ sharks and crocodiles. One died in the bush and four others were recaptured.

Road Line Dispute.—Reserved judgment in the case of the AttorneyGeneral (acting for the Manukau County Council! against William Hugh Nicholas, John Thomas Shaw and Herbert Nathaniel Shaw, farmers of Howick, an action for the definition of a line of road through defendants’ properties, was given by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Skerrett, this morning. His Honour stated that the defendant Nicholas had not interfered with the road so defined and he would be given judgment with costs on the lowest scale.