Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 66, 9 June 1927, Page 13

Last Look Round —

Tauranga Harbour. —A survey of the entrance to Tauranga Harbour shows that the depth has been increased from 19 to 21 feet at low tide.

No Money Available. —The Minister of Justice has informed the Hamilton Borough Council that it is not possible to yet build the new courthouse in that town owing to lack of Rinds. Tauranga Wharf.—lt is expected that the new wharf at Tauranga will be completed by the end of the present month.

Thames Electoral Boundaries. A conference at Paeroa on Monday strongly objected to the change made in electoral boundaries in Thames and the elimination of Ohinemuri.

Atlantic Salmon Caught.—An experienced fisherman, named Alexander Saddler, reports that he caught a sixinch Atlantic salmon in the Wanganui River this season.

Empire Service League.—Captain Dyett, of Australia, has been appointed chairman of the Empire Service League Conference being held in London.

Offence Against Girl.—At the Hamton Supreme Court to-day Horace Moyle was sentenced to six months’ hard labour for carnal knowledge of a girl aged 14 at Morrinsville.

Two Steamers Sold.—The sale is reported of the steamers Port Lincoln and Port Macquarie to R. J. Thomas and Co., of Anglesey, to be used in the future for trading between England and South Africa. _

Strike Averted.—An Ottawa message states that a conference between the freight handlers and checkers and the employers has averted a strike on the Canadian railways. Three thousand railwaymen will get a substantial part of the increased wages sought.

Would Not Work.—Described by the police as one who would not work, a Maori youth, Tom Davy, was at yesterday’s sitting of the Pukekohe Magistrate’s Court before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., sentenced to one ‘month’s imprisonment for failing to comply with the terms of his probation order.

Boy Seriously Injured.—A collision occurred this morning near the centre of the town between a car driven by Dr. Brown and a cycle ridden by a boy named Abram, who was removed to the hospital with a fractured skull and a broken pelvis. His condition is critical, says a New Ply-mouth Press Association message.