BAKERY ROBBED

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 69, 13 June 1927, Page 3

BAKERY ROBBED

During Sunday evening £ 6 8s was taken from Sharp’s Bakery. Whangarei. The entry of the building was a sequel to a fire at Onerahi on Saturday morning, when Mr. Sharp’s “bach” and motor-car were destroyed, together with the keys of the bakerv, which was, accordingly, left unlocked by the employees when they finished work on Saturday afternoon. A sum of £3O was overlooked by the thieves. HOSPITAL TRANSFERS Sister Swayne, in charge of the Huntly Hospital, is leaving to . take charge of the Te Kuiti Hospital at an early date. Sister Fricker, at present at Te Kuiti, goes back to Hamilton Hospital as assistant-matron. Sister Swayne was exceptionally popular in Huntly and will be much missed. MISSING TaUNCH FOUND The launch Waihou, which left on Friday to search for the missing launch Scout, returned to Opotiki on Saturday afternoon after an unsuccessful search for the missing boat. Messrs. A. Abbot and H. Jones, two of those stranded on Whale Island, were on board the Waihou. After searching the missing Scout was found washed up oh the islands of the Raurimu Group, north-west of Whale Island. The vessel was lying on a sandy beach and practically unharmed. She had a remarkable escape from being a total wreck, as it was the only piece of sandy beach in the vicinity. The rest of the island has a rocky shore. The only damage done was a plank “sprung” and two anchors lost. The engine of the stranded launch is undamaged, and it is expected she will make the return journey under her own power.

KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR An accident occurred on the Great South Road, Papatoetoe, about 200 yards south of the Tamaki Bridge, during the week-end. Mr. Cecil Banks was knocked down by a motorist travelling toward Auckland at an early hour in the morning and received injuries necessitating his removal to the hospital, including a broken ankle, broken collarbone and broken ribs. Mr. Banks was accompanied by his employer, Mr. W. V. Price, of Papatoetoe, and they were endeavouring to start a motor-van. When seeing a car approaching with bright head lights they desisted till the car should pass. It is said that in passing the car knocked Mr. Banks over and went on its way. The injured man was attended by Dr. Ross, of Otahuhu, who ordered his removal to the hospital in the ambulance. RADIO CLUeHcOMPLAINT At a special meeting of the Rotorua Radio Club held on. Friday, the policy or want of policy, of the New Zealand Broadcasting Company was severely criticised. The local club contends that the methods employed are amateurish, and entirely unsatisfactory, criticism was resented and enquiries given a short shrift. At the close of the meeting a deputation waited on Mr. F. F. Hockly, M.P., with a request that he place before the Government the following resolution: “The Rotorua Radio Club hereby places on record that the quality of the programmes received from New Zealand stations is exceptionally poor, and members of the club are unanimously of the opinion that they are not getting the value of licence fees; they are also of opinion that not one licence would be taken out in the district if members were dependent only on New Zealand programmes.” The meeting also passed a motion deeply regretting the resignation of Mr. J. M. Prentice from the position of chief announcer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Company, and strongly deprecating the short-sighted policy whereby his valuable services had been lost. ORDINATION SERVICE At the ordination service conducted by Bishop C. A. Cherrington in St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral, Hamilton, on Sunday, Mr. H. C. Brickland, of Auckland, was admitted as a deacon. Mr. Brickland, who has been appointed curate at Hunt’y, will assume control of the Ngaruawahia section of the Huntly parish. LADIES’ GOLF CLUBS On Wednesday the members of the Pupuke Ladies’ Golf Club will play a match between teams chosen by the captain and secretary respectively from all players present. Entries for the championship and junior championship will be received until June 22. The first round will be commenced on June 29. An inter-club match was played on the Papakura links on Saturday against Waiuku. Owing to the very wet weather conditions the match had to be left unfinished. Papakura, however, won, 7—3. The following are the results. Waiuku names mentioned first: Mrs. Christiansen beat Miss A. McLennan, 4 and 2; Miss Neal and Mrs. Elliott unfinished; Mrs. Forbes lost to Miss M. Walters, 1 down; Miss Barriball and Miss Rhind unfinished; Miss Muir beat Miss Wood, 4 and 3; Miss Kidd lost to Miss White, 5 down: Miss Sullivan lost to Mrs. E. C. Foote, 4 down; Mrs. Arkle lost to Mrs. Pavitt,, 4 and 3: Mrs. Harkness lost to Mrs. Busing, 6 down; Miss Austin lost to Miss Wilkins. 6 down; Miss Glynes lost to Mrs. Goddard, 3 down; Miss Aldred beat Mrs. Walters, 4 and 2. ALL-NIGHT LIGHTING WAITEMATA POWER BOARD All-night lighting in the streets of local bodies deriving their power from the Waitemata Electric Power Board will be encouraged in the future. Devonport already has all-night lighting, but the other marine boroughs and the New Lynn and Henderson Town Boards, have not. In relation to the request that the hours of street lighting be extended beyond midnight to 1 p.m., the engineer recommended to-day that the board should propose to keep the lights going to 4 a.m. to eliminate the expenses of circuits and time switches. He suggested an attractive offer of £ 3 ISs 9d a lamp for all-night lighting, and £3 17s for lighting to 1 p.m. At present the board has different rates, £3 15s per lamp up till midnight. and £4 a lamp for all-night lighting. Mr. Greenslade gave notice to move at next meeting for only one period of lighting, up till 4 a.m., at a yearly charge of £3 15s a lamp “Give the local bodies the benefit.” he suggested.