NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 118, 9 August 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Vagrant Gaoled.—Alexander Me Callum, aged 63, charged at the Police Court to-day with being idle and disorderly, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Mail Service Contracts. —The Post and Telegraph Department in this issue invites tenders for the North Island inland mail service contracts for a period of three years from January 1, 1928. Bankruptcy Prosecution. —Te Kata was charged at the Police Court to-day with obtaining credit without disclosing that he was an undischarged bankrupt He was remanded to appear on Thursday. Drink and Language.—John Hughes, aged 47, was fined £ 2 in the Police Court to-day for using obscene language. On a charge of drunkenness h« was fined ss, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. Electrical Equipment for Railways.— The New Zealand Government Railways Department is advertising for tends for the supply of electric capstans and other equipment, details of which axe published in this issue. Old Pupils’ Dance.—There were 200 the dance given by the Raeuni School Old Pupils’ Association. A roost enjoyable evening was spent. Messrs. A Scarrow and R. Green were in charge and the Bluebird Orchestra supplied the music. Accidentally Shot. —When rabbiting in the Seiwyn River bed, Canterbury, yesterday, J. Tyler, a martin man of Dunsandel, was accidentally shot in one of his arms through i * gun discharging as he was climbing over a fence. Unsuccessful Soccer Tour. —As the tr»i? n ea v Scccer team's tour of Aus--1 not been a success for a finitin® v^e^P°* nt . the remainder of the has been cancelled. The and NZ UniS h ° me ° n Saturda y-—■A. Recovering. —The painful inson « Cei \. ed by Miss Arline PaterR»vno 5? €mber of the Robert Roberts the through burns from heMim*" a blank cartridge, are plavi? atisfact orily. Miss Paterson afternoon sart5 art as u sual yesterday er noon and evening. suif°o? a ft P'n ,oc * tes Hip.—As the retramcar^n^ 1 while . st eppirg from a dav 5rLi n *p ara ngahape Road yesterStreet v lller - of 25 Edinburgh hip ’ S v* ewton * suffered a dislocated the * IT a 8 to the hospital by Porter *t"°K hn An >hulance, and is re- ° be making good progress. caJwIT ? nd Car Collide .—As a motorage k \ ng out of the A.B.C. Garcollided J! t Sley Street this m orning it car. ith a tramcut off tiiA s^are tyre and carrier were cover nf ® mo t or . and the tram lost the Were axle hox. Both vehicles Power. t 0 rocee d under their own U to'hand®* Cburcb * — A proposal glican ChniSf the buildin & of an Anat h estimated to cost £6OO amountinsr °* n ' aikat o. Trust money able owhnL 1 * £447 is already availworkers * u to tbe of church be Bettw« « dues tion of a site is to Barnett ° ln conferen ce with Dean tion e o d A h f r. Forests -— To mee t a porr®<luirefwo*,/'°J*estry Department's seed season ord S f ° r tbe next tree-planting betn totalling 4,9971 b. have both tho tt .; n , various quarters, in Last seasr,r» ni sw d States and Canada. Canadian o tbe de P a rtment gave the tion BrannK Vernment Seed Extraci® dividual order for the largest Ambled in b \P ment of seed ever as- “ *n the British Empire. SzinV’tank 6 " n /ire.— Through the ln contact w.r e l flowinp and comins of Victoria sSZ n f* by Mr ‘ Robinson. aged by fi r ® tree J', Was seriously damComn ou , tslde the Auckland Street, gara & e in Albert pity Bric-urii 5,45 pm - yesterday. The being comnf^ Ved tbe machine from * completely destroyed.