NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 190, 1 November 1927, Page 9

NEWS BREVITIES

Australian Mail. —Tlio Kartigi. w . ■» left Melbourne for Auckland on Friday has 21 bags of Australian mail aboard. Retreat Fcr Men.—A retreat for m i ! will be conducted at St. John's College. Taiwan, fin m No\ 14. 31m Rev. Canon Mason, vicar of Howit k. i will be in charge. Missing Watch. —Kenneth Edward McQuoid. aged 24. charged at the Police Court to-day with stealing a j watch valued at £2 ss. was remanded i to appear again on Monday. Sneak Thief Gaoled. — John Kerr. age 4 j 53. described by the police as a sneak. thief, was sentenced at the Police j Court to-day to three months irnI prisonment for being idle and disorderly. Motor-Cycle Skidded.—His motorcycle skiddirsa on the road throug t Pukeoware, Eric Julius, of Waiuku, was thrown on his head on the road. He is seriously ill in the Franklin Hospital suffering from a fractured skull. Shed on Fire. Ptikeb he Fire Brigade was called to a fire in a shed in Messrs. F. Perkins and Co.’s yard this morning. The outbreak was soon quelled. although for a while i: threatened to spread to adjacent buildings. Slump in Marriages. —Ten less marriages were celebrated during Urtoh. r this year compared with the corresponding period last year at Hamilton. The vital statistics for the month just ended for births, deaths and marriages respectively are: 1926. 47, 23. 20; 1927. 46, 12. 10. Highest-priced Polo Pony. A price which is believed to be the highest ever paid in the Gisborne district for a polo pony was paid yesterday by Sir Bruce Stewart, of Pigeon Bay, Canterbury. He secured Mr. James Jobson’s pony. Ruby, for £2OO. and Mr. Leo Fitzgerald’s Bone Dry for JC7S. Pharmacy Board Election.—An election of two members of the Pharmacy Board for the Wellington-Hawke’s Bay-Nelson-Marlborough distrfc't. to hold office for two years, resulted in Messrs. 11. J. S. Rickard and J. C. Burbery being returned.—Press Association. Nearly a Fire. —Overheated bearings in an electric motor which operates the bellows of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Cambridge, interrupted the service on Sunday morning. Smoke was seen to be issuing from the vestry and a prompt investigation probably saved the church from an actual fire. Hamilton Listeners Combine.— A meeting of wireless enthusiasts last, evening formed the Hamilton Listeners’ Association. The first steps of the organisation will be an effort to obviate the howling valve trouble where it exists. Mr. R. F. Haycock was elected president. Old Man’s Escape. —Awakening t > find his whare in flames, Mr. Kenneth McDonald, aged 75 years, who lives on the Three Mile Bush Road. Whangarei, wrapped himself in his blankets and dashed through the doorway. He was admitted to the Whangarei Hospital suff€-ring from burns on the face and hands. Small City Fire.—Slight damage was done to the floorboards of a building in Albert Street owned by Dearsleys. Ltd., a little before 6 o’clock last evening. The outbreak, which is thought, to have been caused through an electric cable fusing, was easily extinguished by the City Brigade. The building is insured with the Royal and Alliance Companies for £, 7,000. Ponsonby House Damaged. —A house in West End Road. Ponsonby, owned and occupied by Mr. C. O’Hagen, was damaged by fire about 3 a.m. to-day. One room and a ceiling were on fire when the City Brigade arrived on the scene, but the flames were soon extinguished. The house was being renovated at the time and contained no furniture. The building was insured for £I,OOO in the Northern office.