NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 279, 15 February 1928, Page 9

NEWS BREVITIES

Vagrancy Charge.—Francis Burke, uftarged at the Police Court to-day with being idle and disorderly, was remanded to appear again on Friday. Papakura Carnival.—The queen carnival held at Papakura at the end of last year resulted in £294 being raised, j The money will be expended in improvements at the school. “Silver Better” Fined.—At the Morrinsville Magistrate’s Court yesterday David H. DewhirsL described by the police as a “silver better,* ’was fined £ 40 on a charge of bookmaking. A Cattle Deal.—Walter Joseph Bunting, formerly with Messrs. W. Horne and Co., land agents, Auckland, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of obtaining 30 head of cattle by false pretences. Free Books for Orphans—F*ree books and stationery will not be supplied to children in orphanages unless they attend public schools, and only if their parents and guardians are unable to provide for them. Goitre in Schools.—Preventive and curative treatment for goitre in schools will be discontinued by the Education Department. The issue of iodised salt is, now recommended in STCM where goitre is epidemic. Theft from Purse.—At Hamilton this morning Francis Halligan pleaded guilty to the theft of a cheque for £3 6. and £lO 12s 6d in cash, from a woman’s purse left in the bedroom of a Hamilton hotel. Accused was committed for trial. Fire at Devonport.—The Devonporl Fire Brigade was called out at 10.10 p.m. last evening to a fire in stables belonging to Messrs. R. anc. W. Hellaby, in Bartley Street. The outbreak was small and was quickly extinguished. Robbed Bank.—Walter Hedley Huttanance, a clerk, 19, pleaded guilty at Wellington to-day to stealng £95 while employed by the Bank of New Zealand. £75 3s 3d had been repaid. He was committee to the Supreme Court for sentence. —Press Association. Asleep in Garage.—For being found asleep in a Hamilton garage early in the morning, George Nixon was fined £3 and costs this morning for being unlawfully on the premises. His excuse was that he was waiting for an early morning train, and merely entered the place to rest. Transport of Pupils.—The Hamilton Technical High School board of managers is forwarding a request to the Education Department that pupils attending technical schools should be placed on the same footing with regard to transport as those attending primary schools. Dangerous Machine Used. —Robert Woodroffe, a builder and contractor, of Te Aroha, was fined £2O on Monday for using a dangerous machine. It was said that Woodroffe had been repeatedly warned, but had made no attempt to convert the machine so as to comply with the Act. Course for Farmers* Sons.—A commercial course for the sons of farmers was suggested by Mr. Richard Hoe at the Education Board's meeting today. It said that in two years the lads at district high schools might be given a fair knowledge of commerce and of a simple system of book-keeping which j would be of great value on the farms. Pheasants For Papakura.—At Moni day evening’s meeting of the Papakura branch of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society arrangements were made for liberating the 30 pheasants allocated to the branch. It was decided to liberate them at Kamarama, Moumoukai and Orere, and to have these places closed to shooting for two years. Minister’s Promises.—A promise th:«t the question of dental caravans for country schools would be gone into again was gained by the chairman of the Auckland Education Board, Mr. A. Bums, from the Minister of Education at Whakatane. The Minister also seemed favourable to the idea that teachers should be released from their bonds after 12 months’ unemployment. Territorials In Camp. There are over 1,000 territorials at Hopuhopu camp at present. They include the Ist Battalion of the Auckland Regiment, and the 2nd Field Battery New Zealand Artillery. To-day. and on Thursday and Friday, the artillery will undergo firfng practice at Orini, and Major-General R. Young, Officer Commanding the New Zealand Forces, will visit the camp to-day. and hold an inspection to-morrow morning. No Leakage Suspected.—Engineers of the Public Works Department at Hamilton and Arapuni do not accept the theory that the Waihou River is rising because of a “leak” in the Waikato River above Arapuni. The Waihou is 12 miles from the Waikato River, besides which the engineers say that they have no evidence that the Waihou is higher than usual for the time of year. THree More Fires. —The Mount Albert Fire Brigade received a call at 4.30 p.m. yesterday to a fire in Hendon Road, Mount Albert, and had no trouble in extinguishing the flames. The City Brigade attended the council reserve in Old Mill Road alongside the zoo, to suppress a gorse fire at 5 o’clock last evening. The Point Chevalier Brigade also suppressed a grass fire in Western Springs Road at 4.47 p.m. yesterday before any damage wa» I done.