News Brevities

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 357, 18 May 1928, Page 12

News Brevities

Vagrant Gaoled.—Percy Ogden, aged 46, charged at the Police Court to-day with being idle and disorderly, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Partial Closing of Horahora.—To enable the screens in front of the turbines to be cleaned, the Horahora works will be partially closed between 7.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. on Sunday. Naval Writer Injured.—Suffering from a fractured right arm, Henry Edgar Pierce, aged 20, a writer of H.M.S. Philomel, "was admitted to the Auckland Hospital yesterday. His condition is satisfactory. Killed in Railway Yard.—William Kilner, a widower, 64 years of age. was killed in the Westport railwayyards at 4.50 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Pigeons Race to Whangarei.—A pigeon race to Whangarei from Newmarket yesterday resulted:—J. A. Pickering, 2 hours, 29 minutes, 1; Elliott Brothers, 2 hours 29 minutes, 24 seconds, 2; B. Bradley, 2 hours, 30 minutes, 28 seconds, 3; J. Henty, 2 hours, 30 minutes, 48 seconds, 4. Twentyseven birds competed. Plumbers’ Union Loses Case.—An action by the Auckland Plumbers’ Union against the Hamilton Hardware Company for failing to dismiss a non-unionist employee was dismissed by Mr. F. W. Platts, S.M.. in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The magistrate held that the man was employed before the award came into force. Small .House Burned.—A small wooden house at Bell Block, New Plymouth, owned by Mr. Bert Sampson and occupied by Mr. H. Waite, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Nothing could be done to save the contents. Advertising Exhibition.—Practically the whole of the space for the Advertising Exhibition in Auckland next week has been booked. Only, a small area at the back of the Town Hall is available.