Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 453, 7 September 1928, Page 13

Last Look Round—

Sunday Trading Pleading guilty to charges of trading J on Sunday. Ruby HaJisen. G. Letts and ! Mary A. Thompson were each fined C - ■ and costs at the Magistrate’s Court j this morning. * • * Fined for Assault Joshua Thomas Varson. aged was fined £5 with costs this morning on a charge of assaulting a fuur-year-i old girl at Greymouth. Tha police ' did not proceed with a charge of inj decent assault. Probation f<jr Theft At the Ashburton Police Court today Wilfred Gordon Corbett wa> with the theft of money totalling £4!* Ss id from his employers, the Ashburton Hospital Board. He was , admitted to probation for IS months.— P.A. Policeman Sues Himself Stratford can boast of having a co;i- . sclentious police sergeant. Having "permitted the police station chimney i to catch fire, contrary to the borough j by-laws.” Sergeant A. E. Rowell pn- , secuted himself and was duly fined lVs with costs in the Stratford Police Court j yesterday. Rug Stolen Last evening a travelling rug valued at £2 was stolen from a motor-car belonging to Mr. W. H. Roberts, of Gladstone Road. Parnell. The car was standing outside St. Mary’s School. Manukau Road, am! while the owner was inside a raid was made oij his car. Boars’ Depredations Wild boars have been making their ! presence felt on some back-country | farms near Wanganui. Raids lih\ »• been made on young lambs, flock ; masters being obliged to be on the look-out Sill the time. One farmer hear Maxwell accounted for 11 bo.irs in two days Death Ends Tour Private advice received at B:cnlieim reports the death at Capetown of Mrs. G. F. Watts, wife of the wellknown Lanedowne sheepfarmer. who presented Blenheim with a chiming clock for a war memorial. They were on a trip round the world and were about to tour South Africa. * * • Restitution Order Made An order for the restitution of conI jugal rights was made in the Supreme Court at Hamiltotn this morning, in the petition of Adolphus Reginald Syme, farmer, of Taupiri, against Jessie Syme. Petitioner said his wife left him because she did not like the ! country. * * * Bridge Subsidy Too Low Owing to the liability of the Rungitikei County Council in connection with the present Bulls Bridge the council h£s decided that it cannot accept a subsidy from the Highways Board of £3 for £1 for the proposed new structure. The council previously sought a subsidy of £5 foP £l, but only the offer of £ 3 for £1 was forthcoming. Explosive Injures Workman Serious injuries were received by Mr. J. Wear, aged 38. single, employed by the Lands Department at Ruatdngata, when an explosive cliargy fired prematurely. He was seriously burned about the face and shoulders, and had several ribs brokcffi. Some fragments of rock pierced his chest above the heart. He was admitted to the Whangarei Hospital in a serious condition. * * * Roads Under Water During the past few days heavy rainhave been experienced in the Te Kuiti district, and in the town several of the low-lying portions have been inundated. The Mangaokewa River has been in flood, but owing to intervals between the downpours, no extensive damage has been reported. The main road between Pio Plo and Aria has been under water, necessitating the use of connecting cars at either end of the flooded portion of the road. Between Te Kuiti and Pio Pio the flood water covered the road in places, but not to, a sufficient depth to impede motor traffic.