Last Look Round

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 456, 11 September 1928, Page 17

Last Look Round

I Gaol for False Pretences Alfred Ernest Smith, an habitual criminal, was sentenced at Grevmouth j this morning to six months* imprison- } ment on each of two charges of l'also . pretences. He passed valueless J cheques at Kumar a and Greymonth. j The terms are to bo served concur - j rently. | All Blacks in South Africa The Prime Minister has received j the following cable from the Prime | Minister of South Africa: “You kind message of appreciation of ihe hospitality extended to N>’v j Zealand’s sons is very highly valued by (all South Africans, who share your j feelings as to the beneficial results of ! such intercourse and friendly rivalry (between the youths of our countries. I thank you very heartily for your as j sura nee of a warm welcome to oui I sons in New Zealand. — (Signet.'. i Hertzog.” i * * * Town Hall “Sing*’' Billed as the “greatest community sing in the history of Auckland.” tonight’s big effort in the Town Hall should attract hundreds. Usually the “sings” are held in the lunch hour and the theatre is always full to the doors. • Three capable song leaders, Mr. M. Guthrie, the Rev. Jasper Calder, and Mr. Vernon Drew, will control the enthusiasm of the singers this evening. The soloists will be Miss Etta Field. Miss Alma / McGruer, who are well- ; known in Auckland, and Mr. Law- ! rence North, the baritone from Dunedin. A first-class orchestra has been engaged and the accompanistes will b* Mrs. Barrington-Snow and Mrs. M. Osborne. All proceeds go to unendowed charity. House Burned Down Two children had a narrow escape yesterday afternoon when a six-roomed house at Maromaku, north of Whangarei, owned by Mr. J. Callaghan, was destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Calaghan were in the milking shed when the fire was first noticed and they were only just in time to save the children. The fire is believed to have started in the washhouse, and nothing was saved except some bedding. *= * * Planning North Shore That the four North Shore boroughs meet to confer on the question of town-planning was a suggestion brought forward by Mr. E. Aldridge, Mayor of Devonport, at the conclusion of yesterday’s meeting of the North Shore Boroughs Water Board. Ho said it had been suggested that the four boroughs with the Taka puna and Birkenhead ridings of the Waitemat a County* should form one group in the Auckland scheme. Mr. J. W. Williamson, Mayor of Takapuna, said his borough had its plans under way, but Mr. A. E. Greenslade, Mayor of Birkenhead, said no action had been taken in his borough. It was left to Mr. Aldridge to convene a meeting when the time seemed ripe. ** * » Drainage at Ellerslie The Onehunga Borough Council, One Tree Hill, Mount Roskill and Mount Wellington Road Boards and the Ellerslie Town Board are being requested by the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board to appoint representatives to attend a conference on September 12 for the purpose of making permanent provision for the drainage of the districts lying within the Manukau Watersheds.