Last Look Round —

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 490, 20 October 1928, Page 13

Last Look Round

Labour at Otaki Mr. Harold Dyson, formerly associated with the Labour movement in Wellington and latterly a Methodist minister in Southland and on the West Coast has been selected to »%>ntest the Otaki seat in the Labour interest.—P.A. Outboard Races ; Tho New Zealand Outboard .Motor ; Boat Association will hold a series o; | races open to all-comers oft Buckland s Beach on Labour Day. commencing at I p.m. An attractive programme has been arranged, and some of the I speedy outboard racing craft in the 1 Dominion will compete. • * * Death in Bed Charles William Smith, of l’ahiatua. a married man aged b 9. j died in bed shortly after retiring i late last night. lie had been ailing for some time and was under medical j treatment. —P.A. Lorry Driver’* Death The death occurred early this morning in the Wellington Hospital of Robert Bell, aged 36. a lorry driver, who was severely burned and had his neck partly cut when attempting to escape from a blazing whare at Pmraparaumu early on Friday morning.—P.A. a m m Motor-Cyclist* Injured A car driven by Mr. John Waite, of Hamilton, and a motor-cycle ridden by two young men, Mr. McPhec and Mr. Allen Brunton. of Hamilton, met in a head-on ollision in Victoria Street at II o’clock last night. The cyclists received bruises and abrasions. The front of tho car was badly damaged. Minor damage was done to the cycle. Apprenticeship Order A notice appearing in this issue deals with the recent order of the Court of Arbitration extending the area in a 12- mile radius, to 20 miles from the Seddon Memorial Technical College, forming the Auckland district for motor engineering apprentices. The notice affects apprentices and their employers. An Unwanted Car For the past fortnight an old model two-seater Standard motor-car has been standing in the bottom of the gully in Alexander Street, off Eden Terrace. No such car has been reported to tho police as missing. Children in the vicinity delight in their new playground and unless the owner, if any. does not claim it the car will soon be a complete ruin. % * * * Told to Get Work

Gabbling unintelligibly, a Finnish youth Urhe Lunard Lcino, made if difficult for anyone to understand him when charged with being idle and disorderly in the Hamilton Police Court to-day. Tho police said Leino made contradictory statements, and was recently begging in Matamata. Mr. Wyvern Wilson. S.M.. warned the accused to leave town and to get work, and convicted and disch;irged him.