Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 587, 13 February 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Lily Langtry Dead The death has occurred of Lily Langtry, the famous beauty actress and horse-owner, wife of Sir Hugo de Bathe. Big Yacht for Auckland The ocean-going yacht Wanderlust, owned by Air. H. S. "Vissell, of California, sailed from Gisborne for Auckland at 7.30 a.m., to-day.—P.A. Assaulted Hindu Charged with assaulting a Hindu, whose bananas he had taken without payment, Hary Hyde was fined £1 and costs at the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court to-day. Barman Fined Charged with supplying liquor to a youth under age, James Carson, head barman at the Commercial Hotel, Elamilton, was convicted and fined 20s and costs at the Hamilton Police Court to-day. Gaol the Only Place William Bartley, who has been sleeping out and cadging food about the city streets and wharves, has been found a home for three months. Bartley, a seaman aged 63, pleaded guilty at the Police Court this morning to being found without lawful excuse on the enclosed premises of George Niccol, sh’p-builder, of Fanshawe Street. Bartley had nothing to say and SubInspector McCarthy mentioned that he was homeless and without money. “I suppose the only thing to do is to send him to gaol,” commented Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., imposing a term of three months’ imprisonment. Series of Frauds Charges of issuing valueless cheques to various firms totalling £497 were preferred against Jamesena Spiers and Henry Harley Me Natty before J.P.s at Invercargill to-day. The two obtained goods valued at £BS from Thomson and Beattie, drapers, goods valued at £165 from the Bristol Piano Company, and goods valued at £ 230 from W. Strang and Company, furniture dealers. They pleaded guilty and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Alarm Bell Silenced An unusual theft was perpetrated at Dannevirke on Monday. After 1 much agitation the Railway Department recently installed a wig-wag warning signal at the Allardice Street railway crossing, the scene of several accidents. The bell had such a loud tone that it disturbed the peace of the whole neighbourhood. On Monday evening last a letter, on behalf of the residents, asking for an abatement of the nuisance, was before the Borough Council, which deputed the Mayor to confer with the department. Some unauthorised person got in first, however, and removed the gong of the apparatus, which is now effectively silenced.