Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 648, 27 April 1929, Page 15

Last Look Round —

Farmer F.ned £2O At the Magistrate's Court, Maslertcn* * yesterday. Manura Ngatuere vis j fined £2O for failing to eradicate black— * berry from his land—P.A. Dunedin Minister to Resign It is understood that the Rev. 1 Tulloeh Yuille, who is at present on • ; furlough, has cabled to an office-bearer || : at the Knox Presbyterian Church. Dun- # i edin. intimating his decsiion to resign f his charge of that church. Prison For Car Thief “He is incorrigible,’’ said the polio- 3 when Cecil Arthur Hensley, aged 2-1. 1 a jockey, was charged with converting 1 a car to his own use at Christchurch. » It was his third similar offence. H*- ]. was sentenced to three months’ impris- 1 onment with hard labour. New Catholic College It was announced at a meeting of the fl St. Patrick's Old Boys' Association that I the college intends to begin the eroc- jk tion of u new college at Sil verst ream. on » a site of 209 acres. bOtWOI :\ Hut: Ro * and the river. It is estimated to cost *• up to £70.000. —P.A. Newspaper Merger At an extraordinary meeting of \ shareholders in the “Lyttelton Times” sfl Company. Ltd.. held yesterday in j. Christchurch, proposals for amulgu- I motion with the Brett Publishing Com- J pany. Auckland, were agreed to, Af\ meeting to confirm the resolution nr- ii rived at yesterday will be held a fort- % night hence. • * • Motorists Break Legs Two youths, Andrew and George Walker, aged 19 and 14 >r were riding on a motor-cycle down Deri minion Road about 10 o’clock this \ morning, when the machine skidded a 1 and they crashed to the roadway. | Both received fractured legs and had J to be taken to hospital. There cotffc dition is not serious. Their father livefe 1 in May Road. Mount Roskill. Roulette Player Fined John Warren Olliver, alias William ij, Olliver, of Auckland, at present on probation, was convicted for playing gL jJ roulette game at Rangiriri. * TfiA $, wheel, exhibited in court, was crude, and there was little chance of Ollfvef* ? losing much money. His list was £ I fairly long one. He was convicted T and fined £3, in default one Jj imprisonment. All Well on Maui Pomare Although some fears were expressed T in certain qtiarters as to the possibility J; of the carrying of the influenza infoc'tion to the Islands by the Maui Pomare. which left Auckland on April j! 15, when influenza was prevalent in ] that city, the Prime Minister advised 1. yesterday that the precautionary mea- 0; sures taken by the Governmetn had ", proved completely effective. Advice s ij had been received from the vessel that | she had made both Niue and Apia V ports of call according to schedule, |T and that, throughout the voyage, the a, health of all on board had been ox- T cellent.