Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 665, 17 May 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Motorist Finsd £25 George Henry Millar, for being drtvgf while in charge of a motor-ear, •» fined £ls at Invercargill.— T. A. Fine For Motorist A farmer. Lawrence Whale, who Ikso , previously been fined for being ustqfiM* I cated in charge of a motor-car. w.d** lined £25 at Marten yesterday. H disqualified from holding a licence tor I six months.—P.A. * • • Intoxicated Motorist Described as a sharebroker, John Jeffreys Bartlett, aged 61. was rthed £lO and his driving licence cancelled ! for six months at Christchurch for being intoxicated in charge of a motorcar.—P.A. Latgue Team Withdraws The Woolston Rugby League Club a Christchurch, has withdrawn its senm*team from the competition as a proto? against the centre Granting a transfer for J. Mundy from Woolston to Hornby in spite of the club's objection.— P.A. Money Stolen On Wednesday night the of Lawrence and Hanson. Hectriosl Company, Ltd , were broken into ai\ d the sum of £5 stolen from the safe The premises are situated at the comer of Albert and Swanson Streets. A padlock was forced off the front which was closed when the thieves Jofr. Sunday Traders Fined Offenders should remember they are liable to fine of £5,” remarked Mr. F. K. Hunt. S.M., when five women were charged at the Police Court th*R morning with trading on Sunday Ethel Armstrong. Ruth Jew, Emily North, Florence E. Parkinson and Agnes Win* shell were each fined £ 1 and coate. Claim For Damages As a sequel to a collision between a motor-van and a motor-lorry. VictoA Maurice Hooper, driver of the van. i* suing the Perfection Ice Cream Company. owner of the lorry, in the Christchurch Supreme Court, for £.1.68/' damages, alleging that severe Injuries were caused by the negligence of rhd lorry-driver.—P.A. Auckland Sailors’ Htome The annual general meeting s<! members of the Auckland Sailors* Home will be held in the library of the home on Wednesday, June 12, s*t 8 p m. The business will be to receive the report and statement of accounts, to elect a president and seven members of the council, and to appoint an auditor. Nominations for any of the office* must be handed to the secretary seven davs before the meeting. * * • Gaol for Assault At the Invercargill Police Court, a young man. Andrew James Lee. for striking a girl in the face and using obscene language, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment on each charge. The assault occurred on the first night of the May Fair when the girl was returning from a dance. Th» magistrate said that carnival time was not to be used as an excuse for such behaviour. The case was a bad one and called for imprisonment.—F.A. Births and Deaths A Gazette notice tonight shows thrift the total live births registered for urban areas amounted to 998, as against 1,002 in March, a decrease of four. Deaths in April were 479. an increase of 30. as compared with the previous months. Of the total deaths males contributed 257, and females 222. Fifty-six of the deaths were children under five years of age, being 11.69 per cent, of the whole number. Thirty-eight of «hese were under on year of age, says a Wellington P.A. message. * * * Large House Burned A nine-roomed two-storey dwelling, the home of Blenheim’s first Mayor, now owned and occupied by Jessie Vance, a widow, was gutted by fire this morning. The outbreak, when discovered by a neighbour, had a strong hold, but after a strenuous fight the brigade extinguished the flames. The house was insured for £450 in the Phoenix Office, and there is a policy on the contents for £3OO with the Stat*» Office. The owner was absent at the 1 time.—P.A. « v * * Tw ce Married Percy Clifford Smith, aged pleaded guilty at the Levin Pollen Court to a charge of bigamy. Evidence showed that he was married in 1918 at Palmerston North and again at Levin in 1928 under the name of Percy Stephen Smith. Accused alleged that his first wife was living with another man, and he therefore thought he was at liberty to marry again. He was willing to obtain a divorce and legalise the second marriage if the young woman wished. Ho was remanded to Wellington for sentence. —P.A. » * ♦ Day Labour or Tender In reference to the Minister <>£ Public Works’ intimation to gel thq piles and plant ready for the excavation of the new post office foundations at Dunedin, the secretary of the Builders’ Association has wired the Minis*ter stating that it is understood thrf department intends undertaking th-p work by dav labour, whereas it was implied ~by a former Minister in the House that the department’s work was merely exploratory prior to calling tenders. Builders urge the ratification of this undertaking.—P.A.