Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 677, 31 May 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Hawker Loses Licence George Hill, aged 4S, a hawker, was fined £2O for being drunk in chart of a motor-lorry. and his licence was suspended for 12 months in the Wellington Police Court. He had collided with a tramcar. * * • Sly Grog Shop Raided 4 Following a police raid on her house near Basin Reserve. Wellington. Nellie McLaren Laird, a widow, aged 53. was Cued £ls for a breach of the liquor kws. Cases are proceeding against people found in the house. Fire in Dunedin A lire in a. two-storey wooden building in Arthur Street this morning practically gutted the interior and contents. The place was owned by Angus Gunn and occupied by Air. Corbett. The insurance on the building was £1.300 in the Yorkshire office and the contents £ 150 in the Xew Zealand office. Mission Work in Sudan Three workers in the Sudan Uni led Alission are expected back in New Zealand within a short time. Mr. and Airs. K. Kinimer. who have been in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, are returning to Auckland in July, us Airs. Hiranv r has been ordered back for medical reasons. Aliss McDonald, of Canterbury, \\ ho joined the mission about three yea* s ago, has resigned, and is also returnHon. W. B. Taverner’s Visit The Hon. W. B. Taverner, Minister of Railways and Customs, will arrive in Auckland from Wellington on Sunday morning, and will remain here for a few days during the visit of the Prime Alinister, Sir Joseph Ward. Air. Taverner has informed Air. A M. Samuel. M.P. for Thames, that it .will probably be the end of next week before ho can inspect the route of the proposed Pokeno-Paeroa railway. Intoxication Charge A young, man, Bruce Auld Fergus n. appeared in the Pukekohe Police Court, before Air. D. McCready Armstrong, J.P., charged with being in t state of intoxication while in charge of a car. He was remanded to appear at the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Bail was allowed. William John Bowden, who was with Ferguson, was charged with bring found drunk on the Great South R->. •' yesterday. Ho was convicted nr.d ordered to pay £2 16s medical < penses. • • • More Radium Wanted Alore radium is required, according to Dr. Cameron, in his report to the Wellington Hospital Board. If sufficient is made available, supplies could be sent to other cities, and patients could come to Wellington f< r special treatment, as it was centra 1 . Better results would be obtained from specialist departments in large centn than in little districts not educated up to the use of radium.

Farmers on Tour The South Taranaki farmers’ excursion arrived by special train last evening. Tlie party totals 170, including 33 women, and, after spending; two day in Southland, will visit Otago and Canterbury. They left this morning, m delightful sunny weather, for a motor tour of the western district. This even ing they will be entertained at a so< i:il in the Victoria Hall, and will be welcomed by the Mayor, Air. J. D. Campbell. A Smart Passage After a smart passage of 17 days, the New Zealand Shipping Company s new motor-ship Rangitiki arrived a! Panama on Wednesday last, according to a cable received by the company. The liner left Wellington on May 12, and the passage to Panama, which is 6,541 miles, was done at an average speed of 14 knots. As the vessel is new and her engines have not yet had time to work themselves in, her speed to Panama gives an excellent idea what she will be capable of doing later. * * * Motor-cyclist Hurt When riding ' into town this morning along the Alanukau Road, William Charles Dickson and his brother, „n motor-cycle, came into collision with a motor-car as it turned out of Queen Alary Avenue, Epsom. Both men were thrown on to i! road, William Dickson having one of liis legs broken. He was brought int«» tl • Auckland Hospital, liis brother, wli" was not badly hurt, accompany him. His condition is not serious. He is a single man, aged 22. and is employed as a clerk by the firm of Bycroft, Limited.