Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 683, 7 June 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Girl’s Suspicious Death A young girl. Enecn Hepburn, said to belong to Gisborne, died in the Napier Hospital today under conditions compelling the holding of an inquest F.A. Property Auctioned Samuel Valle and Sons sold b> auction today a property of 20 acres, carrying a house, in Roscommon Avenue. Papatoetoe. The price has not been disclosed. Railwayman's Death At an inquest concerning the de v i of Arthur James Barry, a verdict was returned that deceased died in the Wellington Hospital from a laceration of the brain received through being struck at Paremata by the engine of a goods train on June 1. no blame being attachable to the driver.—P.A. Bookmaker Fined £4O Fines totalling £4O were imposed by Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M .. at Waitara on Thomas Norman Taylor, who pleaded guilty to two counts of being in a street for the purpose of betting and having entered into a bet on the result of the Rata Hurdles at the Wanganui Gaol For Forger The Chief Justice inflicted 12 months’ imprisonment on Wilfred Jarvi© for forgery at Napier toda> John Reginald Ellis and Victor Eden got three years' imprisonment, with, hard labour, and three years in a Borstal institution, respectively, for forgery and uttering—P.A. Thieves Sentenced In the Christchurch Supreme Court. Thomas John Long, aged 40, a shearer, for breaking and entering and theft, was sentenced to three years’ reformative detention. John Alfred Smith, aged 27, a labourer, for the theft of a bicycle, received two years' reformative detention. —P.A. Footballer’s Death An inquest at Wairoa (Hawke's Bay), this morning concerning the death of Clarence Spence, aged 73. married, a verdict that death was due to a fractured spine caused in a collision during football practice at Ruakituvi last Anzac Pay was returned, no blame being attachable to any player.—P.A.^ One-Minute Meeting A meeting of the Waitemata Licensing Committee was held at the Devon - port Borough Council Chambers today. It was attended by Messrs. E. C. Cutten, S.M., J. W. Court. J. McGregor, F. Mason, F. Grimwade. A. E. Greenslade. Licences were granted as follow: Northcote Hotel. E. Daw; Masonic (Devonport). W. C. Coldicutt. Esplanade (Devonport). H. Rider: Mon Desir, Takapuna. F. Hawes. The meeting lasted one minute. Farmers Return South A party of 30C Canterbury and West Coast farmers returning South arrived at Palmerston North from Auckland last night. They were extended a civic reception this morning. ' The visitors subsequently visited the Massey Agricultural College, also districts surrounding Palmerston Xorth. They will leave tomorrow morning for Wellington. * • * Played Game of Chance A travelling showman. Wilfred James Woods, appeared in the Magistrate s Court at Waipawa today before Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., on a charge of playing a game of chance, witli the aid of a table, a cloth and darts, in the main street of Tikokino on March 29 last. Senior-Sergeant Dempsey, who prosecuted. contended that the game was one of chance and not of skill. The defendant was convicted and Dairy Regulations. At a conference of the South Island Dairy Association at Dunedin, a remit was adopted that the department be urged to insist upon more strict observance of dairy regulations, particularly those relating to the cooling of milk, and the cleanliness of byres. It was stated that the bad milk supplied was the cause of the openness of cheese, and that the regulations had been a dead letter. One delegate expressed the opinion that if the regulations were strictly enforced it would cost many farmers £l5O to reconstruct their plant, and many would be driven from the industry. Sub-Normal Children The risk of hastily classing children as sub-normal in their school work is great, claimed the Hon. U. A. Aimore, this morning, when stressing the need for the adoption of a properly organised system of vocational training in New Zealand. In an Otago school he had been shown a splendidly executed model in platicine of a Maori pa. The headmaster of the school told him that the boy who had done the work had been classed as sub-normal by the previous headmaster, and was dull at. ordinary school tasks. “Now,” con - tinued Air. Atmore, “if the test of school ability had been modelling in plasticine, that boy would have been dux of the school." He hoped to model the education system so that the latent ability in each child would be fully tle- | veloped.