Last Look Round

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 701, 28 June 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round

Intoxication Charge Arising from the bus and lorry oolli - sion at Wellington last evening, the driver of the bus. Thomas Corcoran, was today charged with being intoxicated in charge of a bus. He plea.ded not guiltv and was remanded on bail.—* F.A.

Bankruptcy Discharges Discharges from bankruptcy were granted by Mr, Justice Kennedy in the Supreme Court today as under: Leslie Richard McCoid, labourer, of Ruawal: John Grylls Jury. builder. of Auckland: John Dempsey, saddler, of Dargaville. £SO For Slander In the Magistrate’s Court at Chris' - church Thomas Bowen, a farmer, of Cheviot, was ordered to pay £SO damages to Dorothy Ethel Nicholls. \ housekeeper, ns a result of an action for slander, the words being uttered in a dispute with plaintiff's employer. — PA Expensive Contest A railway employee at Thorndm'., throwing stones at a points lever, took up the challenge that he could not knock out a broken psne in a hut window. Damage resulted which cost him a fine of £2 at the Wellington Police Court, and an order to pay for the damage, £1 Is. Defendant was William Janies Evans. —P.A. Thefts From Dance In the Morrinsville Police Court this morning, a young man. John Smith, of Morrinsville. was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment on a charge of stealing articles of clothing from a dance held at Cambridge recently. Norman Webb, who accompanied Smith, was fined £ 5 on a ghwilnr charge.

Southern Farmers’ Tour The Otago farmers' party, numbering about 300, arrived in Hamilton today at noon from Rotorua. After being welcomed by Mr. Y. H. Henderson, president of the Waikato Farmers' Union, and other members, they lunched here and then proceeded to Ruakura Farm. Street Bookie Fined Pleading guilty to a charge of frequenting a street at Shannon for the purpose of betting, William HWward De Ridder was fined £2O in the Magi strate’s Court at Palmerston North. It was stated that defendant made a number of small bets with people, acting as a bookmaker’s agent. • • • Determined to Fly Two old boys of Wellington College, who have made good in sport here, fired with ambition to enter the Royal Air Force, three months ago worked their passage home by the Port Fremantle. Cabled advice has been received by* mother of one stating that her son. Elyton Williams, and the other. lan McNicol, have passed their entrance tests and have been accepted.—P.A.

Architects to Investigate The New Zealand Institute of Architects some months ago established a committee to consider the question of the construction of buildings to resist earthquakes. The committee is now to visit the areas affected during the recent earthquake, in company with Dr. C. E. Adams. Government seismologist. The party will proceed to Nelson tonight.—P.A. * * * Land Agent Fined Theodore Melville Jennens. a land agent, has been convicted at Wellington by Mr. E. Page, S.M., for failure to pay a sum of money into his trust account as required by Statute. He deducted £ls commission and expenses from £ 50, and used the rest to pay his own debts. He was fined £2O, and the magistrate made a direction for the cancellation of Jennenss licence. It was admitted that the practice was customary on the part of defendant. The magistrate refused to take a lenient view.

Not Fit To Drive Said by the police to be totally unfit to drive a car, Catherine Meek, the daughter of a Morrinsville farmer, appeared in the Police Court today on a charge of dangerous driving. Evidence was given that defendant drove at 40 miles an hour through the main street on a Saturday evening, crossing the intersections without easing up or sounding the horn. Defendant was convicted and her licence was cancelled for six months. * * * Police Patrol Wanted Following an epidemic of burglary at Lower Hutt, with two more last night from business premises, the heads of several prominent firms, interviewed this morning, expressed the view in very strong terms that the time had arrived when the needs of the town demanded a nightly police patrol. The population is 12,000 in the borough alone, and the police district extends far outside. The force consists of one sergeant and two constables. * * * Orakei Purchase Mr. H. R. Jenkins asked. in the House of Representatives, this afternoon for a return showing the purchase price to natives for the Orakei block, and the manner of payment, the value paid to . the lessee in cash or kind for cancellation of the lease, the number and area of the subdivisions, showing the aggregate charge against such, including purchase price, roading, drainage or any other charges, the period of time these sections have been available for selection, and the number of sections sold. Boxers For Auckland The secretary of the Northern Boxing Association (Mr. J. H. Watts) said this morning there would be no professional bout before the Auckland Provincial Amateur Championships, which will be held in the Auckland Town Hall on July 29 and 30. However, it is hoped to arrange a bout for some time in August, and Mr. Watts is communicating with th<* Australian boxers, Billy Richards (wel-ter-weight), Jack Haines, who defeated Laehie Macdonald on Wednesday. and Jack Roberts, the Newcastle | light-weight “knockout king,” to find ; out if they are prepared to come across j to Auckland.

Remand On Vagrancy Charge Having told the police that he had work to go to, William Ijawrence Bowler, who appeared at the Police Court this morning on a charge of vagrancy, was remanded until tomorrow. Bowler, aged 39, was charged, with being idle and disorderly in that he consorted with thieves. His answer to the charge was that he might have been disorderly during the last few daye, but that he certainly was not idle. “Bowler works occasionally,” remarked Chief-Detective Hammond. “He has been knocking about with undesirables but he tells a story about having work to go to in the country so ' I suggest that he be remanded until I tomorrow. It will do him no harm aui ' he has been drinking lately.”