Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 707, 5 July 1929, Page 7

Last Look Round —

Trading on Sunday For trading on Sunday Georg Groves. James R. Simpson and Mat* Sumich were each fined £ 1 at th Magistrate’s this morning Hospital Subsidies At a conference of local bod it ~ within the Palmerston North Hospital District, it was decided to send a deputation to the Government urging an increase in hospital board subsidies i. • 19s minimum and 30s maximum.—F..\. Mrs. L. Witty Dead Mrs. Louisa Witty, wife of the Hi-i George Witty, a. Canterbury represen tativo on the Legislative Council, has died at Christchurch. —P.A. Onehunga Memorial Arch The Minister of Public Works . approved of the subsidy toward tl erection of a memorial arch at Onhungu. which was recently applied Vby Air. W. J. Jordan. Subsidy For Whangarei In answer to a reqiu-si from U- \\ hangarei Borough Council for a subsidy on its unemployment relit loan of £1.500, the Prime Minisit: todav approved of a subsidy of £s*' on labour. The loan will be devoted to road work within the borough. The subsidy is t<> be used to meet labour Fined for Theft Agreeing with the probation officer - suggestion that it was not a case for probation. Air. F. Iv. Hunt, S.M., fined Arthur Archie Thomas £5. in default one month’s imprisonment, at the Police Court this morning. Thomas, aged 26, appeared for sentence, having been convicted earlier in the week on a charge of stealing six flannel singlets valued at £2 from a city mercer's shop. Charged with Desertion Two men, John J. O’Brien and J White, who allegedly deserted from the s.s. Tasmanian Transport at Auckland on June 3. were charged with the oi fence at Wanganui yesterday. The case was adjourned. The absence ol the shipping company’s representative was commented upon, and it was claimed that lie should have been present. Radio Pirates Another batch of wireless enthusiasts I who had been listening with unj licensed radio sets was dealt with at the Police Court this morning. The following were fined £l:—John F. Coster, A. IT. Caudwell, R. Johnson. A. Luxmoore. A. T. Waverley, G. C. Smith, C. J. Smith. Alice Tyree. Fred Vazey, Albert E. Wilson, and R. A\ Wills. Knocked Man Down Charged with assaulting 'William Henry Shergold and using obscen. language, John Shanks was fined A • at the Police Court this morning. The fine was imposed on the assault charge, Shanks being convicted and discharged on the minor count. Mr. W. F. Stillwell entered a plea j of not guilty, but after lengthy evidence was heard for the police and on behalf of defendant, the magistrate, i Air. F. Iv. Hunt, S.M., convicted on both i counts. 1 Shergold’s story was that Shanks i was a neighbour of his wife s tenant Witness and his wife had gone to see I the man and, following a conversation. 1 Shanks had used the language and ! struck witness, knocking him down.

He Nearly Missed As the Union Company's intercolonial steamer Maheno was about to leave her berth at Queen’s Wharf on her trip to Sydney today, a collarless man came rushing down the wharf —a last-minute passenger. He elbowed his way through the crowd, holding fast on to his handbag. He hurriedly conversed with a steward, who referred him to another of the ship's company, but no consent to his boarding the vessel was forthcoming. It was then five minutes past the scheduled sailing time, and things were looking hopeless for the latecomer. The ship started to move away from the wharf. He looked appealingly at the steward, who, apparently moved by The man’s plight, took the responsibility on his own shoulders and nodded in assent. In a trice the man was over the rail and safe on the lower deck.