Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 785, 4 October 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Motor-car Stolen A new live-sea tor Overland coach, the property of Mr. F. Morse, of 33 Rutland Avenue, was stolon from Woedside Road. Mount Eden. last evening. Mr. Morse parked his car in "Woodside Road while he attended the pictures. When he returned at 1U.45 o’clock it had disappeared. Thcar is painted grey, and bears tinregistered number 9896. It is valued at £3SS. Help for Timber Industry The Hon. W. B. Taverner. GommisStal said * sawmill ing industry, the stum pa g • rates on future sales of standing timber would be reduced to those obtaining in 1923, the reduction varying from one shilling to ninepenee board measure. according to the locality. It is hoped this will tend to relieve not only the industry, but unemployment. —P.A. Wellington Flood Damage The committee appointed to inquire into the recent damage by floods at Miramar reported to the City Council hist evening that no blame could be attached to the City Council’s staff. Several members of the council were not satisfied with the finding, and said the witnesses would not give the names of the workmen so that they should noi lose their jobs, and stigmatised the report as merely a whitewashing of th«\ employees. The council, however, adopted the report.—P.A. Fined for Noisy Motor-Cycle Declaring noisy motor-cycles to be an intolerable nuisance, Mr. Wyvcrn Wilson at tlu* Hamilton Police Court today imposed lines and costs totalling nearlv L 3 on Richard Edwards. for tiding a cycle with an insufficient silencer. Defendant was also fined 40s and 12s costs for driving a cycle without a licence, and giving a false name to the traffic inspector, he was fined 10s and costs. 12s on each charge. Mi*. A. L. Tomkins, for defendant, said the action was foolish and impulsive. The magistrate said such action caused discomfort to many people, and the only deterrent to the noisy motor-cyclists was publicity and heavy fines. Poundkeepsr's Death An inquest w;\s opened this morning before the coroner at Hamilton. Mr. Wy.vern Wilson, S.M.. concerning the death of James Norries. t»9. the Cambridge poundkeeper, who was found unconscious in the yard at his home after unsaddling his horse last Saturday. Medical evidence showed that Mr. Xorries died from injuries to the brain, although there were no external signs of fracture of the skull, he failed to recover consciousness. In view of possible claim for compensation by the widow, the coroner said it was advisable to ascertain the definite cause of death, lie. therefore, ordered a post mortem. Income-Tax Defaulters George Cottrell, the manager of the Farmers’ Trading Company, Te Puke, was fined U 3 and costs on each of two charges of failing to furnish incometax return by Mr. Wyvern Wilson. S.M.. in the Hamilton Police Court today. Counsel said defendant had not sent in returns for the last eight years ant ignored all correspondence from the commissioner. Walter Aubrey Chi tty. of Hamilton pleaded guilty to a similar charge and was fined £2 and costs. A fine of C 3 and costs was imposed on Joseph Henry Burns, baker. Te Awamutu, for failing to furnish return* of income.