IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 5 June 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

INTER-HOUSE RUGBY. After holding the Stewart Dunbar Rugby cup tor the past six years the . Midhirst Dairy factory is now rarely I in a position to meet challenges and to field a team, and the cup has been ■ handed to the Stratford public servi< e team in the hope that interest in [ inter-house football at Stratford may be revived. It is proposed to call a ; m< eting to endeavour to organise a , competition. POLICEMEN’S POWERS. “The action of Sergeent Black in ; rir.hng the door was in excess of his [ statutory power, and he was not therefore acting in the execution of j his duty.” said Mr W. F. Stillwell, S.M., delivering judgment in ’the [ Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, yestoi day. The case was one in which

Thomas Brenn-sn, jun, was charged with wilfully obstructing Sergeant D. W. Black. The charge was dismissed. BANNED BOOK. The acting-Minister of Customs, Hon. Mark Fagan, stated in an interview yesterday that he had had numerous inquiries from booksellers whether the American edition of “Coronation Commentary,” by Geoffrey Dennis, which has been banned in Englad, could be admitted to New Zealand. Mr Fagan svid he could see nothing in the book whiih would warrant its exclusion from circulation and sale in New Zealand, and there--fore he had decided to tallow its importation. GREYMOUTH IN DARKNESS. Grcymouth last night was mostly without electric light and power when, the current was interrupted about 8.20 p.m. It was believed the interruption was located somewhere in the town. Officials stated that probably the lines were crossed at one point, but the trouble had not been ascertained by 11.45 p.m. The service is known to have been overloaded lately on account of the increased dredging demand.

NEW MONOPLANES. i The first of the new Lockheed. I Electra monoplanes, which will be [used on the Auckland-Wellington • main trunk air'service, arrived at the ' Milson, Klmertton North, aerodrome yesterday afternoon, having flown I from the Hobsonville air base in a little over an haur and a half. FOOD POISONING AT WEDDING. Thorough investigations by the Health Department have failed to establish the cause of food poisoning which effected 70 of the 96 guests at an Eltham wedding a few weeks ago. i It is considered that some infection in the food was developed during ithe ! few hours it was left in a warm room. EAST INDIES SERVICE The second vessel in the South Pacific Line’s new direct monthly service ' between New Zealand. Dutch East Indies, British Malaya and Saigon, the , Dutch steamer Van Rees, arrived in

: Wellington harbour yesterday. The i vessel had a pleasant voyage from i Singapore but struck heavy weather j off the New Zealand coast. The Van 1 Rees is maintaiinng the service in i the meantime with the Maetsuycker, ■ which was the first ship in the ser- | vice, but unlike the Maetsuycker the Van Rees on this voyage is making i Wellington the first port of call in I New Zealand, proceeding thence to 1 Auckland, Sydney, Port Moresby and i Dutch East Indies.