LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 September 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Committed for Sentence. The theft from a hotel in Wellington on September 14 of an attache case containing £4B in cash and ten cheques for sums amounting to £175 2s 10s, was admitted in the Magistrates’ Court yesterday by Frederick Hilton, hotel porter, aged 28. The case had oeen deposited, according to custom, at the hotel on behalf of the proprietor of two theatres for safe keeping overnight. Hilton was committed for sentence at the next sitting of the Supreme Court.

Auckland Supplementary Rolls. A total of 34,789 names is contained on the supplementary rolls of nine electorates under the control of the Registrar of Electors in Auckland, according to final figures made available jy the registrar, Mr J. H. V. Carr. i?hese names were registered between .he closing of the main rolls on June ;0 and last Thursday, when the supplementary rolls were completed. The .otal voting strength of each electorate will not be ascertained until deletions from the main rolls through death, .ransfer and other causes have betn made.

Motorist for Trial. A motor accident at the intersection of Brooklyn Road and Nairn Street, Wellington, on July 16, resulting in the death of William Samuel Ridler, aged 73, was described in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterclay, when Charles Bruce Pierson,''motor trimmer, aged 18, was charged before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., with negligently driving a notor vehicle and thereby causing the death of Ridler. He pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial to the next sitting of the Supreme Court in WeR lington. Bail was allowed in the sum of £lOO on his own recognisance.

Maori Meeting Houses. “That the question of the renovation of the Maori meeting houses be considered in connection with the Wairarapa Centennial proposals” was the text of a resolution passed at a meeting of local body representatives held in Masterton yesterday afternoon. The motion was moved by Mr J. Robertson, M.P., who outlined the work which was necessary to restore the various meeting houses. It was also decided to ask Maori representatives to attend the next meeting of local bodies which is to further consider the Centennial proposals for the Wairarapa district. Valueless Cheques.

Sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment was imposed on William John Cousins, steward, aged 34, by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, yesterday, for obtaining and attempting to obtain money by means of valueless cheques. On each ai two charges, attempting to obtain a sports coat from Vance Vivian, Ltd, Wellington, and obtaining goods and money from Hope Bros, Ltd, Wellington, t‘he sentence was six months’ imprisonment, and for a breach of a probation order made on June 17, the sentence was three months’ imprisonment, to be served concurrently with

What Is ArnZarly Settler? “What is an early settler?” was the burning question at the meeting of local body representatives held in Masterton yesterday afternoon to discuss Centennial Memorial proposals. The Mayor of Masterton, Mr T. Jordan, who presided, stated that a letter had been received from the Centennial Committee in Wellington asking that a list of the early settlers and all their descendants living in the district be prepared in the Wairarapa. The difficulty arose from the fact that different parts of the Wairarapa were settled at' different times and no one date could be fixed as the starting point. After considerable discussion, it was decided to recommend to the Centennial Committee that “early settlers” be deemed to be those who had settled in any locality within five years of its foundation.