LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

GaoUfor Youth. Chased by a traffic inspector who fouriA'him to be under the influence of liquor'and driving without a licence in a converted car, Sidney Crawford Schuster, baker and labourer, aged 20, pleaded guilty in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday, before Mr 5 , J. L. Stout, S.M., to all three charges. Schuster was convicted and sentenced to three months’ imprison'ment on the conversion charge and convicted and discharged on the other The Court ordered that no driving licence be issued to him for 12 months.

Methodist Church and the War. At the conclusion of Sunday night’s service in the Methodist Church, Pahiatua, a large congregation unanimously adopted the following resolution: — “That this congregation, officers and minister of the Methodist Church of New Zealand, Pahiatua circuit, pledges its utmost support to the winning of the war against barbarism and tyranny, which strikes at the very heart of the Christian faith, and further pledges its loyalty and affection to the King and Empire. We feel that our action is necessary due to the activities of pacifist' elements in some other centres, which we do not support and will not be associated with in public opinion.” Lack of Interest.

At a meeting of the Palmerston North' Chamber of Commerce last night, much comment was made on the lack of interest in the chamber by business men. Members said meetings were consistently poorly attended, with little appreciation of civic pride. Despite the circularising of members only nine attended last night. A long discussion followed, covering the possibility of reviving interest in the chamber and fostering a progressive spirit in the city, including the establishment of civic attractions, but it was emphasised that similar attempts in the past had been abortive. The matter finally lapsed without any definite move being made.

Drunken Motorist Sent to Gaol. A sentence of one month’s hard labour and cancellation of his driver’s licence for three years was the penalty imposed by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M, in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday,' on Daniel William Chariwood, driver, who pleaded guilty to two charges of having been intoxicated while in charge of a motor-lorry. SubInspector G. H. Lambert said that on September 27, Charlwood stopped his lorry at the Rigi tram loop and held up tram traffic. When asked to move the lorry, he let it run back and strike the tram. He was seen to be intoxicated and, reaching into the lorry, took out a crayfish and began to' eat it. On November 29 he was found drunk while in charge of a truck. On the first charge Charlwood was convicted and' discharged, and on the second he was convicted and sentenced to one month’s hard labour. His licence was cancelled and he was debarred from obtaining another for three years.

Drunken Motor Cyclist Fined, -j , Charged with having been in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor-cycle in Wangaehu on Saturday, Kaharia Tawera was fined £25 in the Magistrates’ Court, Wanganui, yesterday. His licence was cancelled for two years.

Slight Injury. While engaged in connection with the construction of a new bridge over the Ruamahanga River at Te Whiti yesterday, a man named Harold Ronald Rubick suffered a cut on his left leg. After receiving hospital treatment he was able to proceed to his home. Knick Knack Club.

Many attractive Christmas novelties will be on sale in a shop next to Gressier’s, Queen' Street, on Friday, when members of the Masterton Knick Knack Club are holding a sale in aid of a fund for sending parcels to lonely soldiers. Homemade toys, felt posies and other articles should find a ready sale. It is the aim of the club to adopt lonely soldiers serving with the forces overseas and to send parcels to them at regular intervals. Paul Hoskins Memorial.;

Archbishop O’Shea has opened the subscription list for the Paul Hoskins Memorial Hostel for Young Men with an interim donation of £250. Other generous donations have also been received. The memorial executive is working on plans to raise £lO,OOO. Its estimate is that with this sum in hand it could finance the erection of a hostel to provide accommodation for 50 Catholic youths of the type who come to Wellington each year to enter the civil service, industry and commerce. The project is thus considered to interest Catholic parents of such youths who have to face the accommodation problem when their sons come to Wellington. The wider appeal is to Catholics to interest themselves practically in a memorial to a man who served their interests faithfully and capably.

Estate of Mrs Merry. An application—which, if successful, will' have the effect of declaring that the late Mrs Alice Merry died intestate —for the granting of permanent letters of administration in her estate to the trust officer of the New Zealand Insurance Company in Wellington is to be filed in the Supreme Court, Wellington, this week. Mrs Merry, an 83-year-old widow, was found dead in bed in her room at 72 Cambridge Terrace, on October 22. The police found, £26,500 in banknotes in the room, and there was also a considerable amount represented by documents of various kinds. Subsequently the estate was sworn in the Supreme Court at under £lOO,OOO but no will has been found despite extensive inquiries. The surviving relatives are four nieces and six nephews living in Wellington and Taranaki.

The local Patriotic Society will pack 567 soldiers’ parcels next week and would appreciate gifts of the “Digest” or Penguin books as well as round tobacco tins which can be left at the Rest Room in Dixon Street.