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GLADSTONE NEWS
Welcome To Police
I Magistrate
. -GLADSTbife, Monday. .
At the conclusiqn of proceedings in
the Police Coqrt to-day Sergeant F. 'J,
Starmer extended, a welcome to. Mr, L,
H... Mamsell. Police Magistrate _ and
Warden, who had been transferred
from Longreach to Gladstone and ex
pressed- the liopc that Mr. Mamsell s
stay in; Gladstone would be pleasant..
Mr. Len .Cowan,, on behalf,, of the
legal fraternity, and his brother., prac-
tlUoners, extended hearty congratula
tions to Mr. Mhmseil on, his appoint
ment to Gladstone ns Police Magis
trate and Warden. He expressed the
hope that Mr. Mariiscll's stay- .woCilri
be long, and. he .assured , His- Worship
that the same cordial spirit which ex
isted. between .tha, Bench apd, members
of . tlie ! legal profession would still be
predbiriinnnt. . , ... ,.
Mb. C. N_ Joseph also .voiced his,. con
gratulations. . He was glad , to observe
that.Mh Mamsell did ,not take, long to
realise the fact :that ., Gladstone, was a
town which. had .great prospects. He
felt sure they could hnve faith, and
trust that decision? .,hy. Ids .Werishlp
woilld.be given. in accordance ..with his
conscience., and:, to the , best, of his
ability,. , He also .extended . his best
wishes to Mr. Mamsell'S wife and fnm?
Uy .for renewed, health and a pleasant
stay ih Gladstone- . , >
Mr.. V.. A. J. Byrne, also extended, a
welcome to Mr. Mamsell and expressed
the hope that his associations here
would be of an extremely happy , na
ture. x,
Mr. Mamsell. .acknowledging.,,
welcome, said it was. quite cheering to
be again in , the., presence or. friends,
iuid particularly, cheering, and hearten
ing to recognise old faces, when, such
faces were-' those of friends. He felt
quite animated to ..be , amongst- them
ahd in a town which had such a beau?
tiful harbour; He felt confident his
stay would..-, be pleasant. He was im
pressed, with the port s, natural facil
ities, which God, hod given them,. par?
ticularly. the magnificent harbour. Re
felt sure the .cordial relationship be?
tween the .'legal , profession and, the
Bench Iwould continue. His objective
would be ,to assist In sdcial activities
and. in; advancing the progress. Pf the
towri. He was. impressed . with the
beautiful surroundings and felt sure
the town had a big future ahead ;of:,lt;
As far as judgments were concerned
he .would always give these according
to tha dictates of his conscience.
Saivatioh - Army Concert
A. concert under the auspices of the
Salvation Army tq. celebrate the Young
People's Anniversary, which is a yearly
event,: took, place, in tlie .Arm) Haill..on
Saturday flight last before a large aud
ience. i The concert was conducted by
Lieutenant Lorna Curtis- in the un
avoidable absence' of .. Major ..Walter
Ward.. The children gave a, splendid
rendition . of the various items and
their training reflected credit on the
work of the conductor (Lieutenant
Curtis). The concert' begah with an
opening chorus . "Greetings!' , by the
company and was riiuch appreciated.
A. feature was a song entitled "Trades?
men.". This, was, characteristically,
rendered .by Frank Foster, Albert
Baker, .Lionel iWatson, Eugene Fisher
and -Charles Baker, who represented,
respectively., a, sweep, milkman, green?
grocer,, butcher arid baker. Another
performance which .pleased was .a de
scriptive. rendition, of V 'Little Shoppers"
by Beryl Power, Alene Watson, Jdne
Fisher,' Sylvia Fry, and Peggy RJgby,
as. also was the tableau "Tlie Great
GUest iComes" . by Stella Dalryinple,
Lydia Baker, Jeariafry, Lionel Watson
..(cfabler). and Frank Foster. Other
riunlhefs1 were: Bible reading, by Lieu
tenant, Curtis; company- sbng; "Living
In .Jesus," ebiljiren;. recitation,. Merle
Power; "Summertiirie," company; dia
logue, ,"If,!"by Gloria .Power and Eu
gene. Flshtr; song1 by the company,
"Friend Ever Near"; recitation, "Jack
Frost,". Joan .Fry; descriptive item,
"Nursery Rhymes," thd children; re
citation, Beryl Power,- sketch, "In 1993,"
girls; recitation, -Fred Dicker; song,
"Smiling Sihiles for Jesus," company;
drill, the girls. , Lieutenant Joyce Bur?
gesis presided at j&p piano;
Stowaways on Wairanga
- .:. GLADSTONE, Monday,
John Armstrong- and' Cqrl Olsen,
both young .men, were, charged in the
Police Court . to-day- before the P, M.
(Mr. L. H. Mamsell) with , secreting
themselves aboard the ihotor vessel
Wairanga. ., , e -
Sergeant. F. J. -.Stafmer prosecuted.
Both pleaded guijfy.
Sergeant Starmer said that both de?
fendants joined the vessel at. Cairns
with the object of getting to New Zea
land to obtain employment. They
boarded the ship and were; not locat
ed until the vessel was well out to
sea. Only that sopie passengers had
to .be janded at Gladstone they , would
not. have been landed until the ship
arrived at New Zealand. - : " -
The P.M., (to defendants) : Have you
anything to say?
Armstrong said they could only
secure casual work in Cairnp;gnd they
both stowed themselves away in the
ship so as to get to, New Zealand where
they thought they could sebbre con?
stant employment.
Each defendant was convicted and
fined £3 in default 14- days' imprison
ment.
Trip to Mt. Morgan
. . .GLADSTONE, Monday.
.An excursion train carried a fairly
large number of excursionists from
Gladstone on Sunday to Mt. Morgan on
the occasion of the League football
match between Gladstone and Mount
Morgan. This wiis a fixture in the
zone competition. The epidemic of
influenza prevented a- larger crowd
from making the trip. Mt. Morgan de
feated Gladstone by 18 to 2.
A number ' of golfers also availed
themselves of the trip. Nothnlg occur
red to mar the proceedings, and the
excursionists had. an enjoyable time in
the mining township. The train re
turned to Gladstone about midnight.
Hockey Matches
COMETS DEFEAT SPARKS
GLADSTONE, Monday.
A fairly large crowd assembled in
the Valley yesterday afternoon to see
the , hockey matches. Tlie senior
match,, Comets v Sparks; was the star
gariie arid created much interest.
Comets won by 5 goals to 2, following
a hard and fast came:- "They wefe
generally . attacking in tlie first half,
but- in the, early stages of the, second
half Sparks were the aggressors. Parker
centred for "Nobby" Curran, who over
ran . the ball with only the goal-keeper
to defeat. A' splendid 'opportunity for
scoring was missed. Sparks wbre en
deavouring hard to score within the
goal area but Comets' defence proved
too strong. Following a fine-movement
by the forwards, in which every mail
participated. R. Lange eventually scor
ed a goal for Comets. , Shortly after
resumption, Comets were again at
tacking and scored again. Comets 2,
Sparks nil.
Sparks were attacking well .wlien
Outran shot a fine goal, riitiking the
score Comets 2, Sparks I. Comets now
assumed the offensive and Sid Griffiths
on the right iving secured and execut
ed a good shot to centre for Clohessy
to score, making Comets 3, Sparks 1;
Sid Griffiths, on the right flank, play
ing for Comets, put in a hard run
down the field and took the ball Into
the centre and a shot at goal was
cleared by Vaughan in good style.
Comets again secured, arid C. Griffiths
goaled. Comets 4, Sparks 2.
Sid Griffiths, following another piece
of brilliaht play, secured the ball, car
ried it into the circle, and increased the
score to, five in favour of Comets. Fol-
lowing a smart forward movement by
Sparks, K. Stitt secured and centred
smartly for Curran to blear and score
for Sparks, making Comets 5, Sparks
2.
i-ADY BANDITS V PAST-STUDENTS
Lady Bandits defeated Past. Students
by 3 goals to 1. Myrtle Hughes scored
the three goals for Bandits and May
Howard one for Past Students.
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