Creighton Appeal

High Court Upholds

ST appeal by William Mervyn Creighton, medical orderly, was upheld by the Australian High rt in Sydney on December 23, as a result Creighton was re ed on bail from Lae (NG) gaol, ire he has been since August, e was convicted of an offence inst a native NG woman by a j and sentenced by Mr. Justice •e to 4J years’ imprisonment, he High Court appeal was up i on technical points of law. No e has yet been fixed for a new L

Ller Released From Long

Bay

lecil George William Coller, a penter, was released from Long r gaol, Sydney, on December 1 *r serving only six months of a years’ sentence imposed by Mr. tice Kelly in Port Moresby last r. Coller pleaded guilty of hav broken into a Moresby shop and en clothing valued at £2l/10/-. loller appealed to the High Court the grounds of undue severity of i sentence.

[?]ssengers arriving in Auckland on the [?]L Coral Route Service in December [?]ided (left to right):— [?] P. F. Henderson, Officer for her Education in Rarotonga, who is Four months’ leave. [?]rs. G. Nevill, wife of the Resident [?]missioner of the Cook Islands, who have a short holiday.

Madame Annette Chaze, of Papeete, who was visiting her father, Mr. C. Swenson of Auckland.

Miss C. M. Dick, returning from an assignment as official stenographer at the

recent annual meeting of the Cook Is.

Legislative Council.

Mr. S. C. Falkenberg, of Tahiti, who arrived on Waitomo on a visit to Auck land.