LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16160, 14 March 1918, Page 8

LYTTELTON NEWS

MAGISTRATE'S COURT. I At the Court yesterday mom- ! iib?fore ilr T. A. ii. Bailey, S.M., the | weio lined fox breaches of their j prohibition ordvrsJissrry Brooker (two I churye.-O, liOs; llenry Bamford (two charges), ;-20s; WiJJiam Gnilum, -10s and costs j Tho- ! mas G renielJ, it's and coats; Kenneth Schcnkel, JC3; Katena VVakui, 1(» and costs; l J aul Xaii, IliS and costs. Arthui- CifAb;', chief engineer of the I'oaoiui steuuiLi' yiorm waa charged with un uuiiconscd alien, Johu Jieejer, .o 0(J oi..i).eycj oh tno vessel. Captain Alumo, who lor C'roaoy, stated that acioiiu..;u >vu a i.«k uvvuto thai ivesier aid not posuc.'s u license to work on the wateriron i. A line ot was imposed. William iJonoaiLc was cliaigcd with drunjtenneaa, and with committing an aggra. vated übsauit on temaie. Accused ploaaed guiuy. Senior-Sergeant Jackson staitd tiiat jjoiioJiud had gone homo drunk and, assauJtcd the woman witu wiioni ho was' siuyiaj, Luting her on the and muictuig a painiul wound. Accused was fined A' 6° 63, the amount 01 money lound in his possession when aires, led. Oscar WiUiain Dahlin, a Swedish eeaman, was charged that, not being a member of the iamily or a servant ot Alary 'Wilson, ho was found drinking liquor in her restaurant, .London street, Xiytteiton, at a time when licensed premises aro required to bo closcd. -Mr liunt appeared for Danlin. who | pleaded not guilty. | Scnior-bcrgeant Jackson stated that the information was laid under section 11, eub- | section. 2, of the Sale of Liquor Restriction Act, 1917. The facts wore that, in company witli Constable Hodgins, he visited Mra Wilson's board inghouee, and saw accused in the front sitting-room drinking beer. On a former occasion, in reply to a cuestion, Mra Wilson informed him that sho" allowed persons to buy a single meal on her premises. Constable Hodges, corroborated theee Btate. merits. Mr Hunt said that Mra Wilson had resided in tho Port tor about 12 years, during which time ehe had obtained a livelihood by providing for seven or eight boarders. Jle contended that the ease did not como under the Act, because tho place in question was not 11 restaurant. Tho word restaurant applied to any placc in which food was provided for tho genoral public. Mrs Wilson's place, however, waa a private boardinghouse, where only permanent boarders were kept. Although single meals may occasionally have been provided, the place could not bo defined as a restaurant, which, generally speaking, was understood to be an eating house open to the general public. The man Dahlin was a permanent boarder when his ship was in port. Mary Wilson, giving evidence, denied that she had told the Senior-Sergeant that he could obtain a single meal in tho house. William Dahlin stated that he was a ecaman, and had boarded at frequent intervals (when |iis vessel was in port) at Mrs Wilson's. He had never seen anybody except the permanent boarders having meals { on the premises.

Mr Bailey reserved his decision. CHRISTCHURCH GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL PICNIC. About 400 girla from tl»e Chris tchurch Girls' High School passed, through Lyttelton yesterday morning, on their way to Corsair Bay, where they hold their annual picnic. The girls, who were under the charge of Miss Gibson, the headmistress, travailed by train to the port, and walked thence to the bay. The picnickers thoroughly enjoyed themselves with gamee, swimming, etc., and after a return walk to Lyttelton left fcr home on the 4.35 p.m. train. THE PICTURES. "The Haunted Pyjamas," a Metro film, Atoning Harold Lockwood, and an. exceptionally strong supporting programme, was presented last evening at the Harbour Light Picture Theatre. There will be another chunge of programme to-day, the leading picture being a society drama, "The Happiness of Three Women."