LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

4. ' l'hd City fire Brlgado; reeoived a call at 11.16 - yesterday morning, but t it 'simply meant a few minutes' work iiL extinguishing a small rgorso lire in Tiiiakori Road. A fireman named E. Brown fell into the harbour from the Queen's |Wlmrf at 4.20 yesterday afternoon, but was pulled out by ii man named !W. Burnmau) and somo bystanders little the . worse for, his dipping. * ' At the Mount Cook Police Court yesterday morning. before Mr. 'J. Coogau, J.P.; three first offenders fordrunkonness oh bail were fined 10s. each, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. . ' • ' . ■ lb was porsistetitly rumoured in town yesterday that the_ police had mado an arrest jn- connection, with. last' Saturday's outrago in Courtenay Phce, but [on.ihquiiy. being mado tho police: stated that there was nothing in the rumour. . i \ ■ The matter,of handling irid cheeking lug-. gage, was'mehtittied at Wednesday's meeting of tho' Lyttelton Harbour; Board (says the "Ij/tteltoh Times")'by Mr. J, Lambio, who said that the , board, lmd received a kind of promise; some time before!that as soon as tho North • Island trunk/line was completed better arrangements would ibs made between the, North' snd. South Islands; Nothing' had beeii done, however, attd ho'intended to bring tho, matter ,iip, at the noxfc meeting of the board.' Mr, A. Kayo said that a promise had been given that luggage would be checked from north to south, except between the railway terminus and the wharves. Whon the trains. ivent ; oil the wharf Mat Oliristohuroh wanted, would bo. car vied out, Mr. Lambio replied tliat something Was lahvays left partly done. It, was curious thatj luggage could bo oheekcd.'from. one; cOnst.nf America, to tho othetvatul not from thu North to,tho South island of New Zealand.

A country hotel in olio of tho districts that declared for No-License at the late poll has a peculiar elauso in its leaso (says the Auck-. land " Herald ") which entitles a certain man to ft pint of beer free of charge each morning, _ The carrying of No-License has pre-; judicially affected the intor'osts of;this..individual, and what ho will do after Juno 30 next (tho day tho hotel has to close up),, and what compensation he'will be entitled to, are matters not yet settled. Tho Sydney "Daily Telegraph'' says that Mr. T, H. Taylor," writing to the prohibition, party of New South Waleß, states:—"The prohibition party hero feels that the liquor question is up for settlement. Wo shall start right awav a systematic campaign for. the power of Dominion option by Dare majority vote. I believe, tho first vote will secure complete prohibition for the Dominion. At, the furthest I give the liquor '-business' six. years' lifo, It will thou bo pulled, up by tho roots and cast out." . A drunken swagger made a sensation at Timaru on Tuesday morning.' He said to a number of men at Caroline Bay'; "Good-bye, boys, I'm tired- of this world, and',- having thrown off his coat, walked down to tho sea, and lay down in the water. ; The ; man was (says the Timaru " Post") about thirty years of'.age, and: had. apparently been drinking heavily. He-was observed going on to the' bay below/tho railway, viaduct, where he put down his 6\vag, had a drink from his billy,, and thou made the above remark. He was too drunk to wade out into deep water, hut was far enough out from the shore for the. waves to roll him about, and must havo been drowned had lie not been observed. The caretaker of the bay and another man named; Evans at once went down' and pulled tho hypochondriac out of the waves.- The police were telephoned'for, and took the man, who was quite helpless from the effects of alcohol and water, tt> the. safety_ of a police: cell, whore he was provided with blankets until' his own clothes had recovered from tho soaking to; which' he had subjected them.