NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 514, 22 May 1909, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(BY, IELEaSAPH—rBSB3 ASSOCIATION,) "HOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ACTION." ; ; A DUBIOUS COURT CASE. Feilding, May 21. .A curious case waa commenced beforo-Mtt 'A! D. Thomson, S.M., in the Feilding Court ; . yesterday. . .Wi plarisoiij : oyclo and ~ motor .■ .- dealer, sued.Adrian Porter for £100 on a dis- ; honoured promissory note, given in p»rt pay;ment.fer a motor car. The defcnco was that . Porter was helplessly drunk at the tim® ho bignod the bill, and therefore was not: responsible for his action. After Boveral hours' ; i > ,hearing the caso was adjourned till Juno 10. TOTALISATOR BETTING. A FINE OF £5. i Auckland, May 21. At ,tho Police Court to-day John Weston was .charged with having • carried ■on "tote" ■ betting at Ellorslio racecourse on April 10 and 12. John Brnmmor, labourer; said that Jio: waa employed ,by a racing club as a • :»pecial detective. Ho saw the defendant on • the courso near the number, board ion the tan track on one of thb dates in question. , Ho wis thon receiving money and paying out •• - '• aftor the totalisator'- dividend' was declared. He waa not calling the. odds, and witness . . went. to hiui aiid put 2a. 6d. on To Arai, re-1 ceiving a card-from the defendant. To Ami l finished second, and witness received 2s. back | from defendant/the dividend being 9s. for a 10s. ticket.. He taxed him with "tote" bctf viing and-took-him beforo the stewards.- Ac- . oused was fined £5 with costs. .■ LIQUOR AMD THE LAW. , A SERIES Of PROSECUTIONS. ' Auckland, May 21. ■ Inspector Cullon has recoived word from ■;;.. Constable Mathews; of To Kniti, that a num- ■ : : ber of liquor prosecutions wore decided yestor- • day by Mr. 1?. O. B. Loughnan. For having kept liquor' for, sale "within a prohibition area, : Charles _ Charlotte was fined £50 and coats . amounting to £5 12s. ' Francis Keahes was fined £20 and £5 costs; J. H. Bird, £20 and . costs £5 12s.' Frederick Henwood, recently . \ a publican at Kihikihi, was fined 1 10s. and ■ costs, amounting.to £6 Bs., for ;having sold liquor after hours. . . AMY BOCK'S MARRIAGE. " PETITION FOR ANNULMENT. Dunedin, May 21. Miss Ottaway, who was married to Amy . Bock, i while the latter was masquerading as Percy Redwood, at Nuggets, "t<Klay filed a petition for- annnlmoirt of the marriage. FATAL GUNSHOT WOUND. Goro, May 21. Mr, A. Turnbull left his home on Saturday: for Waikaia. >As ho. was not heard of, and his horse, saddled, had since been found: v , a search , party wont out . this morning and ; found his Body in a gully near Waikaka, his head disclosing a fatal gunshot wound. THE DREADNOUGHT OFFER. Napier, Ma/21. ; A? largely-attended "wcial" of tho General Labourers' '.Union ' last -night;unanimously adopted,' on tho suggestion of Mr: J: Vigor Brown, M.P.,' a motion congratulating Sir , Joseph Ward on his action in offering .a New Zealand Dreadnought to tho British Govorn'!j . -■ ->V/ : ':v ;, '- ; ;':: ::/;•> COURSING. Invercarglll, May 21. Entries for the Southland .Coursing Club's Maiden -Stake finally closed at 74. Tho v.-.- largest number received for 'any other stake this season was 38; ,-v ; .v.VV ' PERJURY BY A GIRL. . Auckland, May 21. > A seventeen-year-old girl,. named' Margaret ■ Anderson, was charged 'at the Police Court :- • to-day with ;that-on April 13 sho' committed perjury at'.the' sitting -of. tho . Magistrate's Court .in - th® case i of; Alice C. Andtrrson v. Ernest'-Moiiy by swearmg'that 'she; did ndt ■ during the' luncheon adjournment of the Court on that day speak to Okf Trapp. Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed for sentenco. ■ ■■■>■ /, HASTINGS ITEMS. , ■ Hastings, May 21. ■■ :..-v Nurse Chappell (Auckland) addressed a crowded'.meeting, of, ladies; interested in tho ( : : : work of the Society for the protection of -the" V . Health of Women and Children, and generous subscriptions were forthcoming to cstab- . lish; a Plunkot Nurso here: -• v "... .Mr, T. G. Lilico, vctennanan, who is leav- ; ing , the Government service, was entertained at dinner by brother officers of tho Department. /-General 'regret waa expressed at Mr. Lilico's retirement..,. ' .....: :• ,' At the Magistrate's Court, John Smith, on : a charge of theft of a cheque, was remanded to Napier,, where similar charges will bo pre- . ferred against him. ' J SMUGGLED BOOTS. _ ~ , , Invarcarglll, May 21. . Mr. .Oruickshank, S.M., gave judgment in cases in.which Bluff residents vtero charged . -; with -purchasing - - smuggled boots ; from ; the . chief steward- of the Opawa, who was ro- .. cently fined £30,- - ''The Customs law-is very ; stringent for obvious reasons," said the Magistrate. "Certain ; acts relating to smuggling are abMlutdy prohibited, 'and a person who commits them, no matter how- innocently,' , must pay the penalty. Defendants must be conviotcd, though-Lam-satisfied they wore innocent of intention'to defraud." Ho or- . . dercd the forfeiture of the boots and pay- , - ment .of three times the value (£3), which .'• amount will bo ' reduced to . 155., without costs.' • Threi) informations against Stell, ■ ■ bootmaker, were dismissed,- his explanation - being satisfactory.: 1' • • v.- •:,' '_ . . NEWS IN BRIEF. ■ \ Chrlstchurch, May 21. The Government has handed, over to the City Council the sum of £1000, being tho first instalment of £5000, which has been raised under the Ohristchurch City Sanita- . ; tion Act for assisting persons to make sower connections. , - - Dunodln, May 21. Steaehan, an ex-fireman on the s.s. Maheno, was finod £3 and costs in tho Polico ' Cpurt'to-day for having 31b. lOoz. of tobacco ~- in his baggage, without paying duty. . DREDGINC. _. , . Dunedin/ May 21. : Hartley and Hilev, 530z. v od»ts.; Lady Roxburgh, 490z. sdwts.; Master- . ton, 430z.; 9dwts.; -Kopritai, lloz.i.Mystery Flat, »o.oz. Bdwts.; Eloctrio 11, '350z. lOdifts.; Electrio I, 270z. Idwts, 1 "Waikaia. 18oz. ISdn-tai; Central Charlton, 18oz.. Sdwts.; Now. Eoxburfth- Jubilee, ::i J3oz. 18dwts.; CKicaso, 12oz. lGdwts.; ' South Waikaia, 12oz. 3dwtg. ; ,-