NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By TolocraDh.-Preia AiaoclatlonJ * CHARGES AGAINST TWO LADS. Chrlstchurch, December 17. Two small lads named Thomas Brosnahaii and Cecil Herbert Jeffries appeared before Mr. B. Bailey, S.M., at the Police- Court this mornini; on two charges ot breaking and entering churches, In answer to the magistrate, Brosrmlinn stated thai he ,was 17 years of age, and Jeffries said he was' 18.' -Both boys looked younger than their age-s. Tho first charge was that, on or about November 7, . they did enter Phillipstoivn Anglican Church "ivi tii intent to commit a trrme, and the second charge- was that they entered tho 80. man Cathoho Cathedral on or about Novembcr 11, and stole therefrom the 6um of £3. ' Chief : Doteo(ivo Bishop applied for a remand) as there were other, charges pending. The magistrate remanded. necused for a week, and, ordered them to bo kept separate' from other '; prisoners. The boys'were arrested on Monday: nt Molesworth Station, some 40 • iniles past. Hanmcr, by Detectives Ward and Gibson, who. only arrived in town, with, their charges last '■> night,. Both boys reside in Christchurch. -,-■

THE LIQUOR LAW. '; y \ ;... 'US- INFORMATIONDISMISSED. ;'-- ;';:','; '.■.■■■'.■'.. ..'. .'Mniierton,.December 17.; ' William '.. Burridge, brewer, Masterton, wai ' charged in tho'Magistrate's Court this,morning ":.[.'■ with selling liquor within a No-Liccnee, area, i'he, charge was made on the ground that though the liquor.was sent from Carterton, out--; .;■.,' side a No-License area,;it: had been ordered in.-'''■/ nnd paid for , oa. delivery in Masterton,'the ..''■'-.'• driver. having received instructions riot rode-- , liver without payment. Counsel for defence- ■ contended that the liquor, was allotted to each''.Vi person beforo it was sent from Carterton, and , that the sale therefore took place there. :'Th»-' .: ? information' was dismissed. ■.'.. .-■" , • '.-■ \: .■ -.:

'-;.-" ;~- DENTAL PASSES. ; ;V ; - .■;■[/:[ ■ ■ ' ■ Dunedin,'Decomber\l7.: The Dunedin Dental Board has just , con» t eluded its final examinations. All tho ten' candidates; presented for the board's last, examination passed. They are:—Charles Wil. Ham .Btewer, Auckland; Petor Hume, Dunodinj '"■.:= Percy: John Johnson, Dunedin; William Henry Knott, Mosgiel; Peter James M'Brearty, Wanga. ■ nui; John Pitcaithly, Invorcargill; Kossuth. Skoglund, Christahurch;- Hans jsdward-Percy"; , -' , Strain, Christchurch; James Morrison Wilkia; '■.'■', phristchurch; Elsie Victoria, Wilson; - Lytteltoi, l ■' ■ - - : ::i; :■''■'. \::' PN:A REEF. -,; 'V,:;'; ;-'.;^: : ..'V . .;•;-.•■■• ■••:;'• >• v Auckland,.December 17..;' The steamer , Talune, which'has arrived from v ' Rarotonga,* reports that tho schooner - Alice, chartered in Sydney by -the .Cook.. Islandi' • Trading Company, ashore on a reef at Ratahanga Island, in the Cook Group, last-, month;'and wsu. totally■ wrecked. ;.The crew ■ . landed safely. Captain Schroeder, of the Alice, was a passenger-by the Taluno, . , -.-. „./. :■«;,;. ;■"• .-. ■ ■.■,;■. ■'■■■■ ■■—-—-:.;■, :,■'. :'.-.'.:, : ,I|;' '; .; v.", ; LAND'TENURES, ; . , :-''vf- /'■'■■*■' ■'■■■ .-";'■• . Dunedin, December 17.;;.; ,■;The Otago Trades and- Labour' Council.re-;;" corded its appreciation of the good work done. : ,by tho leaseholders in. rosisting the .freehold; v proposals in the Land Bill,' and congratulates ,'.■" tbem on the.success of their efforts, '■' ,\ '.' .-.-': : :■> ; ::■■- ■■■•:" , ; a-.regatta. ■ •■/ . .•■'^■V-. , :.'.;■' :'?":■'t ,'.;•! ,i. ";." Christchurchi December 17.;. .* At the Akaroa. regatta, the Union Club won, t the junior- double sculls, junior four-oar event ' tht youths' double sculls, and the senior font; ! oaTs.' Akaroa won the'pair-oar,'youths' foiire, .-''■ the'double soulle, and the'maiden double soulls. Tho Canterburj-. Club won the , maiden four-oar : event.,; .- ■ '■■;,■ •.-,■•'. ■ : ~•• _ .?■-■ '-: y.r■.■'■■: ■;, ; ':/ .;■"■:;'■ : ; police; raid. 1 V'■ ■•■%■'■} - ' .;■ Invercargllli' December 17^.; The; police, , raided the .premises of Mrs,,'; M'Aulifte, in. Spey v.Sjfecti" and seized a. quan-. ;. tity of : lig.uor. . >" •'j'.,-''l'm-',' ':/,'■ :■'■'''.':■"■'■' ;; W- 'BRUCE LIQUOR CASES. '■; '■■^'■ih - '-.-■ ,- ; ';' ':!. "Duhedihi. December l?i i At Milton to-day John Sallard-was fined jES4 ; for keoping liquor for sale in the No-License,.-district of Bruce. Thomas -Walker,, a'hawker, : : was , fined for' selling:- eleven bottles, of whisky in Milton on ehe-w-day last month. Defendant bought the whisky at Henley for ■ fivo shillings and sold it ateeyen ehit lings at Muton'.'■■••• •■/.'' ."..-",-v i".-:. »;;'.v. ' ' '■