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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 6

A sitting of the. Petone Police Court . was held yesterday, before Messrs. Wakeham and Coles. Justices of . tho Peace. A. C. Hawkin, for driving -a vehiclo on .tho wrong sido of "the road, was convicted and ordered to pay costs {is.). For leaving a vehicle unattended A. M'Gregor was convicted and or- ' dered to pay Court costs. "While at the Bluff on Monday, Feb-, ruary'6, the Ulirnaroa was in complete wireless communication with Sydney, a. distance of 1000 miles. AH the way up, tho coast from Dmicdin she was in perfect communication -with', Wellington,, messages being frequently exchanged." At the saleyards of Abraham and Williams, 'Limited, at Levin, on Friday, March 10, 4000 sheep of all classes will, bo olTercd. ■T. Duthie and Company, Limited, v<s niind tho public that their premises will be closed frohi 10 o'clock this morning on account of tho firm's annual picnic. '■■.' y Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co. nill sell by public auction, on Wednesday, Tebru. arv 22,' at uoau, sections at the Lower Hutt. Holbrook Blinn is to star in America . in a new play, "The Boss,".by Edward • Sheldon, author of "Salvation Nell" and "Tho Nigger." "Salvation Nell" is said to be the warmest thing in drama ever staged in Australia. It is brutally blasphemous in character, and only seeks to'hold the mirror, up to tho most deV graded forms of life in the Bowery, New " . York. It was played by tho Catherine. v ' Grey Company in Sydnpy, but was not , » success.