NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1651, 18 January 1913, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By Tclejrapli.— Pro«i Afliodation.) •——4— —■ • ;■ THE BRAWL ON S.B. MOKOIA. FIND OF £10 IMPOSED. Dunedln, January 17. vA.. sequel to tho row oil board trJ. Mokoia on Friday, after tho' vessel liac left Dunedin, was furnished in tbo Pol* Chalmers Polico Court: this morning (Mi\ 11. Y. AYiddowson, S.M., presiding). Mich . James Leyden was charged'with assault-it ing Hy. Tweedio eo as to cause him uctual bodily harm. Accused was fined J!JO, with expenses lGs., half the fine to be paid to Tweedie. ■' Tho ulteruatiro waa nied at two months' imprisonment. ' . FURNITURE & FIRE' LOSS. , Chrlstchurch,' January 17. Macdonald's furniture factory in lower High Street was: gutted by firo this after- , noon. Tho damage is extensive. It is;) understood the factory belongs to Mossrs. Ilolmos and Sons. Details aro not available. i•, ; i . , > NEW PLYMOUTH'S PORT. , ■; 'New Plymouth, January 17. * Tho' annual report o£ tho HarboutBoard chairman shows a, satisfactory in- ' crease in shipping and reveriuiy tho working account showing a. profit of 'JC7SGO, despite extraordinary expenditure on wharf, , etc., which is not recurring. At the end of the year thero remained • J5J37.474 loan money unexpended. The wharf extension ; will be oompleted in March. ' FALSE PRETENCES. > , ; '■ Duricdln, January 17. Harold Charles Phillips pleaded giiilty ' at tho. Magistrate's Court 10, tbreo.charg'ea, of false pretences and forgery, and ' was. committed for sentence.',., . , ■ . BREWER, & RETAILER FINED. , . InvercarglU, January 17. ] At tho Magistrate's- Court, Edward Hughes was fined £50 for 6olling liquor in a. No-License district,' and for receiving an order for 'liquor in a'No-License district L. G". Roope, brewer, was fined JiG. ! ,' TOMMY KWAI. , •! - • Auckland, January 17. > Tha Chinaman Tommy Kwavwho was arrested on a chargo or .assaulting a woraan' in' a restaurant' by striking at' her ' with a ; knife, has been transferred to tha ' Mental''Hospital'at Avondalo. ' ■ ",V C.E.M.S. .

"v- '"'■"'■.'■ Nelson, January; 17.' .The Churoh. of England Men's Society.; concluded its conference "this morning with routine business.and a constitutional discussion. The Rev. Mr: Russell .coritin-'•' '■' ues as secretary till tho appointment tjf an "' organiser."."■ ■•.».- ■■-.--• ■'■• '■,■'.' ;'/.'•- ; '• LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY. ' I j , : .; Tlmaru, January 17. ' 1 At a meeting of tho nquatio section of'. - tho Caroline Say Association.it wos're-f • solvod to form a branch'of the Royal, Life-Saving Society for educative pur-: ; poses, and an offer of iossons by ' the - : , Christchurch. branch was accepted. OVERSEAS CLUB.: \- i Christchurch, January 17. A meeting of citizens was held to-night. ■' ' It was decided to form a branch, of the , Overseas Club: Addresses were given' by' ' Mr. Evelyn Wrench, organising secretory' of the lcaguo, and Miss Wrench. ." '.. ;