NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2117, 7 April 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

tHE DEFENCE A'fet. . 170 OASES BEFORE THE COt'RT. puncdln,. April 0, A batch of I*o defaito cases mtis hoard bfifnro Mr. 3. U. β-aftlrakmcw., S.M., in (.ho City Police Court to-day. Soveroi tipjilicft-tiens fftr exftmjitron wer*) j*riißt.<-(.i, fi.fi.?]. a mimtoer wie, refused, »H!!.i.i<)in)f ■<«!«(> frwn it, youth driving a e»}( lor /lift fatW olid qno fr.orn a fitwfor/1.. fcmvrftl. (MftildiUite for fefus* ij;j{ l/ioiifcy of'.l/Jn-) v.wo fine/} 20s. > with i;odJ/i ?«. ' Omt yoaWi who failed to ftpjyijif *;»» eAuitw*l trtth atisoiuto diS' «tbwli<;nrft vv!iil<! oil j>»*Atlo, Jt was ai- )'!(?«;») fchHt. (W*wUfci Vnloiifeed to' a Krryap vA/> i-Xykd fficrnselyes <v Th» .S'ilwit Hiz," Tlmy wfto JIA-t sftefit, and «W; .-''• fiuwftfto , ) t'j ?.k;. U')i(t]ii 'i'h'i ;Vjit!/,.i.S:!.«t<i iiiiW thft- cast) TVttS UlO ivtjtsf, that li.vj <jf)M'> licfforo tlio Coflft. IJliiVjO'fWt WSJ.Ji fi.Mf;'] £;i mill GOJjtS ?6, Ov(.,t fifty casp.H jjf failijfe to r<m<ht p:wijv,)\ Kf.-rvffif) wftro mci by fiiios froJn i") and costs t« 6s, aii'l c<v«te, iiii'i tn mws aaMiin eosts eislj , , OAN&EfidUS PARTY. WATEIISIDER DRAWS A KNIFE. AMOkiandj. April 6> At the Suprnmo Coatt, sjr. Justice Cooper sentoncted Earry Msgitueson to two years' imprisomuent <m tijfciS charges of assault with inttnt to tk grrovous bodily bacm. The caso aros.o Out of tlio feeiing iicfcwceft. the old V?a.tcKidcrs 1 Union rtntl tlio lie*', jtr. Jus-t-ice Ootoper saM it was psssibte that Magnnsson lyad somiJ fcclthg bftcausfe Jio eoiild not get ivcrk on tbo wliarf, but tlMj using of a -knife, on an dliter of tlio jHiioft was .not. the sv-aj- to'vciit iis foelifigs. AMERICAff IK fROUtfIE, Auckland, April 6. Artltnr Eamilton, 42, aa America)!,, was-arrested oil Saturday last on a c-harge. ■of stealing .jeweltefy, valviid at £173, from Peter Sivanlicrg,,, a second-hn-nd d.ealer, ©f Upper Qflpftrt Street. : Tlif; burglary was cejaitnilletl. on ObteW ; 12 -or 13., when tfe> safe was Mown ! o.f«ri., and jewellery anil £6. lOs. in cash E-t.oloJi. Several ha\-o been chmmittc-d in the c-jty lately; and a fjuawtity of s-toten .jwopetty, acludjng some fif SwaiAfirfi'-s jsweilery, bits beed , recevered. by Jihe 4etec4wiis.. I CHRfSTCHiJRCH TfiAMWAYS, ChrlstchurcH, April 6. The grass feafnirvgs of the Cljri.st- ■ chiireh Tratnivay fioard. for ili& year just doseii wen $13*,567. He opcra-t----iftg -expenses were g<B s (ffi; net <y»rnjngs £6G,888j standing charges'£'s3,B9l, surplus 1:509", rates &o.ro speck-l area's ' £17081 -total, £6505. The- pverkms ycitf s Ifte gross earnings were £134,281, oper-- • ating expenses 5<9.750, net tarntogs ! Mi,m.i staeding charges £52,691, stiri plus, MQ3O, rate foam special a-fca-r i £1912; total £M&,