TELEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 7

TELEGRAMS

REPRODUCED MESSAGES. NO-LICENSE PRODUCTS. FIRST FRUITS OF PROHIBITION. The following telegrams are from NoLicense areas, and are reproduced with and ropublished by arrangement. TINCTURE OF ORANGE. DRUNK ON NO-LICENSE DRINK. (By Teleer&Dh.—Preae Association.) Ashburton, September 20. At the Magistrate's Court on Saturday a man who was convicted for drunkenness and other serious offences the previous day was again charged with insobriety and of having procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. Accused said he had not drunk alcoholic liquor ; but had purchased a bottle of tincture of orange from a chemist, and it went to his A ,? e was a . Prohibited person, and had been convicted three times at this Court for drunkenness during the past four months. KEGGER6 PUNISHED. I TERMS OF REFORMATIVE TREAT(By Tdflerftp]i.-PreEß Association.) , Invercarglll, October 2. Throe young men were found keggiug in a stable at midnight on AVednesday and were brought before'the Court today. In regard to one the Magistrate said he was a problem; and had spent enough in fines to have built a small house. He was sentenced to two years' reformative treatment. Another, who pleaded, that he had only twice been bofore the Court previously, was sentenced to one year's reformative treatment. A third was convicted and discharged. In this case the Magistrate, Mr. Thos. Hutchison, S.M, said it is quite true keg parties are a common institution in Invercargill, and Ihe name "Inverkegrille" seemed a very appropriate one. DRY InYERCARCILL. WHO SAYS PROHIBITION PROHIBITS CAROUSALS? (By Telegraph.—Special to Dunedin Star.) Inveroargill, March 25. At the Police Court to-day, before Mi. T. Hutchison, S.M a man was tharged • with, knowing that, a certain woman to bo a prohibited person, he did assist her to procure liquor. ConBtable Clessofl said he had visited the accused's house, and found, another man, the woman, and aocused all in a state of intoxication. Witness confiscated five or six bottles. He induced two of them to leave the premises, and they were then arrested. They were indecently exposed when, the policeman entered.

After many disgusting levelatione had been dealt with in Court) the Magistrate expressed himself as being shocked at such a carousal taking place in a No-Licensed area. MORE SLY,GROG-SELLING. (By Telegraph .-Press Association.) ' "■■ Masterton, October 17. 'A -man was charged' to-day at the Magistrate's Court with selling liquor without a license. He was fined £25. Another case against another slygrogger yielded a fine of £40. ' ■'' —_ < JNVEROARGILL CASE. AN OLD MAN CONVICTED OP SLY GROG-SELLING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) I nveroargill, November 5. ■ At the Police Court to-day, an elderly man was charged with sly grogselling, before Mr. T. Hutchison, S.M. The accused pleaded guilty, and was fined £20. A man was also charged with firing a revolver at another with intent to do grievous bodily harm. This was the issue of a keg party, and the accused, who was also woundeo. by a bullet in the left cheek, was' committed for trial. Many more cases of a similar character could be cited, but these will suffice to show how degrading the influence of No-License has proved in New Zealand in No-License areas, and electors will not support the proposal that such a debasing influence should be extended in this country. All intelligent men and women will therefore strike out the bottom line on both ballot-papers tomorrow.—Published by arrangement.