HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2335, 17 December 1914, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS

(From Our Own OorresDondent.s 9Mr. D. Q. A'. Cooper presided yesterday a.t the monthly sitting of the Petone Magistrate's Court.: Archibald Chambers pleaded guilty, to'a charge of having _procured_ liquor for HoneTiana, Te Puni, a prohibited person. . Chambers was also charged with procuring liquor for Epori Te Puni, another prohibited person, to which he pleaded not guilty. On each charge defendant was finod £1. with costs 75., in default fourteen days' imprisonment. Honehana Tl Puni and Epori Te Puni were charged with pro : curing liquor while being prohibited persons. The former was fined £2, with costs 125., in default seven days, whilst the latter was fined £1, with costs 125., in default 14 days' imprisonment. A concert in_ aid of the pipe organ fund in connection with tho Petone Nelson Street Methodist Church was hold last evening, the Rev. J. J. Lewis presiding over a good attendance. The choir and the Lyric Quartet sang several glees, etc., and items were contributed by Misses V. Mueller, G. M'atlrins, S. TJdy, and J. Grant, and Messrs. Chamberlain, .Bryant, Clausen, and Hilliken. Cycling on the footpaths at Petone has become somewhat common recently, particularly along tho Esplanade, where several slight accidents arising from this habit are reported. Yesterday a girl four years of age was knocked down and injured, and tne authorities intend to deal severely in future with offenders. It would be well if cyclists remembered that a rough or newly metalled road offers no excuse for riding along footpaths.