COUNTRY NEWS
NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES WAIRARAPA Sydney Britleii wus chained at the Mabtertou l'olico Court yesterday that he did set oft' firework* in Queen Street on June 29, tne niglit the news of peace was .received, lie was convicted and ordered to pay twenty shillings and costs. Several charges 01 sly grog-selling were hoard at the Aliisterton Court yesterday, iieiore Mr. i'rec, S.M., I'ercy Corbett was charged that he did sell liquor at West Bush Road, Upper Plain, ii being a nolicense district. Alter hearing' evidence as to the unusual nunntiiy of'liquor kept by tli« defendant, anil the manner in which' line coii.~taolt:s had raided the house, Mr. Free dismissed die case on tne plea, that there was insufficient prouL. A charge against '1 hoiuas Lee, labourer, of Masterton, thai he kept liquor 'lor sale in u no-liceiite district, was. heard.' He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within two years un condition that ho admitted no further liquor into his house. In the course ot his evidence, accused stated that lie was a married man with thirteen children, tne thirteenth having been bom on the previous morning. A' charge against three young men that they were found on "t.ee's premises at the time of the raid was dismissed.
Sew premises are shortly (o be erected in Masterton for the Dank of Australasia on the existing site, also premises in Ferry Street tor the Union Bank of Australia. A branch of the National Bank of i\ew Zealand is to be opened shortly.
A sequel to the Hagerty-ijoyd case was heard at the Magistrates Court yesterday, when Mary Boyd (Mr. Burridge) proceeded against William Motley (.tir. Noble) on an inlormation of having assaulted tier on the afternoon of June 27. Mr. ltobinson watched the proceedings on behalf of Hagerty. After the hearing of lengthy evidence on the lines of Unit given the previous day, the case was adjourned until this morning. . Mrs. W. H. Cri|!ckshnnk, who is leaving Masterton, wus presented with a handbag by the members of the Masterton Auxiliary of the Navy League, of which she has been secretary.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 247, 12 July 1919, Page 10
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354COUNTRY NEWS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 247, 12 July 1919, Page 10
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