SOUTH OTAGO NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 24332, 22 October 1942, Page 6

SOUTH OTAGO NOTES

—— p (Balclutha Correspondent,^ Personal. —Mr and Mrs T. A. Taylor, who aru shortly-removing to Dunedin al'tcr nine years’ residence in Balelulha, wore Uie recipients of an electric kettle and a lea sel from the parishioners of St. Mark’s Church, in which they have taken an active interest. Court. —Mr H. J. Dixon, S.M., presided over (he mpnlhly sitting of Balclutha Magistrate's Conn on Wednesday. Aligns S. McDiarmid, Balelulha, was charged with having liquor in his possession in the vicinity of a dance hall and was/ lined 40s, with 10s costs. D. J. Dickens, Balelulha North, was lined 40s, with 11s costs, for having liquor in his possession in (he dressing room of a hall where a dance was in progress. Robert B. Wyber, aged 17 years, Balelulha, was charged with assaulting William Mason, billard room proprietor, Balelulha, on October 13. According to the evidence for the prosecution, it appeared that Mason had told defendant that owing to his age he could not play billiards, *and defendant had used bad language and then - struck him, with the result that stitches were required in the face and hospital attention necessary. Defendant was placed on probation for two years and ordered to pay Mason £7 14s, and witnesses’ expenses 8s 6d, ttfe costs to he collected by (he probation officer. Several traffic cases and civil claims wpre heard.