Late Local News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 February 1914, Page 3

Late Local News

Hautere Rifle Club, with an aggregate of 1559, won .ne Fresu. Food Cup. Ngatiawa s secore in the second stage was TlO. Three "absent-minded beggars' ■s\ore haled to the Court to-day by Sergt.-Major Davidson, the charges being that they failed to attend drills. The charge against Charles Parsons was withdrawn, tlwre. being a probability that lie had been given leave, although no trace of the letter had been found. Albeit F. Cresswell and Roderick T. McDonald were fined Is each and costs 7s each. A young man named Hectoi Mac Donald who lost his head anil assaulted Arthur Schlager some two weeks ago, admitted the offence at the Levin S.M. Court to-day. He was convicted -.an?? discharged. The assault was the outcome of drink acting upon a high-strung temperament. The young man has given an undertaking to abstain from intoxicants, in which case his many admirable qualities will keep him from making any further trouble of .this nature for himself.

Motor cyclists who endeavour to do half a mile a minute or thereabouts sometimes achieve their speed expensively. The lynx-eyed Constable Bagric c-atight one such cudeavourer on February 9th. He was coming along Oxford street under a full head'of petrol at a dust-scattering speed when ho was solicitously asked his name. Leslie Nation it was. Leslie faced the bench at Levin this morning (Messrs H. J. Richards and James McLeavey, J.'sP.) and was fined 5s and costs (7s): after which he returned to the keyboard of The Chronicle's linotype and set the matrices roll- , ing down the brassy fairway at the rate of ninety miles an houi and 4-00 letters to the minute and never a by-law to say hi in nay and never a fine to fear! Two weeks ago E. C. Hodgman sued W. H. Galliclian foi ±2 ss, being hire of a drag used by the Druids' Lodge, Levin. Defendant alleged he had paid ±1 •a account, but he could not produce the receipt. The Magistrate to enable further enquiries to be made, adjourned the case for two weeks. It was called on before Messrs H. J .Richards and -I. McLeavey, J.P.'s, at Levin Courthouse to-day. Plaintiff gave evidence that no payment on account had been made: defendant failed to appear. Judgment was entered for the full amount claimed with costs.