CANTERBURY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 40

CANTERBURY.

I Mr Day, S.M., at Timaru fined Thos. Graoe £5 for shooting wild ducks out of season. Timothy Toomey, hotelkeeper, Waimate, was fined £2, and costs (£2 9s), for failing to supply the Commissioner of Taxes with a land tax return. Mr A. W. Hogg, M.P., addressed a la.rge public meetinn on " Land and Currency reform, and had a very * sympatiheitic hearing. At the condition a motion was carried unanimously tendering Mr Hogg the thanks of the meeting for his courage in defending the welfare of the democracy at the sacrifice of Iris personal interest*, and expressing the opinion that by his action he h?d shed lustre on the public life of the Dominion . Mr W. H. Hajger (officer in charge of the local department of the Labour Bureau) states that the labour market is in a quiescent condition. There are very few indications of unemployment, wh'!e at the same time there are very few demands for workers reaching the office. Mr Hagger ii of the opinion that mnnv of the men who were unemployed in July wer? simply unable, owing to weather conditions, to follow their usual avocations. With the advent of spring they have gone back to their former employment. Mr Hawlden. S.M.. on th« 6th <rave ind<rnif>nt in Money v. Bamett. in which plaintiff sued for £6° damages for breach of agreement, ha-\incc been engaged as editor of the weekly paper Daylight for 6ix months at £4 per week, and dismissed *nft°r 10£ w«*ks with one we#k"s wages in lieu of notice, on the plea of incompeter.cv. Tho magistrate hpld that incompetercv had not be-en substantiated, and gave judgment for £40 and costs.