DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 90, 16 December 1913, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

AN ALCOHOLIC’S DEATH [Pee Press Association.] Carterton, December 16. At the inquest before Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, coroner, on the body of John MacLeod, who was found dead at the Taratahi Hotel, a verdict was returned that death was due to a diseased heart induced by the use of ‘alcohol over a number of years, no 'blame being attachable to anyone.

AN OPIUM PROSECUTION. Ha worn, December 16. . ... ,;In .the ■Magistrate’s Court to-day j ■ ; d|ira‘£lioy whs lined £lO and costs for * having been' foinid in possession of 1 ip|>|t»n-mih-ai-y to ise provisions of V\J ’ ’ ; ' PUBLIC'OPINION. 1 ’’ (,) - - Wellington, December; 1 0.. ( , Mr Massey, replying to-night in the '&ouWe of to Mr L. regarding the let- • t^ : stent biit-ttitoftft, secretary i’Wftthelßtlfdiim lielgue, urging public meetings to condemn Opposition tactics, said he was not consulted with regard to the letter, and gave no autbtenfy foYits’issUo'. a letter sent ouf by the No-license Party, asking members to bring pressure to bear on thoi‘,Government to into&lfe.?, Wi arid members ki|qi| per•v.fijeljfr well that ; almost evej-E||rgani-Ration in New Zealand adop|l#imiljr t Inctics jvritls ihe- fbject of iii|i||enoiifr t puliuc bpiiilon. , ’f.», i; ,| I I Tr\ 0 MOTOR THIEVES.;ft I

Auckland,' At the Police Court, John Hobbs, aged 23; and George Bowles, aged •22, admitted that they had damaged 'three motor-launches and stole three ; tiris of benzine. Tliey denied the theft of a quantity of jewellery. The chief detective stated that accused had found their way here with the proceeds of a robbery committed in another part of the Dominion. Thej * conceived the idea of proceeding to Australia, and took possession oi motor-launches, and annexed the benzine from another craft. A charge of theft of jewellery was adjourned. On the other charges accused were sentenced to three months’ hard labor.

COSTLY LANGUAGE. Palmerston North, December 15. 'Before Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., today, William Nash, a recent arrival from Home, proceeded against Alfred Coy,, his lath employer, for using obscene language in a cowyard abutting the ‘road near Shannon. Defendant was-fined £lO and costs £2 2s Gd.