CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9991, 11 March 1910, Page 5

CARTERTON NEWS.

(Own Correspondent.) Thursday. Prior to his departure for Waipukurau, Mr B. Ames, of the local railway staff, was entertained by his fellow workers and friends, and presented with a token of esteem, in the form of a handaome case of pipes. This morning Mr E. Eagle, junr , of Belvedere, consigned a purebred jersey heifer to Mr T. Hodge, of Waimari, Bay of Plenty. The animal will be three days on the journey. A meeting of the Wairarapa Licensing Committee was heH here this morning, Mr C. C. Graham, S.M., presiding. The'palice reports on the whole were very satisfactory One hotel was described "as being fairly well conducted." All renewals were granted, and the application of \ the Club Hotel, Carterton, to estab- ( lish a private bar was also granted. J Mr Bartosh, who has been shun- i ter at the local railway station for some time, has recaived advice of his transfer to Lower Hutt, and 1 left here this morning. He will be succeeded by Mr H. Hutchinson. The staff at the Carterton Railway Station are being kept fairly busy at present, on account of the large consignments of grain. The partnership existing between Messrs L. A. Bishop and W. H. Hooper, farmers, of West Taratahi, has beeo dissolved, and the business is to be carried on by Mrßishop. The Magistrate's Court returns for the Decembar quarter shows that there were four cnses of theft and assault, one of which was dismissed, one tined, and two dismissed under the First Offenders' Probation Act. Twenty cases came under the Police Offences Act, in seven of which fines were imposed, live, received imprisonment in lieu of fines, three peremptory imprisonment, anc five convicted and discharged with a caution. One defendant for oisobedience of a warder was sent to gaol. There were three cases of lunacy, one male and two females, all of which were sent to the mental hospital. There were [ twenty-one cases under the Borough by-laws, in which seventeen fines | were recovered, and four dismissed. I In all fifty persons were taken into i custody or apprehended, five were dismissed, and 45 summarily convicted. Of the 45, three were sent to j the asylum, 25 were fined, nine were imprisoned, three were released under the First Offenders' Probation Act, and five were convicted and discharged with a caution. The amount of criminal fines paid was £7, and all J fines totalled £l2. The cases heard before the Magistrates were 16, and before Justices six. The aggregate amount sued for was £452 12s fcd, J and £2lllos lOd was recovered. Two I applications were heard in Chambers, seven orders made, thirty-six plaints entered, four distress warrants issued, nve judgment summonses issued, and two orders made on judgment summonses. No warrants of committal were issued, and no writs of arrest made. Summonses and other processes served by the bailiff numbered 26. Civil fees paid in stamp amounted to £199 16s, and licensing fees to £47. The Court sat six times, three presided over by the Magistrate, and three by Justices. Five old age pensions were granted, none refused, and twelve applications are still pending.