TILEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1275, 11 January 1883, Page 2

TILEGRAPHIC.

1 ' - iDUITEb.PBESSiHSOUUTION] ' -THE LICENSING ACT. Ohristchdrch, January 10. ■ • A publican of Lyttelton <nft fined £5 to day for supplying a man with liquor againat whom a prohibition order, had been issued, despite the fact that the man paid he had sneaked in on,the quiet, in the absence of the landlord, in hopes of getting a drink.. The landlord, had i refused &,. supply) him, but in this instance the barman Iwas; a stranger, who had only been in, ; the place.,a few,weeks, aud'did •noli know tliemari,,by .light. Defendant pleaded hard that it was impossible for him to guard against, such contingencies, and the man to whom the liquor was supplied ought to be .punished, The, Ifasid'ent Magistrate said it>as i hard caso] but,the law, made no provision, It was the first of the kind that had come before the Bench, but dofendant would be fined in the amount named, and costs,

.".■■' m ■:, i;-.. Dtobdik, this day. The German Consul' intimates that Dr Emil Riebuok and •Dr Bassety...intend, visiting this colony on i scientific'mis'sioti for the German; Government/ 1 .>->*W* , ■ Some Chinese have found some 17-and 18 ounce nuggets, hut refute to disclose the locality,