Carterton Notes.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4817, 5 September 1894, Page 3

Carterton Notes.

(From Our Own Correspondent),

Wednesday. An impudent case of petty stealing occurred at one of our local but-cliei-'s on Saturday Inst, Whilst the master of tho establishment was engaged in tlio back part of tho shop, a well-known wood purveyor front South Cartertonwas leftstanding inside, (it being a bitterly cold day). Two or three Uilm of the shop who stood talking under the verandah just outside, saw the old man come out, and, after walking a few steps away, dropp a large German saugagc from under his coat, sot suspecting anything'was \yrong they took no notice of him, but a sharp-eyed lad belonging to j the firm, and just riding up at the time, suspected at onco what was tho matter and reported the fact to " boss," who straightway sont one of his lads for tlio police, and lie, hinu self,followed in the wake of the delinquent, who, on seoing tho boy go towavds tlio police station, hurried on bis way homeward, Finding possibly tho saugftgo was getting too heavy to carry, the old man turned down the comer by Feist's store, and was patting it away behind some boxes, when ho caught sight of someone looking at him rather curiously, Ho concluded to make another attempt to get it home, The burly butcher in the meantime, as soon as lie saw his friend turn tho corner, made a spurt which would have mado a record for a hundred yards, and .catching up his man heat once took his sausage from under,.tlio coat of the old scamp, and then with one hand on tho wreck of his coat, and tho sausage in tho other, he marched tho now penitont thief to the Court. liouso, where, aftov wailing liini o

good'lecture oil the impropriety of liis act, lio generously let liim go, Tho nominations to fill three vacaneios on the Borough Council I closed 'yesterday, and Messrs T. Bayliss, A. Booth and W.. Jloore ivoro returned unopposed. ■ The quarterly meoting of tho Licensing Committee was held yesterday. Tliero was 110 reportinfrom Featherston, but in all other cases tho roports received worefayorablo oil the whole. The Committee decided to give tho licensee of tlio Taueru Hotel another month in which to complete severance of tho postal and telcpliono business from the hotel premises. A transfer from M. Ryan to J. Cress of the Royal Oak Hotel was granted.