LYTTELTON NEWS.

THE HOLIDAY. The aoheols, the banks, some of the f&Ap*'' pong offioea, and the Harbour Board Offico obeerred Dominion Day aa * holiday. Work ' on &» waterfront proceeded aa usual. Tlm ~ morning treina brought a fair number of •; "boKday-iraiiers to port, amd judging by the numbers who ovoesed to Diamond Harbour and walked to Corsair Bay, these pleasure resorts will bo more popiular this season titan ever. Corsair Bay received a large : share of patronage, and the bathing season is already in full swing: . . MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Ifesnw "W. C. deary and 1 F. G. Norton, J.P.'e, presided at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Two flrsi offenders, for drunkerr QM9, were each fined sa. Another first offender was remanded for a week to recover from Oie effects of alcoholism. Richard Ernest Love pleaded guiltv to having assaulted Arthur Cheng, a Chinese ' ' boy, on Saturday last. Senior-Sorgeamt Jackson Mad that accused . . had entered the slop of a Chinese fruiterer, and after buying some oranges, had commenced to "shy" them at the Chineso boy ■who had served him. One of the oranges struok tb* boy on the face, raising a elisrht . lump. Accused'* story was that he had found fault with one of the oranges sold to him, and the boy thereupon became impertinent, telling accused that if tlhe oranges wero bad ' they were like himself. Accused then, ou the epur of the moment, threw the oranges . back ot the boy. Accused was convicted and fined £3, in default seven days' imprisonment.