Extradiction to New South Wales was granted by Air Ba-abant, S.AI., this morning in the case, of Fred Lester, charged with conspiring- with one Patrick Murphey to cheat Frederick James Eraser of £450 by means of the confidence trick. Constable Ale Kenzie, of the Sydney police force, was present; and identified the prisoner as the man named in the warrant. John Ready, charged with deserting his four children, was ordered to pay 5/ a-week in support of each child," with costs £1 1/. Mr Jackson Palmer appeared for the prosecution, Mr J. W. Stewart for the defence. Elizabeth Purnell was fined 10/ or 48 hours for drunkenness, and four first offenders were dealt- with in the usual way. Two temperance meetings were held yesterday in the Presbyterian Church, Onehunga, addresses being given by Airs Harrison Lee, the Victorian Temperance Advocate. In the afternoon an address was given to the ladies, and in the evening another meeting was held, presided over by the Rev. R. Wylie, when Mrs Lee gave a most eloquent and forcible address, the subject being 'Who is on the Lord's Side?' in which she showed that many of the most eminent men of the age were strong advocates of total abstinence. She also dealt at some length with the question of State Prohibition in. New Zealand, combating a number of the objections generally brought forward by its opponents. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to her at the close. __ .- ,^_^Jsi.A_^
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 31, 7 February 1899, Page 5
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