Kaitangata.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 1, 6 January 1905, Page 5

Kaitangata.

(Feom Our Own Corrjesp6ndj!!nt.)

In consequence" of information received Constable Mackenzie arrested a man named Henry Farquharson- at Stirling on Saturday last on a charge of stealing a saddle and bridle on the 28th ult.-, valued at £7, the property of James Morrison, .Stirling. Armed y with a. warrant the constable searched Farquharson's residence, and found attached to a saddle a stock whip valued : at £l, whi'ch^ was recognised as belonging to Robert Hawker, and was taken from the saddle of a . horse at Stirling last July. Farquharson was tried at. a special sitting of the Police Court at Kaitangata on Saturday, ' Messrs F. T. Poole and W. Wilson, , J.P. s, presiding. Accused pleaded guilty to both charges, and on the first charge was fined J£3,or:in default two months' imprisonment in .Dunedin gaol, while on_ the second charge he 'was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. -'■'■■; New Year's; Eve passed oft. very quietly, here, there being practically nothing beyond the usual display of colored lights and exploding of crackers by the small boys. A nice display of fireworks was giv.en at the. residence of- Mr M. Carson, senr. A midnight watch service was held in tlie Presbyterian Hall by the Methodists, Presbyterians, and Salvation Army combined, but, was poorly attended. A number of larrikins paraded the streets, exhibiting . I a little horse play in the shape of tearing,gates down. ':;... . "*■ : The. Methodist Church choir have received a valuable acquisition to their choir service in the shape of a new organ. The. Industrial School Band gave a concert in M 'Kay's Hall on Friday evening, when the rear portion of the hall : was well filled. , The various instrumental items were greatly appreciated, and encores were frequently demanded, and good-humouredjy responded to. The exhibition of sword and bayonet exercises was I very clever, and showed the rigid training they had been subjected to.