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Bruce Herald, Volume LV, Issue 63, 18 August 1919, Page 4

At Dunedin the other dfciy William Pollock was convicted .of bookmaking and (in'cdi £.!UO. Ilopcrai't. au associate, wasi (inied £3O. The: parents' -of childien. in private boarddng schools in Wellington have been notified: by the principals that the railways will not carry children home at holiday time. Count Senator Giuseppe, ah Italian who entered on a diplomatic career in 1842, and represented his country in Vienna in Count Mctternich's time, and was afterwards in almost every European capital, recently celebrated his hundredth birthday. It was a dear day at the.Dannevirko court recently for motorists who had killed live stock while travelling. A dog.cost a car owner £3l 3s 3d,-and a ram another defendant £ls 15s,.apart from the cost of solicitors' services Th'a Ohristehurch 'butchers are not afraidl of paying for anything in the yards that takes their fancy. At Wednesday's A'dcliington market a pureibral white 'Shorthorn 'bullock 'brought tire record price of £IOO, three Down cross wethers £l4 10s, and fat pigs £l4 7s 6d. Although some: difficulty was experienced for a time in obtaining recruits for the Police Force to fill the vacancies caused'by the resignations of men who left the force to join the colours, considerably more: ini ea, are now coming forward, many of them 'being returned soldiers, while several ex-constables "have again come 'back to the force after wai sei'vice*