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I MOHDAY, FKBB-V-BY £0. [Before John Ollivier, Esq., R.M., and J. T. I Rouse, Esq, JF] D-tl/fl _._w_f__s.—A first offender was fined 5s for drunkenness, it appearing that he waajj helpless and harmless. Another waa fined in a like sum ; and a young many who drank to exoeaa, and defied the police! waa disposed of in a like way. j Tkaxbnk of Wnra am. Bbxb Lio__rß_J —A temporary transfer of the wine and been license from W. Morling to Edward Parkins! waa granted to the Victoria Dining Rooms onf the application of Mr H. N. Nalder. \ Must Bbqistbb hbb Brant.—-William! Gibbons was oharged with neglecting to' register the birth of his child. Defendants aaid he was away at the time from home.] Defendant's wife made a declaration to the effect that she bad sent her son to register the infant's birth, and was under the impression that it had been done. The Bench felt justified in exonerating the parents from intentional blame, and imposed a fine of ss, remarking that defendants would find annual repetitions of the offence a more serious expense. C_VT_ Cash.—Hawkins and Co. v Thompson, olaim £15 16s 3d • judgment by default with oosts.

Misa Edith Sandford haa been seriously 01 with congestion of the lungs. S_e was able to play Joan of Are at the Marylebone Theatre recently for the benefit of Mr T. W. Rogerson, but since she has been so ill that her physicians have ordered her to the Isle of Wight, where ahe now ia in a very delicate state of health.

Mr J. H. Vinson, an actor well-known in Victoria in the early days, died lately in New York. He was found dead in a saloon adjoining Booth's Theatre on November 21st. After entering the plaoe about midnight, he waa taken suddenly ill, and was plaoed on a lounge. Some remedies were applied, and two of the attendants remained with him until about three o'olook, when he felt better. He aaked permission to remain there for the night, whioh was agreed to, and he was locked in. When the plaoe waa opened at daybreak he was found dead. No ir quest waa held, aa the medioal men decided that death resulted from natural causes. At the time of his death Mr Vinson was sixty-two years of age. In the early days of the old Theatre Royal, Melbourne, under the proprietorship of the builder, Mr John Black, the stage management was in the hands of Mr Vinson, who was raoognised as one of the leading " old men" of the Australian stage. A writer in the " New York Mirror " says that, "at tbe best, Mr Vinson's treatment by bis New York friends was the result of thoughtlessness, which is nearly akin to heartless* neea." Hia last venture was with " Ere, the Saleslady," whioh was a success at Philadelphia; but for some time prior to his decease he had been without regular engagement. The late Eate Warde was his wife, and his daughter (Eate Vinson) is a favourite with Melbourne playgoers to-day.

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