LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16309, 5 September 1918, Page 8

LYTTELTON NEWS

♦ THE MOTOR TRAWLER DIADEM. > A crowd of interested spectators gathered at Miller Bros.' Blip yesterday afternoon, to witneaa the ceremony of launching the new motor trawler Diadem. On leaving the ways < at 3 pjn, she was christened in the custom* ' ary mannor by Miss Nellie Lester. The ' Diadom is built on graoeiul lines, and her 25 h.p. Anderson semi-deiscl engino should Give her a fair tarn of speed. A novel faa- v turo is her hollow stool mizzon mast for < carrying away the exhaust from the engine* " i: The interior of the cabin and engine room presont a smart appearance, being grained in oak, and the coamingß are finished-in teak. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Mr S. K. McCarthy, S.M., presided at th» Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, whon ■ Amelia Jime Black appealed on remand far a broach of her prohibition order. Senior Sergeant Jackson stated that accused, against whom many previous conviction* 5 had been entered, had five children, but was not & fit person to look after them, and for the benefit of both herself and " children it would bo wise to send hor to * Bakatoa, Mr McCarthy said ho would com* '' municato with the authorities at Pakatoa, Earnest Joan Coad, for drunkenness, was ordered to come up for Bontonco when called upon, ■ ■ e Alexander B. Mitchell (Mir Cassidy),- chore* ■ - ed with trespassing, in the Lyttelton tann<3, , was convicted and ordered to como up for eontonoo whon called upon. Robert Kollcher '' and Charles Sligo, who appeared on similar 4 chargoa, wore similarly dealt with. - - A charge of desertion from 'an oversea -vessel against John Haloombo was held oveJ for hearing next week at Christchurch, bail being allowed, self in £50 and two suwtiea ' of £25. Edward Gillard, a carrier residing in Lyttelton, , charged with being on licensed premises before 9 a.m., was fined £2, while . Henry Blackley was fined 20s. John O'Brien, an inmate of the Lyttelton prisosK where ho is. serving a tm of imprisonment for being on incorrigible rogue, . was convicted and sentenced to a further three months' imprisonment for attempting to escape from custody. A case against Alexander B.' Mitchell, for' allowing liquor to be sold on his premises before hours was dismissed, the Magistrate deciding that as the liauor had been ■ eupplied by a person who had no. authority to dispense liquor, defendant could not be , .. held responsible for such action.