LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16406, 28 December 1918, Page 7

LYTTELTON NEWS.

W ' PERSONAL. i Mrs J. It. Toomey, of Lytteltoix has re- [■ ceived advice that her son, Fitter P. W. : B.' (Bill) Toorney has beon admitted to a boo- | •pital in England. Buffering from heart tronbtot t MAGISTRATE'S COURT. '• | Messrs \V. T. Lester and F. G. Norton, J.l'.'e, presided at the iiyttelton Magistrate'a Court yesterday afternoon, when Patrick O'Halloraa was charged with disorderly conduct whilst drank on tbo steamer Monowai on Thursday. Senior-Sergeant | eon stated that th© accused, who was only j 19 years of age, was standing soar the Head of the gangway trying to fight everybody who csume near him. The Beach decided to treat O'Halloran loniontly in viow of the foot that ho was a first offender. He waa ooovioted and'ordered to pay Court costs. Christopher Rhodes, & watereido worker, was charged with the theft from."the steamer Kent of one lady's skirt and-one lady's underskirt, valued at £1, the property of the Xew Zealand -Shipping Company. • Aocooedpleaded guilty, but Btated that lfe had not realised- that he was committing a •erkrafl offence. The goods had been lying about tho ship's hold, and he had simply taken them. Senior-Sergeant Jackson stated that tho man had been caught coming off No. 7 wharf /with the stolen goods concealed beneath hia shirt. The Bench, in deciding to convict, romnricad that pillaging of ship's' cargo was too eerioraa an offence to be regarded lightly. It' was regrettable that tho somewhat heavy penal* ties imposed .'ately in connexion with'previoits similar offences did not aeem to'.have tho desired offset of reducing cargo pilfering; Accused was fined £10 and costs, with the alternative of ono month's imprisonment, THE PICTURES. An interesting programme, including a clever Chaplin comedy, "Charlie's Vacation," was presented last evening at the Lyttelton Harbour Light Picture Theatre.' 33m pro* ( gramme will be completely changed this afternoon, -when Emily Stevens will appear in a Metro five-act' play,' '■'Daybreak," which, is considered her beet effort. The supports ( include a scenic, "The Valtoy of Lye," 'T3io • Red Cross Motor Carnival," and "FlatHeada ] and Flowers" (comedy). ,