LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16962, 11 October 1920, Page 9

LYTTELTON NEWS.

; » ■■ - MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Messrs F. G. Norton, J.P., and F. Knight*, J.P., preeided ftt tb« Mae*»tT»te'e Court on Saturday. Albert Bailey, . a trimmer on the Port Napier, was convicted and fined Hβ for druru Jcenncss, and £5, in default ono month's imjvrieouraent, for uaing' obecenei langnogia. • OJenjamin "Beoby Mid Thomas HJpka, . for havinjr obstructed Constable MjMvnis in the execution of his duty, were fined £5 and £3 respectively. Beeby was alao fined 5a for drunkonMea, ... ' TE WHAKA TENNIS CLUB., The liyttelton Tβ Whaia Tenuis dnb opened the season on Sioinrday afternoon, .there being about 30 members prosemt. Mt K. Moßeth, -president of tho dub, d«£ clared the ecaeon opened, after which friendly matches were played. Afternoon tea was perved by tie ladies. THE PICTURES. ''A Very Good Young , Wan," etajrins Bryami Waßhbnrn. will he repeated a.t the Harbom Light Pictures this cveaiiner, together with a> Bennett comedy, "By Golly." Tc-iaorrow, a Society drama, "The Olirabew, featuring dainty Corinne will bei soreened,' with "an excellent supporting! prograroine. GOLF. The Oharteris 'Bay Golf Club played tho fbiol of the Seniar Championship during the week-end. T. 11. Hunter defeated E. ,C. j Brown by 9 up wid 8 }o piay.

The deep-sea fisherman is generally regarded as a most conservative person, but his -war service has taught liim a lot. Quite a lot- of the North Sea. trawlers, and many of the little steamdrifters as well, have been fitted with wireless telegraphy. Their sending radius is smail, buc they can receive messages from long distances. But the real purpose of the- installation is rewiving ; and most of the messages f?ant concern the state of the fish market. "When tho market is glutted and the price of fish, right down, they are instructed to stay out and go on fishing for another day or two. Similarly, when railway congestion forces dealers to sell fish as manure, the fishing Tiauls can be diverted to.other ports more forr tnnatcly situated. Professor Beebo, of the New York Zoological Society, who has been engaged for some time in making researches into the bird and insect life of British Guiana, reports that he has discovered a bird supposed to be extinct for a million years, states the Demerara correspondent of the "Daily Mail." The bird resembles a small lizard, and lives in the bush along~the foreshore. Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, of London, states that news of the discovery had not yefi been communicated to the scientific world. Professor Beebe, he said, is a verv well-known zoologist, and a further account of the new bird will bo awaited with interest. No bird sa far known to ornithologists could be seaid to correspond to a small lizard.