LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18917, 4 February 1927, Page 15

LYTTELTON NEWS.

♦ Harbour Light Theatre. The douhlo fealuro programme, consisting of tho Dempscy-Tunney fight and the "Unknown Purple," a mystery drama, will ho repeated at the Harbour Light Thoatro tonight. To-morrow, "The Show Off," a Paramount comedy romance, starring Ford Sterling, will bo screened, together with a comedy, gazette, nnd a Screen Snapshots. At the evening session Mr Kud Petersen, well known in vaudeville circles, will appear in song and story. Lyttelton District High School. Tho secondary department of the Lyttelton District High School opened this wock with a roll of 40 pupils. Tho number attending the primary department shown a alight increase. The school's annual pic.nlo will bo held at .S'outlibridgo on Thursday next, nnd tho Mayor (Mr F. K. Sutlon) has .ukod the business peoplo of the port to observo tho day as a general holiday. Magistrate's Conrt. Messrs F. K. Sutton, J.P., and \V. T. Lester, J.P., presided at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday. Ooorgo Stiff, a ship's fireman, was charged with having-, on January 'J2nd, stolen a box of cigars valued nt X~ 10s, and a pair of locks, valued at ss, the property of Frank Brear Clark, a saloon passenger in tho ferry steamer Maori from Wellington to Lyttelton, As tho chief wilness was in lnvcrcar?lll. Sergeant J. W. Mcllolm asked for a remand till Tuesday. Ifo said that further charges of having damaged two stilt-rases by cutting them opon, were pending. Tho U'lvand was granted, ball being nllowed in the sum of £SO, a-id one surety for a similar amount. Rydney George, a seatnan, was" charged with having deserted from t.'ie steamer Arawa nt Lyttelton on January 13ih. lie pleaded guilty, nnd said that conditions on tho steamer were unbearable, so he cleared out. Thero was XlO in wages owing to Mm. Sergeant J. W. Mcllolm said that tho man had caused the shipping company a good deal of trouble. Whcu arrested he had £0 9s Oil in his possessor.. Tho company did not want him back. Accused wati convicted and sentenced So fourteen days' imprisonment. On a chargo of drunkenness ho was convicted and fined 10s. Motor-car on Plre, A Sedan motor-car, owned by Mr McSerran, and drivon by Mr R. Ndrmand. a salesman for Adams, Ltd., caught ilro when ascending tho Sumner road from Lvttolton yoslerdny afternoon. Tho Lyttelton Brigade turned out, but tho fire was extinguished before their arrival. Tho front part ol the car and the hood were badly charred.