WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 18 November 1930, Page 17

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. ™ ,HS ?S ® 3B ° GIvEVMOCTH, November 17. is announced or Tiie . Cn e % g o % second daughter of Mr Xathonn ' Grcvmouth, to John of Mr -3C-T. ol" cr 1™"'" D *™ cvi,k "- ii 9 will leave on Thursday Magistrate's Court. There -svas a lengthy sitting of the . I *»•. Court at GreymuutU tojlijutrat several indictable Mr W. r'£i«' * "atonrder Alexander Ingram was tensnce hard laboul . ; the -'-fnot t0 i sg ae provided he pays lf%6i? arre«» - or before Decernb rrSis James Hampson, dairyman, rifton, was charged that on September %£ be did by his servant, William B-rrW. wH for human ?° ns ™P tl ° n!llk which did not comply with the , j nrescribcd by regulations under of Foode and Drugs Act, 1908 'he milk containing less than eight and five-eighths parts per eemum of milk llid. other than milk fat. A second Su*e alleged that the milk contained oAded water. _ . " \f> T A. Kite kin ghaui appeared for •he Inspector of Health (Mr M. E. Botten Mr J. W. Hannan, for defendant on whose behalf he pleaded guilty, explained that on the date of the offence defendant was absent at a funeral and had no knowledge of the £C with costs amounting to £5 6s lOd. Peter Joseph O'Neill pleaded not -oilty to a charge of unlawfully converting a car, valued at £l5O, to his own use, but in a manner not constituting theft. John Hepburn Jackson, the owner or the car, gave evidence as to the removal of the car from where it had been parked in Mackay street, Greymouth, by defendant, who appeared to be drunk. Damage to the extent of £5 I«j6 6d had been caused by running into a verandah post. Defendant wae lined £5, with costs £1 8# 7d, and was ordered to pay £.5 12« 6d the amount of the damage to the car; in default 14 days' in Greyisouth gaol. James Butler, contractor, Greymouth, wis charged with the negligent driving of a motor-car in Herbert street, Greymouth, on October 3rd, which resulted in a motor-cycle, ridden by J Alexander McMaster, colliding with the car and being damaged to the extent of £2 12s 6d. After hearing evidence the Magistrate said defendant had failed to observe the "off-side" rule, the collision resulting. Defendant was fined £2, with eosts, and was ordered to pay the owner of the motor-cycle £2 12s 6d on account of the damage, and £ 1 10s, two days' work lost. Thomas Fitzpatrick, Blackball (Mr W. P. McCarthy) pleaded not guilty to u«ing obscene language to Herbert Ashley Heyward, on October 16th, «»t Blackball.

The Magistrate, after hearing the evidence, pointed out the gravity of using tueh language as that complained of, in a public place. Defendant was convicted and fined £l, with costs £3 18s. James Shearer, of Uobgon, was charged with theft of a length ot chain, the property of the Grey Valley Collieries, Ltd.. at Dobson, valued at 10s. Ha admitted the offence, claiming that tb« diain was damaged. He was confided and ordered to come up for sentew# if called upon within three aath», and to pay 14s 3d, expenses, tie chain to be returned to the owners. For making a false claim under the Motor Spirits Taxation Act, 1927, Alexaadfr Graham, of Eotomanu, was conricted and fined £l, with costs. Tie Senior-Sergeant stated that there was bo suggestion that defendant had Mt out deliberately to defraud the Government. He had not previously seat in a return and had muddled it up through ignorance. David George McGifrorcl and Barney Vineent Beardon were charged with theft from the warehouse in Greymouth, of Messrs Boss and Glendining, Ltd., when goods valued at £ 30 were taken from the warehouse. Goods to the value ct £l9 were recovered. Mr W. P. McCarthy appeared for aeeoied, who pleaded not guilty. John Francis Laing, assistant manager to the firm named, gave evidence as to tj)« missing goods, identifying them in Coart. Douglas Hislop, barman at the Empire Hotel, "Westport, stated that accused, on October 28th, had engaged a room in the names of Forrest tad Smith. They had invited witness to the room, and showed him two raitcsses containing shirts, .hosiery, table-runners, and other articles. They iftnted to sell him four shirts for 30s, stating that they had "lifted" the articles from a warehouse in Christfhnreh. He did not purchase, concluding that the goods bad been stolen. Evidence was given by Mrs May of Westport, that she had known Kesrdon for six months. He had *orked at Tiroroa and on the Karamea 'oa<L On October 28th he and the other accused had gone to her house. One of them said he had been to the glteiers. He asked if she would like wine cushion covers. She replied that she would. The men returned in the waning, and Beardon gave her a box containing two cushion covers, two table-centres, two pairs of artificial •fk stockings, and two pairs of cash"we stockings. The cushion covers, Uhle Centres, and stockings were simi- ** to those produced in Court. Ac«wed did not ask for any payment. She had handed the goods to the police « November 6th. Mm Margaret Shaw, of Westport, *t*ted that she bought four pairs of ®W's socks, one shirt, four pairs of hoge, two breakfast cloths, and boxes of handkerchiefs, for 30a "Mb two men, one of whom she thought **• B«ar<Jpn. The goods were those Produced in Court. She had handed . «rticles to the police on November Detective Findlay, of Christchurch, S* T ® evidence as to the arrest of accwed. „ , ®oth accused, who reserved their de- *' *® re committed for trial at the r* qDart erly session of the Supreme in Greymouth, bail being allowed tte* or two sureties of £IOO Lionel George Hood and John Joseph J.J* 18 *ere charged that on October > at Greymouth, they broke into Mnt ß^ 'k® premises of John Tentho»i« We ® er » quay, stealing ®t jp/jf 01 ar tides of jewellery valued re ,,. . Hood was also charged witU one S°ld bracelet and one John Teil P® nd »nt, the property of them, T, ent > Greymouth, knowing Untr;. 0 vo keen dishonestly obtained. ( «iviinr f Drtller charged with refit 7s iw i 8 jewellery valued at w ' n g them to have been appeared for both gave evidence as to Fmdow iu th« pramioes

broken, a quantity of jewellery having apparently been abstracted. T. E. Turtill, of Greymouth, and Hugh Euane, of Dobson, gavo evidence that the accused Hood had offeret* them a bracelet for 10s. It was similar to the one in Court.. T. C. Bell, of Kanieri, stated that the accused Hood had told him that he could put his hand on>i£Bo worth of jewellery, and invited him to go 50-50 ir. it. Witness refused. Daniel Slavin, R. McLouglilin. and James Taylor stated the accused Morris had offered them a gold-mounted watchchain pendant similar to the one in Court for 10s. No sale resulted. Accused remarked: "Keep your gate shut." John Tennent, proprietor of the shop, and Henry Waters Hitching, his assistant, gave evidence as to the missing articles. Both accused pleaded not guilty, and reserved their defence. They were committed for trial to the next quarterly session of the Supreme Court in Greymouth, bail being allowed in self £2OO, or two sureties of £IOO each. Cricket. The West Coast Cricket Association's fixtures played up country yesterday were three in number. Watersiders (Greymouth) defeated Brunner, at Brunner, on the first innings, by four runs, the scores being 61 and 57. Kunanga defeated Kumara, at KumaTa, by 20 runs, the scores being 105 and 85. Cameron's defeated Kunanga B by 139 runs to 88. Stockton. Mine. The Stockton mine, where a dispute exists between the management and t"ao men iu regard to the number or shifts to bo worked daily, is still idle, with, it is stated, no prospect of an <j&rly settlement. Lewis Pass Road. The Minister for Public Works has further advised Mr H. E. Holland regarding the Lewis Pass road that the position is that this work, which has been carriod on as a relief job, Ame up for consideration by Cabinet recently, and it was decided that the work was to cease. The question of making provision for those requiring relief w<Jrk is to be dealt with by the Cabinet Committee, of which tho Act-ing-Prime Minister is chairman. Inquest. An inquest concerning the death of Wilfred Charles Harvey, the victim of the fire tragedy at Inangahua on Friday, was held at Inangahua Junction, before Mr W. B. Auld, Coroner, on Saturday. The Coroner returned a verdict that Harvey was burnt to death on Friday, November 14th, 1930, in his hut, situate near Inangahua Junction, through the building catching fire, there being insufficient evidence to show how tho fire occurred. The Coroner drew attention to the danger likely to arise from the practice of storing petrol in quantities adjacent to living quarters. Fire at Hokltika,. Tho stables of Mr W. White, in North Revell street, Hokitika, were completely destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Slip in Buller Gorge. A big slip occurred to-day at 11 o'clock, near Tirora, in tho Buller Gorge. About a dozen cars were hold up for an hour, while trees were removed by blasting.