LYTTELTON NEWS
GLADIOLUS AND DAHLIA SOCIETY The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Lyttelton Gladiolus and Dahlia Socletv:—patron, Mr G. C. Taylor; president, Mrs B. H, Gilmour; vice-presidents. Mesdames M. Morse and P. A. M. Heath, the Rev. J. Silvester, Messrs W. T.' Lester. J. T Norton, S. Cording, E. J. Chapman, W. R. Toon, D. S. Broughton, J. Field, E. Paulsen; secretary, Mr A. E. Sanders; assistant ?now secretary. Mr G. C. Taylor; auditor. Mr C. Pascoe; show stewards. Mesdames E. L.. Harvey and A. Sullivan; committee. Mesdames J Preston. P. S. H. Warner, E. L. Harvey, J. Nelson, A. Sullivan, T. Roughan, L. Radovonich. Messrs A. Le Comte, E. Warner, D. C. Moore T Roughan, A. Sullivan, R. Welsh, S. Charley, J- Nelson, L. Shuker, A. G. Renney, O. G. Shuker. Fined for Pillaging *™9 waterside workers were each fined *:J U defau lt one month's imprisonment, at the Lyttelton Magistrate's Court yesterday for cargo pillaging. They were Jack Holman, alias Harry Hudson, aged b5 years who was charged with stealing a .i quantlty of bal »anas and a bottle of hair °i l *2 f a „ to . tal value of 3 s 3d. the property of the Union Steam Ship Company, and w"ifh er i t C ii^ Hines - 12. charged with stealing bananas and a bottle of ii^-.i 1, of , a^ total value of 3s W. the property of. the same company. Both R lea , de |, euihy. Messrs W. O. Cleary and .L Su i ton> Jus tices of the Peace, were on the Bench.
Senior-Sergeant F. Hayhurst said that as a result of information received that Sin™ £f ing P» la e ed in the steamer express Wahine. a search was-made by ?& eC C A P i Burns and a constable 5 . The goods were found in the pockets of H? »v? cc v? s , e i 3s coats - which were hanging in the hold. Cargo pillaging was regarded as a serious offence. mo^ U l or . «Ie accused said that the men had found the goods loose on the te ~Lw ho 4i and put them in their pockets. This practice was hot un£™fw wxth l00 ?l goods. Their conviction nf htS a , ri l Wlt s " the additional penalty °l.r e i ng barred from working on the waterfront for a period of six months In imposing the fines, the Bench said tne offence was a serious one, and the +.^ u l ed « could re S ard themselves as fortunate in not being sent to gabl
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24743, 7 December 1945, Page 3
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