NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1362, 13 February 1912, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

ißy 'Mceratti— Press Asso.-.taUoa.) _*_ ■ . "NUISANCE TO COMMUNITY." Ghristchurch, February 12. ■ At: tho Magistrate's Court to-day, Frederick Jansen, a young man, was charged with seHiiis whisky to John Smyth on February 11 without having a license to do so. Ho was also charged with being au idlo and disorderly person, and with having insufficient lawful means of support. Ho pleaded guilty to the first charge. The magistrate said that half the troublo in town which aroso from drunkenness was caused by'tllese'illicitigrog. sellers. They were a nuisance to the community and to hotelkcepers. After inspecting accused's :ecord, the magistrate fined him .£2O. He said that 1 tho law did not allow a sentence of iinMisonmcnt, but a man with a record ;e accused's was a criminal, and he could not treat him leniently. Thr chargp of vagrancy was withdrawn. BURGLARY AT HASTINGS. Hastings, February 12. The business premises of T.'Morgaii, wino and spirit merchant, were burglariously broken into at 2 o'clock this morning. The thieves entered the office at the rear of tho building by cutting a hole in the window and unfastening the latch. A desk containing £5 12«. 6d. was rifled, but the money was left intact. Eight or iiino bottles of whisky were taken.' The , police are investigating. BODY RECOVERED. „, , , Gore, February 12. Tho body of the boy George Edward Gaudm, who was drowned in tho Mata.ura River, below the falls at Mataura, on February 3, was recovered on Saturday by tho lad's father, four miles below the township. FIRE AT HAMILTON. Hamilton, February 12. A five-roomed dwelling owned by Mrs., vowloss, and occupied by Mr. pirns, was totally destroyed bv fire at Hamilton East on Saturday night. Tho furniture was ■ insured for .£IOO in. the Northern, and the house was also insured; but the amount and office aro not known. Thcr* was no water supply to fight tho outbreak STEAMER TOO LATE. . Napier, February 12. Tho steamer Monowai, from Gisborno, arrivod too late to connect .with the southbound express, and a protest to the Union Stoam Ship Company, signed by about fifty' passengers, was forwarded against such delays. MAORIS AND LIQUOR. Hawera, February 12. A labourer named William Aden Reid ■ was to-day fined j>2o. (tho amount beinj aftorwards reduced to .£10) for having supplied liquor to a Maori woman. The defendant's wife was also fined £5. £17 FOR A DRINK. Auckland, February 12. At the Police Court to-day, Avis Ann M'Cormick pleaded not guilty to a charge of procuring liquor whilst boing a prohibited person, and Percy Albort Wisdom and Lilian Broadmead pleaded not guilty to assisting tho first defendant to procure tho liquor. Afber evidence had been heard, Wifdom was fined J!10, Broadmead X 5, and M'Cormick £2. ALLEGED PASSING OF DISEASED MEAT. Christchurch, February 12. In connection with the allegations made that diseased meat has been passed as ■ sound by the Government Inspector at. tho municipal abattoirs, tho Abattoir Committee of tho City Council met tonight to mako the necessary preliminary arrangements for an inquiry, which it was decided should bo held on Wednesday, February 21. Tt was also unanimously decided that tho proceedings should bo open to newspaper reporters, and further to invito all interested to attend tho inquiry and give evidence. YOUNG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE. . Onmaru, February 12. . A man named Honry Whitehouro, ased 28 yonrs, committed siiicido by cutting his throat in a room in a boarclinghonse> which he rented. His father is raid to bo a merchant at Wrcxhnui, North Wales. CHESS CONGRESS. Napier, Fobrnary 12. The brilliancy at the recent chcsi, congress hns been awarded to' Mr. James, of Wellington, Mr. Jones, of Maslerton, l)cing second, and Mr. Jonrdain, of N&. pior, third and fourth; and' Mr. Grior. son, of Auckland, fifth. HARVEST DELAYED. Oamaru, February 12, The harvest is boiug dolayed by' uflf&w ourablo weather. Rain bopm to fall again this cveuin^.