SLY GROG-SELLING. FURTHER CONVICTIONS AND FINES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 44, 21 February 1908, Page 8

SLY GROG-SELLING. FURTHER CONVICTIONS AND FINES.

■Some time ago the police, believ ing that grog selling was being carried on in certain quarters of the city, stationed two probationary constables in premises under suspicion. As the result several persons havo been before the court charged with tho illicit sale of liquor. Last week a man named Smith for this offence was fined £5, and to-day Robert Wilson was charged with the illicit sale of liquor on 26th January, 2nd and 9th February. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £5, with costs 7s, on two of th,e occasions, and ordered to pay court costs 7s on tho other. j » On a charge of ueing on certain premises in Forester-lane on 9th F-ebruary, for the purpose of illicitly dealing in liquor, William Cody was fined £2, with costs 7s, or in default fourteen days' imprisonment. For selling liquor without a license on the 2nd and 9th of February James Robinson was fined £5, and costs 7s, for each occasion. Twenty-one dayb' imprisonment was given as an alternative. Forty -eight hours weie allowed for payment. Robert M'Nab, who was also sentenced to three months' imprisonment for being an idle and disorderly, was charged with being on premises in Foresterslane for the purpose of illicitly dealing in liquor. A fine of 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment was imposed.. 'Mr. Wilford appeared on behalf of the- defence.

In the case of Noah Jonassen v. Sydney Mitchell Barnes yesterday, judgment was given for £32 12s 3d, defendant not appearing. An application for a rehearing on Tuesday next was granted today. ? The demand for nurses for the public hospitals in New Zealand is greater than the supply, and the Assistant -Inspector of Hospitals (Miss Mac Lean) has written to New South Wales to ascertain if theve are any nurses in that State willing to take service in. the Dominion. A large number of nurses i.i New Zealand prefer private nursing engagements or employment in private hospitals to service in the public institutions, as the remuneration h better and the conditions are not so exacting. Balclutha and Invereargill had a drizzle this moininrr, and the Bluff had Tain, showers flitted over the East Cape, Hokianga, and Manukau Heads, but elsewhere in New Zealand the same old dryness continued. "There are indications for rain in Otago," is the most that the Meteorological Office can say about the outlook. A petition from residents of Taitville and vicinity has been numerously signed, for presentation to the City Council, in which a request is made to have the Aro-street tram track extended to Nor-way-street. Shortly after 8.30 o'clock last night an Otaki resident named Charles Bell walked from behind a stationary tramtar in Manners-street, near the old fire brigade station, and received a severe knock on tho arm and shoulder from a car that came along on the adjoining line. He was thrown to the track and received injuries to his head and shoulder which needed attention at the hospital, but it is reported to-day that his condition i 3 not serious. On Wednesday a motorman saw come boys tampering with the tramway points near Newtown school, but after having a good look at the offenders, he allowed them to go. The points were at once put right, but there must have been further interference with them, for yesterday a tramcar was run off its course at tho same quarter and made to collide with one coming from the direction of Island Bay. The cars sustained only slight damage, but the fact remains that an accident causing loss of life could just as easily be caused by this criminal practice. School-teachers and parents might do much to discourage tho practice by warning children of the seriousness of Hie offence, which is punishable with drastic penalties under the statute law. Tho train arrangements on thn Wellington and Manawatu lino for tho .sculling championship on Tuesday next are advertised in this issue. Messrs. Atkins and Bacon, Arohiteots, advortibo that they have removed from Sussex Chambers to Nathan's Buildings, . Grey-atreofc, second floor t