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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue LXXXVIII, 10 September 1914, Page 6

Eleven first-offending " drunks " received lenient treatment at the hands of Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., at to-day's sitting of the Magistrate's Court. William Thomas Waters, an old offender, made another appearance. " I will send you to gaol for one month," 3aid his Worship, "in the hope that you will get the chink out of your system." David Turley was fined 10a for being drunk, and £2, or one month in gaol, for "disturbing the atmosphere" (said Inspector Hendi-ey) with obscene language. Another inebriate, Alexander Bolstad, was fined 10s, in default fortyeight hours in gaol. ' Private cable intelligence received in Wellington states that the London Shipping_ Gazette had issued a warning to British shipowners not to "fix" their ships to German firms in New York and elsewhere. On the other hand, it ap* pears from other advices that in.true» tions are being given by German owners to keep their position open with. British steamers. A request has been made to local shippers, and consignees particularly, against supporting German lines operating in the meantime in English steamers. The suggestion is made that steamers loaded by these firms will not be covered under the Government War Insurance scheme. The question of the establishment of a temporary fish market in Auckland was the subject of a conference this week between the Mayor of Auckland and the City Engineer (Mr. W. E. Bush), when the latter was instructed to proceed at once with the erection of the necessary building on the Customs-atreeL West site. This work will give employment to a number of men (says the Herald). The scheme has aroused a good deal of public interest, as" shown by the number of letters received by the Mayor, most of which contain suggestions of one kind or another. Several fishermen have also writteu to Mi. Pan, approving of the scheme for the establishment of the market, and offering to provide regular supplies when it is opened. "1 am not a rogue and a vagabond," said Robert Sutherland in the Magistrate's Court this morning, when such a charge was read out to him. "I'm a hard-working man. Look, my hands show it. I'm a pioneer, and I have lived in Wellington for 40 years. I served in the 65th. I've been working '•hard, and I have work to go to now." The police based their allegation on the fact that Sutherland was seen " entering private grounds in Mulgrave-street at an early hour this morning. A constable followed accused and discovered him trying the back door. Suthei'land said he had mistaken his own house. He was under the influence of drink, and was very sorry. Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M. : "Under the circumstances I will convict you, and order you to come up for sentence when called upon.. Keep away from the drink in future."