THE COURTS-TO-DAY.
I CITY POLICE COURT. ffl (Before C. C. Graimm. Esq.. S.M.) S Drunkenness.—John Robert Cameron was jjjwined 10s, or twenty-four hours' imprisonpjment. John French, who, it was stated' |.by the chairman of the Benevolent Institution, had given considerable trouble to the from time to time, owing to hL<-' refusal to abide by the"' regulations, was fined 20s, or s.even days' imprison-! jtment. Several previous convictions for had been recorded ||French. lj Obscenity.— Harold, charged |ivrith this offence at the Caledonian Grounds Won the 21st inst.. pleaded guiltv.— The said Harold had been guilty of i|a disgusting and disgraceful offence, and he «would have to go to gaol for six months. |1 Furious Driving.—William King pleaded Mguilty to this offence in Princes street on l-rjthe 'lsth inst.—He was fined 40s. The Smagistrate recommended the attention of the i inspector of cabs being dTawn to the cirnrmstance. thimney on Fire.—Elias Facoory, charged with allowing the chimney of a house occupied by him in Elson's right-of-way to catch fire on the 15th inst., was fined ss.
!Mr J. Mills, managing director of fhe| U.S.S. Company, entertained the heads ofj the departments in Dunedin at a farewell dinner at the Grand Hotel last evening. The directorate were represented by the Hon. G. M'Lean and Mr E. B. Cargill. According to a German scientific magazine, Mjartifieial slate is made by coating tin-plate Ijw'ith a mixture of finely ground natural slate, Slampblack. and a solution of water glass. EjSeven parts of slate, ground with water to Kan impalpable pulp, are mixed with one part |aof lampblack and added to two parts of water SSglass in solution : the rather stiff mass which Sresults is brushed upon tin plates previously JJroughcned with sandstone.
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Evening Star, Issue 11454, 23 January 1901, Page 6
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