WAIROA COURT CASES.
(Peb Pbksb ASSOCIATION.) V WAIROA, Dec. 20 \t tlic Magistrate's Court to-day, trig Magistrate dismissed ono charge against Howard Nattrass, ol Wellington. The offence was against the Animals Protection \et in Waikaremoana. The Magistrate hold that tho Governor's proclamation was only operative for ouo season and must bo an annual notification in the newspaper circulating in that district. Ho convicted on two other charges of killing pigeons ami fines and .costs totalling over £25 were inflicted. .. Yesterdav. Paul Te Urupu was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter of a. Native girl, Kahu Pomare on tho Wairoa-tTtuiroa road on November o, by coming into collision with a party of Native shearers. The driver, it was alleged, was under the influence of liquor and did not sound his horn. . /', A largo number of breaches of tho liquor law were also dealt with and heavy lines inflicted in most cases. Judgment in one case of taking liquor to a Maori settlement was reserved as the Statute gives no definition of a kaianga.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1706, 22 December 1919, Page 7
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