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North Otago Times, 8 December 1910, Page 1

At the S.M. Court at Waimate on Tuesday (before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M:), A. S; Jonen was fined £2 2sr and costs 7s for «ach of three breaches of ithe Factories Act in'not paying young women in'his employ at the stated periods prescribed by the Act, The total fines amounted to £6 Gs, and the, costs to 21s. : In the caije of, the .police v. Lawler, • for keeping a billiard room open after hours, it was stated 'that the ' Milliard room was' detached from the hotel and was under separate, control, and the case was dismissed. The Waimate Times says that Mr J. Ritchie, Chairman of the Land, Purchase Board; Mr,;F, Bro'derick,: .Commissioner, or Crown Lands, and' Mr D.N. Scott, Ranger, arrived in town yesterday, • and in company with Mr Scott,'manager of the Na'-i tiorial Mortgage and Agency;. Company, 'probee'dedy to Waihao Downs! in order to. inspect the ■ Serpentine Valley property, ntvw under.':often to 1 the Government,'and< to-look over •the recentlyi iaoq,uired Stoney Creek property,': -with-a view/;to-su'Wdivi-sion into euitflble 'sized 'holdings,..,