NEWS IN BRIEF.
Four men and one woman, arrested' for drunkenness, occupied the police cells last . night. „, , , > ~ .„, .. ; The Waitemata Licensing. Committee will sit to-day at Devonport at noon. The Auckland committee will sit on the 6th inst., and the Parnell committee on the 7th iiwt. At the Police Court yesterday, two Devonport residents wero each fined 10s, and costs 28s, for using a garden hose , without holding it in their hands. The Devonport Borough Council laid the informations. . ■ ; None of the fishing boats having returned, there was no fish offering at the wharves yesterday. There appears to be no scarcity just now, however, as dealers are obtaining a fair- supply from Thames, The fishermen meet again on Saturday, in respect to the dispute between them and ' the dealers. : -;""';" , ■'" '" , '"' .'"* .' ,-" When sentencing a clerk, Percy Nelson Nicholson, to three; years for. embezzlement, the Chief Justice in the Brisbane Supreme Court i remarked to accused, " you are a hopeless lunatic." ; Accused: had iadmitted that; he went on taking money,' in , the hope of getting it back ; by gambling with the bookmakers. lt _ f l "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14930, 1 March 1912, Page 8
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