WANGANUI.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1264, 21 May 1896, Page 18

WANGANUI.

One of tho hands on bo, it'd tho a;-. Hiiii got ids face bud I v scalded by an explosion

of glycerine whilst lubricating i.ho refrigerating engine on Tuesday week. Thy steamer was taking m frozen meat from the Freezing Works at the Heads, for transhipment to tho Indramayo, and instead of stopping tho machinery to fill the lubricator with glycerine, ho did so while it was in motion, with the result that an explosion from compression took place. Tho man was taken to the hospital, where his injuries were dressed, after which ho was able to leave tho institution.

Tho police for some time past liavo been trying to put down tho unlicensed sale of strong drink in the back country, and have succeeded in getting several convictions, out of winch they have gamed evidence implicating still further persons. On Tuesday, D. B. Howard, a storekeeper at Karioi, was brought before tho Bench, and convicted on two charges. Ho was fined £25 on the first, and sentenced to three months’imprisonment on tho second. Mr Kettle, who presided on the Bench, treated the cases as separate offences, and refused to give tho accused tho option of a fine, but alter argument on the part of Howard’s counsel agreed to reconsider his decision, ordering reports from the police and the Probation Officer to bo

prepared and presented to him on Monday next, defendant being allowed bail on his own recognisance of £SO. Hoivard is a very respectable young fellow and a great favourite with all who know him, and while ho has broken the law, tho evidence showed that ho has not done bo for his own profit, nor has ho in any way been guilty of the usual “ sly grog ” selling tricks.