NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.
Press Association, SUPPLYING DRINK TO PROHIBITED PERSONS. ; . Christchurch, August 0. , At Kaiapoi to-day Henry Smith, license© of the Belfast Hotel, was fined J 25 and costs, and his license endorsed, on a charge of supplying Hugh Henry, a prohibited person, with liquor. Henry was recently charged before the Kaiapoi Court' and fined for drunkenness, and the same afternoon died while a dislocation of on© of his shoulders was being reduced. Napier, August 5. As the result of the police investigations into the case of the late Gerald Dowling, who, though a prohibited person, was able to get drink, Elizabeth Scott has been fined .£5 for procuring liquor for Dowling, and also sentenced to three months* imprisonment for vagrancy. “ . THE PRISONER EVISON. Auckland, August 5. Evison, who gave himself up, declaring that he had caused the death of a woman at Nottingham, has withdrawn his confession, and says there was no truth in it. The Nottingham authorities are enquiring into the ease. - Christchurch, August -6. Another split has been caused in the body here known as the Students of Truth by -the marriage ■ on Saturday of the' teacher, A. B, Worthington. When Worthington announced his intention to marry, a number of the Students seceded, and held thefirstoftheirmeetingslastnight. According to correspondence published in the newspapers, the Rev W. Biich declined to conduct the service, and Worthington' was married at the Registrar's office. *ln reference to a statement telegraphed from Port Chalmers that the master of the barquentine Yolande complained that; though lying within three miles of LyttelHeads for 48 hours, he was not reported, the harbourmaster states that the vessel was never nearer than five milos.anddid not fly her signals. ;■ '■■■-
Gisborne, August S. The directors of the Gisborne Gas .Company have paid a dividend of five per cent, for the half-year. • . ’ Palmerston North, August 5.
At the District Court, in the case of Moles v. Hubble, claim £3DO damages for the seduction of plaintiff’s daughter, judgment jvas given for .£IOO and costs, Auckland, August 5. At a meeting of the Auckland Stock and Sharebrokers’ Association a resolution. was passed strongly protesting against the pro* posed now clauses in the Mining Qompapios Act Amendment Bill having reference to sharebrokers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2581, 6 August 1895, Page 2
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369NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS. New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2581, 6 August 1895, Page 2
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