PORT CHALMERS POLICE COURT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13945, 3 July 1907, Page 8

PORT CHALMERS POLICE COURT.

Monday, July 1. (Before Mr A. Thomson and Captain Hodge, J.P. s.).

Drunkenness.—A. first offender, charged with this offence, was convicted and fined ss, or 21 hours' imprisonment. Herbert Back, a seaman, similarly charged, a-as fined ss, or 24 hours' imprisonment.

Assault. —AVilliam Jl'Killop was charged with having assaulted Charles Taylor on board the Mokoia at Port Chalmers last Saturday. The complainant, v/ho is chief engineer on the vessel, slated that accused had evidently been drinking, but was not drunk. He ordered accused to turn to work, but the latter followed Taylor to his-room, from ' which M'Killop was subsequently ejected. Accused thereupon struck out at complainant, and persisted in doing so until Taylor got him down and held him until the police were summoned, when accused was given in charge. Complainant stated thai accused's conduct had been good previously. In view of this testimony the Bench decided to deal leniently with accused, who was fined £1 and 3s costs, in default seven days' imprisonment-.

Indecent Exposure.—William Howorlh was charged with having committed this offence on June 28 and June 29 in Jfacandrew road and tho New Cemetery road respectively. After hearing the evidence the Bench remanded accused until to-morrow.

It is stated that spurious coins arc in circulation at Foxtori. .

Good polo ponies fetch excellent prices in Ifngland. A Taranaki resident bought a mare and foal from the Maoris at a very Email figure, and later sold the foal, which had furnished into a well-built tractable pony, to. a Hawera gentleman for. polo purposes. The pony was afterwards shipped to England, where it realised £400, and later was- purchased for £500 and taken to France.

Tares or vetches give abundance of feed in winter and spring. Sow two bushels per acre mixed with rye, corn, or Cape baxlev. Supplied by Sinjjpo and Blair,.,