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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18723, 29 November 1922, Page 5

At the Police Court on Monday, before Mr 11. W. Bundle, R.M., the New Zealand Hardware Company was charged, tinder the Arms Act, with delivering a case of gelignite anti 200 detonators to Archibald Morrison, tho latter not being entitled to receive the same because he was not in possession of a permit.—A plea of “guilty” was entered by the manager of the company.—lt was explained by Rub-inspector Eccles that the gelignite was sold for use in tho Kaitangata mine. Tho defendant company had not been before the court on any other charge, and tho present breach was duo to (ho mistake of one of its employees.—The Magistrate said that there was no chance of the explosives going astray In that case. A fine of 20s and costs (7s) would be inflicted. A charge against Morrison of procuring tho explosives without a permit was withdrawn on the application of the police. Ruby Lilian Aitken, who had, it appeared, got into a violent argument on Saturday night in Frederick street with some of her relatives (at, 10.30 o’clock) was charged with disorderly behaviour, the specific charge being that she had knocked her mother-in-law down. —Tho Magistrate inflicted a fine of 25s and costs (7s) in default three days’ imprisonment, the defendant being given a week to pay on her ow n request. Ernest Joseph Dookrell. for whom Mr J. Calder appeared, who offered to pay 15s per week in connection with affiliation obligations, had an order made against, him accordingly;.--.—Gerald Shield, who pleaded guilty to riding a motor cycle past a stationary tramcar, was fined 40s and costs (7s). ——Janies Curtis had to pay a fine of 10s and costs for oriving an express van on the wrong side of the street. Mary Carr was fined 10s and costs (7s) for allowing two cows to wander at Bayfield road. Anderson’s Bay. A first, offending inebriate was fined 10s. the default being 24 hours’ imprisonment. For the first time there was a barber’s shop on Goodwin Sands, off Deal, Kent, one day recently, when a London hairdresser took bis appliances there in a motor boat, and did a brisk business.