NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 122, 11 October 1895, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

BREACHES 01' TEE LICENSING ACT. Dunedin, Oct. 9.

At Balclutha to**day, 'William Moir, Who formerly kept the Farmers’ Arm Hotel, was fined £SO and costs for selling whisky without a license. A local Christy Minstrel Company gave an entertainment in Mr Moir’s Hall, and at the request of a local bank manager a bottle of whisky was provided for the company. The secretary offered to pay if he got a receipt, but Moir declined the money. No evidence was forthcoming that the whisky had been paid for, and for the defence it was contended that there had been no sale, and that had Moir desired to charge for the whisky he could have added it to the price of the Hall, instead of which it being a local company he had let the Hall cheaper than usual.

NEW ZEALAND GOLF TOURNMENT. Wellington, Oct. 10.

The final for the championship of the New Zealand Golf Tournament was played at the Hutt this afternoon he' tween Dr Gossett and Mr Wilde, both of Christchurch. The former won by sup and 3to play. The handicap match will be finished in the forenoon, and in the afternoon Ihe Intercolonial Island Match will be played. THE AMYES TRAGEDY. CuiIISTCHUKCII, Oct. 10. At the inquest on Charles Amyes a verdiet of accidental death was returned. The evidence showed that he had suffered from bronchitis, and all in the house had gone to sleep worn out with watching. About 12^30jo’cloak Mrs Amyes woke|and found he had left the room. She discovered him lying in a spare bedroom with the gun by bis side. Thejcharge had gone through his throat. He had been disturbed previously by dogs howling out side and had been heard to threaten that he would take a gun and shoot them. LICENSING LAW, WOODVILLE, Oct. 10. T. Go mm, of the Star Hotel, was fined £5 and costs for supplying liquor to other than a traveller on Sunday, September 15, and another £5 and costs for keeping the bar open on the same day. Since the information was laid Gomm transferred the license to O’Leary, and the question arose whose license should be endorsed. The Magistrate maintained that the premises were affected, but would not endorse the license till next Court day, to enable counsel to show cause why it should not be done.