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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9117, 10 April 1901, Page 3

During the current season 160,224 packages of butter and 20,045 packages of cheese have been shipped from New Plymouth. y The Seventh Contingent, which left Wellington on Saturday, numbers exactly 600 men. The Gulf of Taranto's first port of call will be Durban. The Greymouth Chamber .of .Commerce has decided to call a meeting, of merchants to form a company with a capital of £60,000 to purchase two. steamers for the West Coast trade, being dissatisfied with the treatment accorded by Union Steamship Company. . T» a description of Government House, Mclbaurnjß, where the Duke and Duchess of York will reside while in Victoria, "Lino," in 'the Argus, says : "At the far end are goodness knows how many servants' rooms, all comfortable, large, and well furnished, the maids having a sitting, and sewing room for their par 1 ticular use. The big kitchen is a most fascinating -place. An oven to hold thirty pairs of fowls at 'once, a range for numbers of joints, etc. ; a marvellous steam table, with cupboards and shelves, where everything keeps at boiling point without boiling ; a rack over it, where spoons and forks hang, comfortably hot, so that the chef may not distress his artistic &t>ul by plunging a cold spoun into an entree; ' a French arrangement, with a graiifog over jjas jets, which allows a most delicately graduated heat, and where one learns tnat a pot should not be lifted off the fire, but gradually drawn to a cooler spot. To suddenly lift a pol may ruin a soufflle ! The chief steward is a lucky man. He has a comfortable suite of apartments to himself, most pleasant duties, and an income of something like £600 a year. Behind two closed doors, over which are a> fclip of paper and seals, lies an immense value in wines. That is what strikes the observer in these parts of the house, the 'inmense size and vast quantity of everything, the chests of plate, the end-_ less variety of china and glass, the huge cellars, cupboards, and so on. One narries away an impression of size, space, i»nd light. . The furniture, - the coloring, tend to white cream, and ivory. big windows let in light from all quarters. The responsibilities of hotelkeepers were discussed in the Police CouTt at Auckland last w.eek, when Timothy B. O'Connor was charged with a breach of the Licensing Act by permitting drunkenness on liis licensed premises, the Victoria Hotel, in Victoria street. The particular act complained of was tha selling of liquor to a man named Murphy, . and permitting him to remain on the premises. The defendant was away at the races at the time, having charge of a boolh there, and a barmaid had been left in charge of the bar. For the defence it was alleged that the bannaid was nut hi charge at the time, and that the liquor supplied was not intoxicating. These statements were denied by Sergeant Forbes, and His Worship said it was impossible to believe the defence on, the facts, and he could only pass the statements over, as had often been done in similar defences raised in licensing Cases. The legal defence raised was that, although the defendant's barmaid supplied liquor to au intoxicated man, and the defendant might- be convicted under section 146 of selling to a drunken man, yet he could not oe convicted of permit--1 ting drunkenness, as he.^personally did not permit itl The Magistrate held thai the hotelkeeper was bound by the acts of his servant. Further, His Wor- - ship was inclined to think that serving ginger-ale to a drunken person to be consumed on the premises, and allowing him to remain in the bar', would be permitting drunkenness, though thafe was a point it wafc unnecessary to decide in , the present case. The defendant must ' be convicled. Mr Reed urged His Wori ship to exercise his powers under section i 87 of the Justices of : the Peace Act, j - and dismiss the case. He pointed out that if a conviction were recorded, which s would meai< the endorsement of the U- j f cense, the defendant would have to f or- ] l feit his tenancy according to the_ terms J of the lease, which were very stringent, I and would thus be deprived of his liver j liliood. The Magistrate consented to ul- } low- the case to stand 'over till he had . f consulted with the Inspector of Police. ■