NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1266, 4 March 1918, Page 5

NEWS IN BRIEF.

All the river- of Cant. . ; ' I portal dear this morn -The week end sale of i ..... ■ • ■ j supplies at tlu> ];■ , i ;,' atln irnl Sijuaie, i. - -. of £11:; ■..■.,. ■•.;;, 1 und. H ttii lt in : - > ; . . . I Court • ' • ■ : sti - II ■ tl, - -- - -'-■ M»» ' S- i . , • .: : : A V ' ■•;'.' .'. ' ; ' : ' • ' ■ -;.;:■- i;. v " " ■ ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ A - ' ' t.v th. 1: -t i"!:'.!. P fr > ■7 lor ti... . . :, : - • ■ ■- ■■ , ■ - •trar,.| ~M . ( . r . , .. .one side only. T '-' "'-'"'•"-.' r.t ■;•- and moior li-y.h-s registered with the < City Coun.ii for the vear .■•. M-e.nK-r :;l. HUT. was ']■ ,:,. ■,. | ll'ld ;■■. • -'"■ i ■ ' ■ •■- r;,T<. ]'.'2 old .ars, !• 7 i!.-w : ,otoi .-v.-;. s. an ; - - j motor cycles. In a j :,-;,,,, theT( . ~,...,. eight motor v.a-oijs and six wagons. Air 11. W. Bishop. S.M.. ■_. went for plaintifl l.y default in ea.h of the following ,-ivil . -ases at the Magistrate's Court this morning:—.\. B~_'g and Son v. Angus G. Foster" £J: j Motor Co.. Lt.!., v. A. K Thoni] John ftutterlu-W v. Mi. had Konan, i; 17/2; Cooper an.l Imuran, Lt.l., v. .1 Fairhairn, ."/<!: A. H. Weld, v James Dalzell. £l7 ].-, .; : John I hamUn. an.l Son. Lt.l., v. IMwar.l ('. Woodham, t*'i li/10; Johnston, Mills, an.l Jov. e v. John Moir. C. 17/-. The margin between whole-ale an.l retail prices of fruit was referred to at the Fruitgrowers' Ass i meeting on Saturday evening. Mr C. Thornton state.l that he ha.l s~d 1 apples' at IM per 11. at a . |,a.) -,< u the same fruit retaiie.J at Li ami TJd per 11.. The ehairmau stated thru the Federation was en.le; a more satisfactory arrangement I• - twven growers and'.onsiimcrs, an.l was shortly to spend between £.*( £lut'U in advertising a fn.it campaign. A fneeting of Sumner residents iutereste.l in the extension of electric light to the borough was held; o;: Saturday evening. Mr Fitzhenry. who preside.!, stated his reasons for calling the meeting. He asserted that the < hrist.hur.h City Council was prepared to r<i free of cost and SUJ.jdv li,e rill at least 4.1 per unit. The estimated ...-! was ij.ni f .er mill — the average house cou' i he 'it. f'jr ;.. ' - per

saving in the . _ I _ l iii.iu.-t* a more extenshe use of cooking appliances, an.) hence the m innieijial gas work- would no! suffer, lie niove.i:—"That an association should be estaolished, known as the Ek-ctricity 'for Simmer Association." The motion was carried. In Keatlierston Cam;. Orders it is aimoun.e.l that No. 7<sl.">n Private William Worrall. I' Coinj.aiiy. CI Draft, having been found guilty uf —,l f -- obeying in such a manner as to show a wilful defiance of authority a lawful (command jjiven personally by hi< suIpcrior oliiccr. in the execution ...:' i..s ofliee; and r~ ) disobey ing a law] jmaml given by Lis superior ■ . ■ , j has been sentenced to uuderj two !years' imprisonment with hard la! 0.,r. i Having been convict. I of -.:.. fen.-es. No. 7tU4*> Private Ernest Munns. i» ('ompai.v. ( ! l'rait. ami X... ri!<-J9 Fiivate A. 101 l ! -- IHJi !lV.r>..i : s. i> Company. :;7th 'lieiufor.'c- | mej.r. have .•;..!. (••-•-:; sentence: to an- - car an 111 th- !' lar, -- • ■ ■ • : , _ , . .:•_•-,.■ " '. . . :. _■ ."a : " I. ■ - ■. lif'c 1 ■.'■:■: -: ,i. ; .- • £.-. All these : ' on Harle? Pa.i Son Motor Cycles. JONES BROS., LTI>, r- V- ■ . ■ ,-•• - a i ■ ' fIC i Sts. ft