DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2919, 31 January 1884, Page 8

DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

> : , The following i« th> result of ttm firing for > the Di»triot p*i*e» among thu carbine J oomp»tis» m Canterbury, arranged m ' order: — „ .' ; • ■ i L. ...,-., ■ , ■ Froe, I Point*. £ ». «, Gunner Kills (Timwa Artillery) 66 B 6 I Q.u«rterma«ter Sorgeijjt Sinolair ; ; t ! X obrirt( > huroll Artillery) ... 6* <8 10 L,tieaton*nt Drannfleld (LjtKl- ■ I ! ton ITftTsl Artillery) ... •., 60 318 r Gunner Jeffrey* (Ohrutobnrcb ; ' ' : i Artilierr) ... ... ■ ... 69 215 ) Sergeant J)ougall (Cbriilchuroh . r I 1 Artillery) ...' ......i ... 69 210 2 Seaman Chapman (Igrttelfcon " - ; Sanl ArtilUry); -,i. ■ ... 69 116 ) Gunner Lusk (C/hrutoburoh : , ; Artillery) .■.. ... ... i 66 110 , Sergoant'Major Duncan (Objfiit- ' [' ' L . obaroh Artillery) j.. i ... 56 1 1 , Gunner At t wood (Obrittohunb > ArtiU«7) ..r :.. • ... 65 Oil

BETifENS OF OFFBNOB3,. 1883. Through the courtesy of the Ispeotor of Police at Timaru, we are enabled to publiah the following [statistics relating tn the work af tlie Police Department m the Timaru d;stricl. for tbe year 1883. The Tirr.aru Police Disirioi. comprises tbe country between the Kukaia und Waitaki rivers, and thu return of offences therefore includes ull cases dealt with at the local stations a'ud Courts at liuiaru, Wuimate, Teaiuka, Qera'.dine, Ashbutton, and Bakaia. 'lbe following shows the number of offtrapcs reported for the whole distiict during 1882 ttud 1883, tho number of persons appro* bended, and the results of magitserial enquiries respecting them : — 1882. 1883. Number of offences reported 2124 1802 Number of persons appre- . bended or summoned ... 2105 ISSI Committed for trial... ... 47 „83 Summarily oonvicted ... 175S 1648 Discharged ... "... ... 300 180 Of the 1861 persons apprehended or summonod 1747 were males and 114 femsles. The 33"oornmitted for trial were all males ; l{|6o males and 98 females' were summarily oonvicted, and 164 males and 16 females discharged. . The corresponding return for the Timiiru sub-district is as follows :— ■ , ' ' " '.' .183,2. 1888. Number of offences reported ... 703 IJ4B Number of persone apprehended • or summoned ... ... 693 fys Committed for trial jijj 13 Summarily convicted ... ... 64S 549 Discharged .....,,"... ... 125 86 Of the 648 persons arrested or summoned last, year 611 were males and 37 females. Tho 13 committed for trial were all malies; of tbe 649 summarily dealt with 516 "ere males and 33 females j and of the 86 dis. charged 82 were males and 4 females. The following is a list of the most common and of the graver offences, showing (under o) the number of offences reported^ arid (urider 4), the number of persons either summarily convicted or committed for trial m reipect of each class, throughout the police district for the year 1883 : — ■, / '■■..'" ■ . . a , b Arson ... ■ . ...' ... .... 6 2 Assaults, common ... ; : ... 49 26 Assaults of graver -character .., 16.: 13 Breaobes of special laws — - ' ' '. ' , ' Destitute Persons Belief Act 1&; ''9 Dog Registration Act .... 60 '25 Mupioipal By-laws 238 831 . Protection'of Animals Act... 21 ■19 Public Works Act ... ... ... 26 19 I.; Registration of Births Act... 85 . SO Shipping and Seamen's Act... 25 24 Breaches of the peace ... ... 15 14 Burglary ... ; ... ... 2 "0 Contempt' of Court., disobedi- ' ence of orders, &c. ... . 5 ,;. 6 Cruelty to .animals .... .„. 14 , 18 Disorderly copduot „. ... i 211 Drunk and disorderly >.. ... 889 • 799 Embezzlement - ... ... 11 6 .False pretences.;. ... ... •11 •• 10 Indeoectexposure ... .:; 18 •' 12 Larcenies,common ... ... 68' ' 50 Do., from dwellings.v ..i ' ,25 12 Do., from the person, . „. . 8 , 4 Do.,asbailea , ... • . „.! „X „ 1 Lunaoy ... ... ;, ........ -39 ; 37 [ Do., from drink ... ... , 6 4 Malicious injury to property ... 26 21 Negleoted and criminal children 16 '' 10 Obscdiiß language ... .' '';;: 60. .67 Obstructing and resisting the..'. '' ''' " polioe "... ... ...... 28 :. 26 Bape ..,., ... ... ... 4 i 4 Stealing animal j , ... ... IS (; 12 Using threatening language ... 8 7 Vagrancy ..; ... ;.. <.-.Bsiir.': 79 Wife desertion ■ ... ■ '... /Z -; 1 Most of tho figures show a deoreiie on those of last year, but.there is an incnase of 88 m the number of cases of drunkenness, of 32 m the cases of vagrancy, of 7 jn the number of neglected and criminal children, and of 20 under the Shipping and Seamen's Act, which go far to counter balance the goneral decrease. Assault* of *llkicds reported numbered 65, as against *99 m 1882. Embezzlements were 11, against 5 m tlie pievipus year. Larcenies of all kinds showed 'ft decrease for the yeur, being 102 m 1833 and 13^ m 1882. The number of lunatics, excluding those entered as lucatios from drink, numbered 39 la«t jear t 36 the year before —a large proportion for our population. In 1882 there were 123 cases of malicious injury to property; last year only 26. In 1888 there were 9 cases of wife desertion'reported; lait year only 2. • ■•; I ■ ' The following is a similar li«t of offariees reported at the Timaro Polioe Bt»tfco, «ad of resulting convictions and oommUt»lii;-x . .-.: : r ..• ■„■■-: ■■%■:--'.' b Arson ... .:. ■■„.■•• .-.. B": 2 Aesanlts, common ... ... .... 18 6 Assaults of graver character ... i >'S Breaches of special laws-— ; i.' .0 Destitute Persons Belief Act ... ■: 8 '.J- 7 Dog Begistration Act „, ... 10' 18 Municipal By-laws' ... ... 98 88 Public Work* Act ■■■... ■• . '.i. 16 8 Shipping and Seamen's Act ■ ... 17 17 Trespass Ordinance • ... ... &8 SO Breaches of the peace ...' ... 4 8 Contempt of Court ... ... 3 3 Cruelty to animals : .. ... ...8 2 Drunk Bnd Disorderly ■ . ... ... 3-12 300 Bmbezzlemeßt ... ... ; ..-. .■'•&■ ■ • ■€ False pretences ... ... ,i.: il. . I Indecent exposure ... . ... ... 3 5 Larcenies „.•■.... -•....:' „;• M : 19 Lunacy : ... ... ... >;; 'iO->'^ 9 Do, from drink ... ... ... ?6 '? 4 Malicious injury to property ... ,16 fi Neglected and criminal children ... 11 jlO Obstructing aod resisting polioe ... 10 10 Stealing animals ...' '...■■ ... 8 ..-.9 Vagranoy .;. . .;.....! ... 16 1* Wife desertion ...' ... :, ;.. iiv.-l