TEMUKA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 11 June 1924, Page 10

TEMUKA.

(From Our Own Correspondent)

LICENSING COMMITTEE

ANNUAL MEETING. The anual meeting of the Tcniuka Licensing Committee was held in the Courthouse yesterday. Present - Messrs E. D. .Mosley, S.M. (chairman), W. F. Evans, G. B. Cartwright-, Geo. Haneox, and Geo. Murray, and T. Gunnion. The following transfers were granted:—Burke's pass Hotel, lrom G. M. Elson, to R. J. Tliistletou; Empire Hotel, Temuka, from A. P. Pratt to V. S. Golding; Pleasant Point-Hotel, from J. O’Donnell to Angus McKay. Licenses were granted as follows: — V. S. Golding, Empire Hotel; Angus McKay, Pleasant Point Hotel.; accommodation license, R. J. Thistle-ton, Burke’s Pass Hotel. Renewals. —C. A. Clarke, Albury Hotel; J. McDonald, Crown Hotel; W. H. Jones, Gladstone Hotel, Fairlie; E. O. Shaw, Railway Hotel, Pleasant Point; M. Coffey, Royal Hotel, Temuka; J. J. Cotter, Wolseley Hotel, Winchester; H. J. Wells, Temuka Hotel. Accommodation Licenses. —L. R. Hanna, Cave Hotel; J. AY. Skinner, Kimbell Hotel; C. 'H. Long, Hermitage ;■ James White, Pukaki Hotel. The chairman remarked that the committee we re pleased to report that the various houses in the district were well kept, and there had not been a single complaint from the Health Department, that had not been complied with. The police report also was remarkably free from complaints, although there was one thing he wished to mention, and that was afterhour trading. This, sort of-thing was not fair to the legitimate hotel keeper, and tho committee desired to see it stopped. In the matter of conditional licenses, he understood that some of the ■ successful tenderers charged Is per nip for whisky. As the tenders are based on a charge of 9d and Is, this did not meet with the approval of the Committee. This did not apply to Temuka, although it occurred in the Temuka district. On the whole tlie committee heartily' congratulated the hotelkeepers on the way the houses were managed. Mr T. Gunnion moved that a letter of appreciation be sent to Mr Wallace for his past services as clerk to tho committee. The motion carried unanimously. Mr Reynolds was also welcomed to his new - position.

CHAUTAUQUA, The Dominion Theatre ’ was well filled on Monday/ evening when tho Regal Opera Company opened the season of Chautauqua at Temuka. The programme, w 7 as absorbing to a degree, and the audience , was practically unanimous in tho opinion that it was one of the greatest musical feasts evei placed before a Temuka audience. Drier to the opening of' the programme, the Mayor (Mr T. Gunnion), welcomed the Company to the town, and hoped the season would be successful as all the profits w'ere to be devoted to the Plunket Society, v'hioh was doing such good work iii the district.

MAGISTRATE’S COURT. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, BREACH OF PROHIBITION ORDER. Andrew' Clarkson wms charged with procuring liquor during tlie currency or a prombmon order. Constable O’ Connor stated that ,lie arrested the defendant on Easter Sunday for drunkenness. Sergt. Dwan stated that the deemfant was out on probation from Pakatoa Island, and that he had already served twm terms there. Defendant wms convicted and fined £3, in default one month’s imprisonment, with hard labour. Maurice A. Buckley was-charged with being unlawfully found on licensed premises. Constable Beck stated that about 3.30 p.m. on Sunday, April 18th, hq found the defendant in the hotel. Defendant wrote admitting that he was in the hotel, but not to procure liquor; he was trying to book up a bed. Defendant was convicted and fined 40s and costs. William Coll was similarly charged, and after Constable Beck had given evidence, defendant was convicted and lied 40s and costs.

SHOOTING GAME WITHOUT A

LICENSE

David Cain was charged with shooting game without a license. do.geaiit JAvun .stated mat lie went to urari and louuu ueienuaot m possession ol a grey ducK. trie aid not liave a license, nut procqred one mo loilowmg day. Delenuani. was convicted and fined ■los anu costs. SPEEDING. For driving motors over the intersection of lvmg and High .Streets at an excessive speed, Janies Angus and Henry E. Shields were eaeii convicted and fined 20s and costs. For simiiai olfcnces AL. BUrnett and Thomas Hurley were convicted and lined 10s and costs. QUICK RETRIBUTION, Raymond Walker was charged with stealing the sum of Co is Ju, stamps valued at fUd, and a purse valued a: 2s. lie pleaded guilty. Sergeant .Dwan stated that defendant was employed at the Chautauqua entertainment the previous evening. The pmmste of the company Jiud leu her purse in tho dressing room, ami defendant had gone into the room and taken it. '1 he tuefl had been reported to the police that morning, auu Constables Beck and O’Connor had interviewed defendant, who at first denied all knowledge of tho money, but ho finally admitted the charge. .Mr Campbell said that defendant’s people were very respectable, and deicndant hud probably; acted on tho spur ot the moment. There had been no previous convictions against tho defendant.

Sergeant Dwan said that there was another charge pending against tho Licensed.

The Magistrate said that this seemed to he a deliberate case of theft. Defendant would, lie convicted and lined T.'j, in default one moulh's imprisonment. STRIKE ECHOES. William Cummings and Frederick Docll were each charged with working on a Sunday and also on Anzae Day. Air Aspmnll, who appeared for defendants, pleaded not guilty. D. White, chemist, stated that his shop was open on Anzae Day, when ! defendant called on him. _ Defendants , were employed by the New Zealand . Express Company, and had come from . Christchurch,’the previous night about 1 o’clock, and had gone on to Tinuiru. They were returning home that morning," and had delivered a parcel at hiaJ

shop. One of the men stated that ho had a number of parcels for Temuka, and witness told them- to leave the parcels at- his shop and lie would deliver them the following day. J. Hatton and Constable Beck also gave evidence.

The Magistrate said that- there was no doubt that the men were plying their calling, but lie would take into consideration that tlie railway strike was on and transport was disarranged. Cnmiiiings would lie convicted and fined ss, without costs on the first charge, and convicted and discharged on the second. Doell would be convicted and discharged in each case. CIVIL CASES. Judgment by default was given in the following eases: Gapper and Sheen (Mr I*'. J. Smith) v. M. Buckley, claim £4 3s 4d, court costs Bs, solicitors fee 15s 6d. C. Davidson (Mr'F. J. Fitch) v; A. Fisher, judgment summons, claim £1 10s yd, defendant was ordered to pay tho amount forthwith, in default four days in Paparua prison.