The Thames Star. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898. SUNDAY TRADING.

Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 8978, 28 January 1898, Page 2

The Thames Star. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1898. SUNDAY TRADING.

Me H. Eyre Kenny, the S.M at Wellington, gave an important judgment last week. Several hotelkeepers were charged with having sold liquor on a recent Sunday when a policeman in plain clothes made a surprise visit to certain hostelries in the Empire City. In one t3ase the offending hotelkeeper was held to have broken the law as regards Sunday trading and was fined £6 and costs. Two oiher cases were adjourned in order to allow complete evidence to be taken. The fourth case, the one in which the judgment referred to above was given, was that of the licensee of the "Western Hotel in Willis street. In this case two constables swore that they had gone to the hotel in question at half-past nine on a recent Sunday evening. In the bar they found three men; two with longbeers before them and the third a whisky. The third man—Kiley by name—told the constables that he wav a lodger in the hotel and that he was shouting for one of the others, his friend, the man Richardson. For the defence. Richardson said he wan not a traveller but a friend of Riley, the lodger. He had gone to visit him and was invited to have a drink. In support of the contention that the law did j not prohibit a lodger in an hotel treating a friend. Mr Skerrett, defen<- ant's counsel quoted sub-nection 5 of section 22 of the Alcoholic Liquors Bale Control Act Amendment Act of 1895, which is as follows:—"It shall be lawful for, but not obligatory upon, a licensee to sell liquor at any time to

, any person being really a ladger living or staying in the licensed premises, or a bona fide traveller seeking refreshment on arriving from a journey, provided that the liquor co sold is personally consumed on the premises by such traveller and by no other person." The magistrate, in giving judgment, said that the ooly alteration is tEe law

made by the amending Act was that a " traveller " must not shout for anyone else on a Sunday, and that the whole burden of proof as to a person being a " lodger '* or "traveller " was laid upon the defendant. He held that no offence had been proved, and acquitted the defendant on each of the three charges.

As will be seen from an advertisement, intending voyage* 8 to Klondyke will have an opportunity of doing so on March 7th, The A.TJ.S.N. Co's Cape Otway will leave AuekIsnd on that date for Juneau City via Vancouver. Messrs T, Cook and Son, Queen Stie»*',|Auckland will supply all information as to fares.

In connect-on with the ballasting of the Paeroa-Graharnatown railway line an attempt is to be made shortly to blow up the Omahu hill where the quarrry is located. In order to accomplish this about four tons of grain powder are to be used. A. couple of drives are nov under way, and if the explosion is as successful as anticipated several thousand tons of stone will be lifted at once, arid will save an immense cost in the labour of quarrying. : At a settler's kouse about four miles from Raglan, a packet of " Bough on Bsts" fell into a flour bag, and the flour was partaken of by the family and geveral numbers were seriously ill in consequence. Fortunately the remedies applied presented fatal consequenooß,

All who ara in want >f the very latest 3fcyles in chiffon capes, volers, silk mantles &c, should call at A. J, and E. Irvine's Best value purchasable. Gift sale now on—Advt.

Fianopjetks carefully tuned for 7* 6d periodical visits at reduced rates. J. Guig-, Queen street, betwe«a "WAlte* and Pahau stceetn.—r^xm.

Thk Sydney Sunday Times states with authority that Australia was twioe on the point of being invaded, in 1878 and 1885. On "the latter occasion the Council was hurriedly summoned on Sunday afternoon, the Governor, Admiral, Commandant and Ministers of the Crown being present. The warning by cable was to the effect that the colony might be attacked any moment, and a subsequent wire statedthat 15,000 men then at sea would make a simultaneous attack on Sjdney, Melbourne and Adelaide without any declaration of war by/'Kuana. „Had the Penjdeh inoidefit not been peacfjjfulljr.eettleS,as one result »h)i AdiinirEr had niao* arrangements for the destruction of every unprotected ooal depot, the various Governments agreeing to share the cost.

It is probable that Constable Skinner will not be able to get away to compete in the Wanganui Athletic Championship meeting. He is one of Auckland's strongest representatives at the meeting, and strtnuous eud^s. yours are being made to obtain lbave for him, and the Minister of Justice is to be approached with that object.

. Otto 'Auckland correspondent telegraphs: —The city and the suburban Borough Councils have fixed Wednesday as the statutory half holiday for the ensuing year.

Mrs Dodd will commence her class for pupils for the pianoforte on Monday next at at ber residence Queen Street.

Ait amusing case occurred in the Westport S.M. court' a few days ago. A. witness was in the box being cross examined as to the nature of oertain language üßed by one of the principals, whereupon he retorted that he wouid prefer Mr to repeat it, mentioning the name -of a well known legal gentleman, as such language would be unbecoming for any decent man Evidently the witness had not a high opinion of lawyers.

A telkgbam from our Auckland correspondent says :—" Hudson's Surprise Party open at the Opera House oa Monday night. It is some 17 years since Mr Hudson last visited Auckland, during that interval he has been playing with great success in every part of the world. Pollen street, according lo a statemen' made by Mayor Scott to Mr Cadman last evening, is the second longest street, in New Zealand. The longest is said to be at. Gisborne.

Only one tender was received by the Borough Council yesterday for tht> work of widening the Karaka (.'reek at Pollen street bridge. The time has therefore been extended till next Thursday, and the person who deposited in the box the solitary tender (which remains unopened), can either leave i 5 or withdraw.

Sri no dress goods now on view at Adams Bros.', 74. Pollen streetfAdvt.] MaconoobAe's English Pickles known as the " Suffolk," are a splendid Pickle, pre pared in Pure Malt Vinegar. They are free'fiom all injurious irritants, and may be relied upon tor quality. At a meeting held last evening to consider the best means to be adopted to raise funds for the assistance of the widow and children of the late Antonio Obuglien, it was decided to send subcription lists to the different mines and to request His Worship, the Mayor to act as treasurer* and Mr G. b>. Buckland as secretary, as these gentlemen are acting in these capacities in connection with the benefit performance tendered by the local amateurs on Thursday next, the 3rd inst.

During the time the licensing inspectors bave been drawing salary from the colony they have secured a few convictions against publicans for watering their liquor—about the most hatmless of all offences—but we have never heard that they have troubled themselves about the weightier infringements of the licensing laws. We do not blame the inspectors, because we presume they have performed reasonably well the work that was given them to do, , There was a wide field for them to work in if the scepe of their operations had not been limited. As it is we. are better without them.—Waimate Witness. Straw hats 3d, 4£d, 6d each for boys or men ; must be cleared during after season's sale at E, J. Hutson and Co.'h, Pollen street. —Advt.

Tub largest, choicest, and cheapest as sortment of kid gloves in all colors will be found at & , J. and E. Irvine's. Gift sale now on—Adyt. The Rev. "W. Ganly, inspector of schools for the Archdiocese of Melbourne, is at present staying in Dunedin as the guest of Bishop Verdon. Father Ganley is (the Tablet says} recruiting his health after an

urbioken period of auch* work as seldom or

never falls to the lot of an inspector of schools. An idea of bis labors may be gained from the fact that during the past 12 months he has inspected 109 schools, scattered over an immense area of Victoria, and containing almost 25,00() pupils

A tjsleobam: from Coromandel says Mr Janpes Evans, a very energetic prospector, died at Coromandel last night, the immediate cause being inflammation of the lungs, which followed influenza, Mr Evans joined the great Kinaberley rush some years ago. He went with a specially constructed wheelbarrow, which he wheeled with his outfit from the sea const to the Kiraberley goldfields, a distance of about four hundred miles. The deceased's body was conveyed from Coro mandel iv the s.s. Falcon to-day for interment at Bombay, where his family at present re* side. Mr Evans was working in the Royal Oak mine up to the time of his fatal illness.

Some fifteen months ago certain charges were preferred against the head master of the Hawera. school by two parents; the most serious being an allegation of indecent assault on a girl cadet by attempting to unfasten th< body of her dress, and others of minor improprieties with a pupil teacher, suoh as taking her on his knees, and Hssing her and putting his hands on her shoulder. The School Committee acquitted the master of the serious charges, but found him guilty of the minor improprieties. This result did not satisfy the parents interested, and after some agitation the Board agreed to re-investigate the matter, and as a result of a special enquiry the Board recently submitted a unanimous report praotically upholding the committee's finding, acquitting the teacher of the serious allegations, but finding him guilty of having been indiscreet. 'J'he Board considered his aotion indiscreet and reprehensible, but iu~ the. face of the mental suffering he had borne for the last fifteen months and the fact of his having been censured by the Board already, it thought he had been sufficiently punished for his indiscretion. .