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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5493, 15 December 1885, Page 3

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i *~~ — The Equitable Life Insurance Society of i ;the United States are advertising for , " several gentlemen of ability " to act aa ■ their representatives in the North Island. Messrs Agar and Roberts advertise trips round the Harbour to-morrow at short , intervals, using the 8.8. Canterbury and Lyttelton for the conveyance of holiday- ! makers. ! In reply to a letter from the Lyttelton , ißorough Council, Mr IF. Back, Traffic , Manager, stated that excursion fares would ■ be charged on Saturday next, Dec. 19, on \ the occasion of the opening of the Lyttelton | baths. ! Ten members of the Christchurch City ! Guards went to the Hillsborough range ', this morning to compete for the corps , challenge belt, which '.was won this time . by Corporal Lavery, with- 33 points. [ Milton arrived 'this morning i from Wellington, with two prisoners, Edwin j Parsons, charged with larceny as a bailee, I and John Daly, accused of embezzling the , I sum of £5, belonging to his employer, Mr ! Webley. i After the distribution of the. prizes in the L East Christchurch School this morning, a > , presentation of a very handsome biscuit jar, Bilver mounted, was .made by Master [ ■ John Wilkin, dux, on bohalf of the senior , boys. The jar bore the following inscrip- > tion: — "Presented to E. N. Just, Esq., . Senior Boys, East Christchurch School, , Deo. 15, 1885." Mr Juat acknowledged L > the unexpected gift in suitable terms. At the Magistrates- Court to-day, W. J. j k a storekeeper, of Tuam street west, was fined .£lO for selling beer without a , license. The defendant alleged that he , had been acting as agent for certain t brewers, but he failed to ; prove the agency , in respect of the Fendalton Brewery, the [ name appearing on the bottles he had sold , 'in this instance. For .having improper t labels in his possession, White was fined j the nominal sum of Is. The beer (llhhd . and 90 dozen bottles) which had been seized by the police— and which some evilr disposed persons imagined the guardians . •of the law hoped to regale themselves upon . this Christmastide — waß ordered tobere- . turned to the defendant.