LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7071, 12 April 1901, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

\ * \ ■' A man was arrested this morning, at Ashburton, on a charge of having obtained £10 by means of valueless cheques at Hawera. It is now considered a certainty (says . Monday's "Oamara Mail") that Colonel Robin, who is now on his way home from • South Africa, will be appointed. Commandant of the Forces in New Zealand in the place of Colonel Penton. In inflicting a sentence of one month's imprisonment, on a man charged with having used obscene language, the presiding Justices at the Magistrate's Court this mornsaid that they were determined to put down the use of obscene language. It was disgraceful that every child in the street should have to hear it. No doubt were Dickens still alive He'd yet write many » tale ; Though he is dead his works survive, 1 Their reading ne'er grows stale. So many try to imitate, But they remain obscure. For coughs and colds don't hesitate, Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 4 i

Thirteen cyclists were fined at the Magistrate's Court this morning, their contributions towards the public revenue totalling £11 Is. A returned colonist informs a contemporary that the Sydney .pickpockets "went through " some New Zealand visitors like a grass fire through a wire fence. A Napier man despoiled by a Sydney pickpocket decided to pawn his gold watch, but before he got to the shop the watch was gone too. The teachers' salaries allocation grant for North Canterbury has not yet been forwarded to the North Canterbury Board of Education though a request Jor the amount due was sent to the Department some three weeks ago, when the Board agreed to the Minister's amendments to its scheme of allocation. A man against whom a pro- ] hibition order was applied for in the Lyttelton Police ..Court . this morning created some diversion by strenuously objecting a,t every stage of the proceedings. His condition was strong evidence in favour of granting the application, and ihe began by asking for arf adjournment to enable the case to be dealt with by the Stipendiary Magistrate. " The . Bench, replied the presiding Justice, " feel quite competent to deal with the matter." The older was issued, despite the repeated assurances of the nian that the Bench, could not deal -with the matter. "You can't do* it," he reiterated. "At all events," said the Justice, " we have done it. Constable, put that man out of Court." "You can't do it," repeated the man. to the policeman, but he went quietly enough when that functionary laid his hand on him. His state was, however, such that it was deemed best to lock him up for drunkenness. { "Anglo Special Bicycles" contain all that the well-informed and experienced cyclist desires, and give immediate and permanent satisfaction. Sole makers of "Anglo Special Cycles " and New Zealand agents for " Beeston Hnmber " Cyel&s. The ; Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Company, D.1.C., and 226, High Street. Xll9B Good tyres fitted to a bicycle make cycling a real pleasure. Get "Ideal" tyres and you will have an ideal cycle. Six I years' trial on the Australasian market have j mven Ideal Tyres a most enviable reputa- j tion. A.47^ | Ceyiindo Tea reduced 2d per lb at Ban- I caid's G.I.C. X25* 7 Tariff reduction at Kracaads G.LU Candles reduced Id per lb. Kerosene 2* j per tin. Kincaid's 0.1.0. . X2547 British India has the swiftest raver in the world. It is the Sutlej,. which in 180 miles has a descent of 12,000 ft. j