LOCAL AND GENERAL
* A male first offender, arrested at jyttelton on Saturday night for flrunkenness, was brought before Mr J. T. Brice, J.P., at the local Polio? Court ;hi6 mornißg, convicted and discharged with a caution. Tlie old Canterbury Bowling Green in Dashel Street, near Madras Street, the ■cene of many exciting contests, is a ■hing of the past, the ground having jeen dug for the foundation of ex:ensive premises to be built for Messrs Wood Bros. Captain Edwin's weather forecast, j at noon to-day, is as folows: — " Strong winds to gale from >etween north-west and west and south; glass rise; tides moderate; sea heavy on coast; rain, probable and j weather cold." The annual examinations will begin, it Canterbury College on Monday. The nusic examinations under the Aeeociat*d Board of the Royal Academy of Vfusic and the Royal College of Musio nil begin on November 5. The ex- j iroiner, Mr Wesche, will arrive in ?hristchurch from the Wast Coast on tfovp-mber 3. James Robertson, engineer, a wellcnown Wellington citizen, and secre•ajfy of the Court Sir George Grey, V.0.F., was charged at the Wellington Magistrate's Court this ' morning with ■he theft of Lodge moneys totalling 6398. Counsel for the prosecution, itated that the accused had been secetary of the Lodge for fifteen years, md that defalcations extended over ourteen years. The total amount lnissng was £2600. Accused denies the It is stated that certain of. the " unJesirables " who have been attracted to Uhristchurch by the Exhibition, are wcupying a portion of their time by ositmg the outskirts of Christchurch md the town of Lyttelton ostensibly is hawkers or canvassers for the 6ale of roods: Some of them, it is said, have niacellaneous collections of small aricles, which they offer for sale at low ates. Whether they have taken out lawkers* licenses may be doubted, as ilso may their object in making the :heap sales referred to. A correspondent of the "Polynesian ■razette " writes: — " The Rotumaan is >rogressive. He lias a set value on his abour, and, as a consequence, Euro)enn employers now have fifty Fijians vorking. Even Rotumaans have Fijians n their employ. The Rotumaans dona nd 4s per diem and two meals of neat, bread and tea, and have expressed their determination, not to work in uture for less than lOd per hour and efreshments. Rotumaans who have )een abi-oad keenly studied the strikes )f their white brethren, and are bringng the result of their observations into orce in their island home." The Government has paid the claims >f Mr G. Clothier (£1500), Mrs Richtrde (£700), Miss Richards (£104), and i second daughter. (£l7s 10s), for coin>ensation for injuries sustained in the Thaney's (Canterbury) railway accileut, which happened on June 24, 1905. The amounts were fixed by the jury, vhich heard the case at the Supreme ?ourt three months ago. No settlement las yet been made of the claim of Mrs Alexander, widow of Mr R. Alexander, schoolmaster. Her claim has been be- : ore the Government and the Petitions Committee for two sessions. The matter is to be again brought before the Minister of Railways.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Star (Christchurch), Issue 8752, 15 October 1906, Page 3
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