Miscellaneous Information.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXIV, Issue 1, 5 January 1900, Page 5

Miscellaneous Information.

Police Districts and Stations. [The headquarters are printed in italics.]

Auckland, Waikato, and Bay of Islands District.— Auckland (Inspector J. Cullen), Aratapu, Avondale, Cambridge, Coromandel, Dargaville, Devonport, Eden Terrace, Ellerslie, Freeman’s Bay, Hamilton, Helensville, Hikurangi, Hobsonville, Howick, Huntly, Kaikohe, Karangaliake, Kawakawa, Kawhia, Kihikihi, Mangawai, Mercer, Mongonui, Newmarket, Newton, Ngaruawahia, Northcote, Ohaeawai, Okupu (Great Barrier), Ouehunga, Otahubu, Otorohanga, Paeroa, Pahi, Panmure, Papakura, Parnell, Ponsonbv, Poro o-tarao, Port Albert, Pukekobe, Raglan, Rawene, Russell, Shortland, Surrey Hills, Te Aroha, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, Thames, Waihi, Waipu, Waitekauri, Waiuku, Warkwortb, Whangarei, Whangaroa, and Whitianga. Napier and East Coast District. — Napier (Inspector F. McGovern), Carlyle Street, Clive, Dannevirke, Gisborne, Hastings, Herbertville, Katikati, Opotiki, Ormond, Ormondville, Port Awanui, Rotorua, Spit (Napier), Taradale, Taupo, Tauranga, Te Puke, To Whaiti, Tokaanu, . Tologa Bay, Tuparoa, Waikaremoana, Waipawa, Waipiro, Waipukurau, Wairoa, Whakatane, and Woodville. Wanganui and West Coast District. — Wanganui (Inspector R. J. Gillies), Aramobo, Ashhurst, Bull’s, Eltham, Feilding, Foxton, Hawera, Hunterville, Inglewood, Kimbolton, Manaia, Mangaweka, Marton, Moawhango, Mokau, Nsw Plymouth, Normanby, Ohingaiti, Opunake, Patea, Palmerston North, Pungarehu, Raetihi, Stratford, Terrace End (Palmerston North), Waitara, Waitotara, and Waverley. Wellington and Marlborough District.— Wellington (Inspector P. Pender), Blenheim, Carterton, Clyde Quay (Wellington), Cullensvilie, Eketahuna, Featherston, Greytown North, Havelock, Johnsonville, Levin, Lower Hutt, Makuri, Marigatainoka, Manners Street (Wellington), Martinborough, Masterton, Mount Cook (Wellington), Otaki, Pahiatua, Petone, Picton, Te Nui, Upper Hutt, Thorndon Quay (Wellington), and Wellington South. Nelson and Westland District.— Greymouth (Inspector J. W. Ellison), Ahaura, Brunnerton, Charleston, Colling-

wood, Denniston, Hokitika, Kanieri, Kumara, Lyell, Motueka, Nelson, Okarito, Reefton, Richmond, Ross, Seddonville, Spring Grove, Stafford, Takaka, The Port (Nelson), and Westport.

Canterbury and North Otago District.— Christchurch (Inspector T. Broham), Addington, Akaroa, Amberley, Ashburton, Belfast, Bingsiand, Cheviot, Coalgate, Culverden, Fairlie, Geraldine, Glenavy, Hampden, Kaiapoi, Kaikoura, Kurow, Leeston, Lincoln, Linwood, Little River, Lyttelton, Methven, Ngapara, Oamaru, Oxford, Papanui, Phillipstown, Pleasant Point, Rakaia, Rangiora, St. Albans, Sheffield, Southbridge, Sydenham, Temuka, Timaru, Waimate, and Woolston.

Dunedin, Southland, and Lakes District. Dunedin (Central) (Inspector W. S. Pardy), King Street (Dunedin), Alexandra South, Anderson’s Bay, Arrowtown, Balclutha, Bluff, Broad Bay, Caversham, Clinton, Clyde, Cromwell, Gore, Green Island, Half moon Bay, Invercargill, Kaitangata, Lawrence, Lumsden, Mataura, Middlemarch, Milton, Mornington, Mosgiel, Naseby, North-east Valley, North Invercargill, Ophir, Orepuki, Otautau, Outram, Owaka, Palmerston South, Pembroke, Port Chalmers, Queenstown, Ravensbourne, Riverton, Roslyn, Roxburgh, St. Bathan’s, St. Clair, South Dunedin, South Invercargill, Tapanui, Waikaia, Waikouaiti, Waitahuna, Waitati, Winton, Woodhaugh, and Wyndham. J. B. Tunbridge, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 4th January, 1900.

Supreme Court Criminal Sittings, 1900. Criminal sittings of the Supreme Court for the year 1900 have been fixed as follows :

(Vide New Zealand Gazette, 1899, pages 2046-2048.) Auckland, on the following days, at 11 a.m.:— Monday, 26th February. Monday, 28th May. Monday, 27th August. Monday, 19th November, New Plymouth, on the following days, at 11 a.m. : Wednesday, 21st March. Wednesday, 19th September. Gisborne, on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:— Thursday, Bth February. Thursday, 9th August. Wellington, on the following days, at 10.30 a.m. : Monday, sth February. Monday, 28th May. Monday, 20th August. Monday, 12th November. Wanganui, on the following days, at 11 a.m.:— Monday, 2nd April. Monday, 17th September. Napier, on the following days, at 11 a.m.:— Monday, 26th February. Monday, 18th June. Monday, 10th September. Christchurch, on the following days, at 11 a.m. : Monday, 12th February. Monday, 28th May. Monday, 13th August. Monday, 12th November. Timaru, on the following days, at 11 a.m.:— Tuesday, 6th February. Tuesday, 12th June. Tuesday, 18th September. Dunedin, on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:— Monday, 26th February. Monday, 28th May. Monday, 27th August. Monday, 26th November. Invercargill, on the following days, at 10 a.m.: Tuesday, 6th February. Tuesday, sth June. Tuesday, 18th September. Oamaru, on the following days, at 10 a.m.:— Tuesday, 6th March. Tuesday, 4th September. Blenheim, on the following days, at 10 a.m. : Wednesday, 7th March. Wednesday, 4th July. Wednesday, sth December. Nelson, on the following days, at 11 a.m.:— Wednesday, 14th March. Wednesday, 11th July. Wednesday, 12th December.

Hokitika, on the following days, at 11 a m.: Monday, 19th March. Monday, 3rd September. If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday. District Courts Criminal Sittings. Criminal sittings of the District Courts have been fixed as follows: (Vide New Zealand Gazette, 1892, page 601, and 1895, pages 1713 and 2024.) New Plymouth, on the third Wednesday in February, April, June, August, October, and December in every year. Hawera, on the second Wednesday in January, March, May, July, September, and November in every year. Wanganui, on the first Monday in January, March, May, July, September, and November in every year. Palmerston North, on the first Thursday in February, April, June, August, October, and December in every year. (Vide New Zealand Gazette, 1897, page 1477.) Masterton, on the fourth Wednesday in March, June, and September, and the second Wednesday in December, in every year. (Vide New Zealand Gazette, 1899, page 2082.)

Timaru, on the 15th November. Oamaru, on the 19th January and 20th July. Lawrence, on the 22nd May and 27th November. Queenstown, on the 25th January and 26th July. Naseby, on the 28th March and 26th September. Invercargill, on the 20th November. Westport, on the 12th February, 11th June, and 15th October. Greymouth, on the 15th February, 15th June, and 19th October. Hokitika, on the 20th June and 19th December. (Vide New Zealand Gazette, 1899, page 260.) Nelson, on the thiid Wednesday in the months of February, May, August, and October. Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the Court appointed for that day shall be holden on the first day thereafter not being a holiday.

[Note. —Returns of prisoners tried at the above Courts are to be made out by officers in charge at the places at which the Courts are held, and forwarded immediately after the sittings are over to the Commissioner of Police, Welling, ton, in envelopes marked “For Gazette.” In the evont of there being no prisoners for trial on the date appointed for the sitting of the Court, a “ Nil ” return must be furnished.]

. Dismissal. Constable Toomey, Jeremiah, No. 681, 19th December, 1899.

Death. District Constable Corrigan, Patrick, Panmure, 27th December, 1899.

Errata. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 271.) Prisoners discharged from Auckland Gaol. —For “James Madden,” read “ James Madder.” (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 272.) Prisoners discharged from Napier Gaol. —John Clareburt: The number of charges of indecent assault should read “ 12,” not “ 2.”

Licensing. Amendment Act, 1895,” Section 22, Subsection s.—Sale to bona fide Traveller for Consumption by a Person not a bond fide traveller held to be an Offence, although Liquor not consumed. The following decision in Miller v. Hobson (17 N.Z. L.R., 225-228) is published for general information : F. and H., two bona fide travellers, went into a hotel on a Sunday; they were accompanied by S., who was neither a traveller, nor a lodger in the hotel; F. called for and paid for three drinks, one of which was placed

before S.; before he could drink it a constable came in, and almost immediately S. left, without having touched the drink. Held, on appeal from a conviction for permitting beer to be consumed by S., That the licensee should have been convicted for an illegal sale to F. of the drink meant for S.; that the information should be amended accordingly ; and that the offence was complete the moment the liquor was sold to a traveller for consumption by any person other than such traveller.

General appeal, under Part 111., Title 11., of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” from a conviction by R. Beetham, Esq., S.M., at Christohurch. The facts were as follows:

On Sunday, the Ist of May, 1898, one Sinclair, a resident at New Brighton, who was neither a traveller, nor a lodger at the hotel, went into the New Brighton Hotel with two friends, named Heard and Finnerty, who were both bona fide travellers. Finnerty called for and paid for three drinks— one whiskey and two pints of beer. One of the pints of beer was put before Sinclair for his consumption. Before he touched it a constable came in and aocused the licensee’s barman, who had served the drinks, with a breach of the law. Sinclair pointed out that he had not touched the beer, and he in fact left without drinking any part of it. The information charged the licensee with selling liquor—to wit, beer —to one Sinclair during the time his licensed premises were directed to be closed. On the application of the solicitor for the prosecution the charge was altered to permitting the consumption of beer by Sinclair, he not being a bond fide traveller or lodger. The Magistrate thereupon convicted the licensee, and fined him £5 Is. and costs. The licensee appealed. Denniston, J.:

In dealing with subsection 5 of section 22 of “ The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment Act, 1895,” we have to deal with a section which intends to give a privilege to a class in a limited degree by providing that the liquor sold to a traveller should be consumed by him on the licensed premises. A literal interpretation of these words would lead to absurd results for instance, in the case of a traveller refusing to consume the liquor purchased. It does not follow, however, that the section is inoperative —in other words, if it can be read in a reasonable manner it should be so read. Such a reasonable reading would, in my opinion, be that a sale of liquor to a traveller was limited to a sale to him for consumption by him on the licensed premises. If - that is so, the faot that the liquor sold was not consumed by any person other than the traveller is immaterial. The offence was complete the moment the liquor was sold to the traveller for consumption by any person other than such traveller. Appeal dismissed, with seven guineas costs.