DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2731, 9 February 1910, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

A BUTTER-BOX FACTORY BURNED

tPER Press .Association.'] PALMERSTON N\, Feb. S

Alfred Bros-.'belt’s butter-box factorv at Rongotea was destroyed by fire this morning by the explosion of a lamp in the engine-room. There was practically no insurance. Aluch inconvenience will be caused to several butter factories owing to the supply of boxes being cut off.

A CONFIDENCE TRICKSTER

WELLINGTON. Feb. 8

In th c , Alagistrate’s Court to-day Phil. Brady, alias AlacDonald, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for obtaining £2 from a local jeweller on whom lie had worked off a sporting edition of the confidence trick, representing himself as a jockey able to put his unsuspecting victim on to some good things at the Christchurch races last- week.

CHARGE AGAINST A CONSTABLE

GEEYAIOUTH. Feb. S

Constable W. Patrick Dunne, formerly of Christchurch, but stationed here a few months, was committed for trial charged with assaulting Alfred Gibbons, -mail express driver. On the application of counsel, a change of venue was ordered to Hokitika. Bail was allowed in a very small sum. as the Magistrate considered that while there was a prima facie case which required answering, the clianre was .trivial-

KAIAPOI WOOLLEN COMPANY

CHRISTCHURCH. Feb. 8

The Kaiapof Woollen Manufacturing Company have declared an interim dividend of 3 per cent, for the half-year ending January 31st.

SLY GROG IN INVERCARGILL

INVERCARGILL. Feb. S

At the Police Court this morning Margaret McAuliffe. against _ whom there were several previous convictions, pleaded guilty of having liquor for sale in Invercargill, a no-lice:ase district. She was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence wKeu called upon, the Magistrate stating that she must not keep a boarding house in_ Invercargill for at least two years. Nora Thompson, for assisting the previous accused in the commission of the offence, was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Roderick B:s----sett, brewer’s carter, was also charged with assisting McAuliffe by delivering beer to fictitious persons, supposed to be lodgers in the bouse. Ho was fined £ls. E. Joseph Lineon and Con. Lindsay, found on the premises, were each fined £2.