A man was charged with stealing a quantity of lead water piping, valued at Mr." John Eitter, Overseer, of the Municipal Council, stated that the accused was employed as a coolie in the formation of some drains at Carter Road. In the process of the work the water pipes became exposed, and during the night the prisoner cut throuch one with a shovel, and reinered a quantity, thereby rendering the whole length, some forty foot, useless.
Mr. D. Main, of the Waterworks Company, said that the pipe was cut when the rater was tuned off. It would have been impossible to have cut it when there was the usual pressure of water in the pipe. The matter was serious, for the reason that the trench might have been filled up before the damage was noticed, in which case, when the water was turned seriously damaged by flooding. The value of the pipe was insignificant—some three or four dollars only.
Accused was ordered to receive 300 As witness had ascertained, however, in blows and be cangued on the scene of his as no objection to notes being taken, the offence for the period of two weeks. An InsanitaryDair y 1A. dairyman named Yue Shing, of Markham Road, was charged with storing milk and dairy utensils in the coolies' bedroom contrary to Dairy Regulation Mr. T. N. Hugall, Inspector of Dairies, hearing of the affair, communicated with. prosecuted, and said that the ascused facts briefly were that on the night of had been warned about the insanitary state of his premises on several occasions, but without any good result. On the present occasion witness inspected the premises and found not only dairy utensils but open vessels of milk in the bedroom occupied by the coolies. He also discovered a number of empty condensed milk tins, in consequence of which he had an analysis of the milk made by the Health Officer, who reported that it wa of poor quality, and contained only 7 per cent of cream.
The Court fined accused $50.
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