GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1904, Page 6

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

« [I'RESS ASSOCIATION.] HAWERA, This Day. At Okaiawa on Saturday night the premises of Messrs. Chivers, Jones and Co. were burglariously entered. The safe was blown open and the contents, consisting of -£27, were stolen. PAHIATUA, This Day. At a meeting of the Mangatainoka branch of the Farmers' Union on Saturday night the potato plague was discussed, and a motion passed asking the Minister for Agriculture to take steps to prevent the distribution of diseased potatoes in tne district, and. suggesting that the Health Department could assist in the matter. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Th© shearer who disappeared some days ago from Croft's station at Omihi turned up safe and sound at Cheviot, FEILDING, This Day. 'At tne 1-olice Court this morning three lads, ranging from 17 to 19 years of age, were charged with breaking and entering the premises of Mr. Hill, schoolmaster, and stealing cash and jewellery valued at £20. Two of the lads, one of whom was concernerl in a previous case, were also chaiged with breaking and entering the premises of Mr. Wheeler and stealing goods valued at £21 15s. They were remanued. Other charges are pending. DUNEDIN, This Day. Tne aront c building of the- Clutha Leadei premises was destroyed by fire just before midnight on Saturday. About £20 worth of type only was saved. The printing and monoline machinery in an adjoining brick building were saved. The building and stock were insured in the Manchester office for £250, and the type in the Victoria office for £200. The adjoining premises, belonging to Mr. Coulter, were damaged to the extent of £50.

"There are a great many men -who don't understand the Act yet," said SubInspector O'Donovan to-day when prosecuting in a case in which two respectable men named Win. Laskey and John Windsor pleaded guilty at the Police Court to having been found in the Metropolitan Hotel on Sunday, the 20th November. He explained that the defendants entered the hotel about 8.45 p.m. They were followed by the police, and when -asked what they were doing there said they went to see a man who was found not to bo there at all. Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., pointed out that defendants in these cases were liable to a fine not exceeding £2 unless they oould show they were lodgers or bona fide travellers. His Worship added : "You will have some diffii culty in proving a bona fide traveller under the new Act." A fine of 10s, with 9s costs, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, was imposed in each case. A prohibited person named Robert Suddens was convicte3 and discharged with a caution for having been found in the Caledonian Hotel. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. remind investors of their public auction sale of properties which will take place to-morrow, at 2.30 p.m., at their rooms, 48, Lambton-quay, when a five-roomed dwelling, Millwardstreet; eight five and six roomed residences, Homer-street and Princess-terrace, Newtown ; and a cottage, Princess-street, Wadestown, will be offered.