AUCKLAND PILLAGING CASES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3299, 18 August 1911, Page 5

AUCKLAND PILLAGING CASES.

•ALLEGED THEFT OF TOBACCO.

FURTHER COMMITTALS FOR

TRIAL

£FEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.J

AUCKLAND. August 17. At the Police Court, Joseph Elirman and John Mclntyre were charged with the theft of tobacco of the value of £3O, the property of Winstone, Limited. from the wharf shed. Evidence was given that supported the opening statement by Detective Marsack, that two cases of cigarettes were discharged into the wharf shed; they were seen there by the consignees’ agent, who employed a carter to remove them to the examination shed next day. When the carter called at the shed for the .cases, one case was missing. Mclntyre, who worked in the shed, said that no tobacco had come in on November 3. A carter named Brown, engaged by Mclntyre, deposed that on November 3 he was engaged by Mclntyre. He took a c'ase of tobacco from the shed to Glover’s store in Fort street, where it was taken charge of by Ehrman. Both accused reserved their defence, and were committed for trial.

MR. A. E. CLOVER’S DENIAL.

“A LIE HAS A THOUSAND LEGS.”

WELLINGTON, August 17. _ The allegation made by Hadden _in connection with the Auckland pillaging cases against the member for Auckland Central was denied by Mr A. E. Glover, who made a statement in the House.

A wicked and cruel scandal, he said, had been uttered against him by one Hadden, that lie had offered to pay Hadden £l5O to take all the blame in the robbery charges at Auckland/ and to find hirn a Government billet. Proceeding, Mr Glover said he had been forty-nine years in Auckland, and he could say his reputation was clean. He emphatically denied the statement imputed to him, as published in the daily papers, and on that denial he staked his reputation and his whole life. Even hia enemies (and every public man had enemies) would - not believe him guilty of such wrong doing, and his, friends would not even require his denial (hear, hear).. It was hard that a statement of such a. damaging nature should be allowed to. he circulated through New Zealand without a statement in reply. In justice to himself and his family he asked the Press Association to make public his absolute denial, for a lie had a thousand legs, and unfortunately rt was easy to think evil (applause).