HIS COMRADES' EARNINGS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1523, 20 August 1912, Page 6

HIS COMRADES' EARNINGS.

; _, . 1 MINER'S DISHONEST DEVICE. ' (By Telegraph.-Proßs Association.) Invercargill, August 19. 1 An unus\wl case was board before Mr. J Cruickshank, Magistrate, at Otautau toJ day, when Samuel Arlow, minor, ,of : Nightcaps, was charged with obtaining 2 ss. Cd. by means of falso pretences. The ~ miners nt Nightcaps are supplied with { metal tokens bearing eaeli miners numI bor. and these tokens aro affixed to tho :. trucks filled by tho miners, who are paid .. Is. 2d. por truck. , , ' Tho evidence shoved that Arlow had [ substituted lvis tokens for those of another miner, and had obtained payment „ for three trucks filled by his mates. ! The Magistrate imposed a fino of M, I but: subsequently reduced it to £.2, as the f costs amounted to £5 10s. s " I "That Capital Punishment Should bo ] Abolished" was tho subject of. a debate n last evening between representatives of 1 tho Wellington Catholic Club (affirmative) oml representatives of the Vivian Street . Baptist Society (negative). Tho dobato . was one ,01' a series held under tho > auspices of the 'Wellington Debating '. Societies' Union for llui Parliamentary Shield. Mr. I'. C. Frc.pth acted as judge. . After an interesting discussion in which . Rood powers of dobalo were shown by both I sides, tho award wan given to tho Vidian , Street Baptist Cliurcli representatives, the total points being: Vivian Street Church, 2J!); Catholic Club, 216. Messrs. > Butcher, O'Kane, and I'faffo represented j tho Catholic Club, and Messrs. Hay, I Townseml, and Humphries tho Vivian ], Street Baptist Church Society. "Camp Coffee" is prepared by experts 1 by n scientific process, and from tho i highest grade mountain coffees, skilfully blended,—Advt*