NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

FILMS ON FIRE,

ORDERLY EXIT OF AUDIEN&E. (ay Wegrttjih.— AfisodiiUcS',) Taumarvnul, February 2:3, -.Shortly after 10 o'clock on Saturday night a fire broke out in the operating box at tho Strand Picture Theatre. Tho operator : was burnt about tho hands while trying unsuccessfully to' ■suppress the outbreak. Tho, /busies rapidly spread and tho audience* a' .small one, owing to a, largo mjmbtoc Having left "for tho country• by trains .'leasing earlier, (iutotlv dispersed. . Within a.£.ew;.jt»i"riiites't;Ho fire brigade .had its hosca working and in fifteen mtoutos the outbreak had been suppressed. Tho insurances;' m the Standard Office, Wore:—On the ■bntMtt)g,.£4oo: plant, £76: fittitifts, -£12S: :*figme (undamaged), .£125. "Alt the films were uninsured and' Were destroy--1 ed, and tho intcribr fittings and 'tho | plant were badly, damaged. ■ ■ •

BAD STAPT IN LIFE, Ourredln, Ifebrnarv' 53.-"tTi6--.Pohoc. Court to-day William Kelly,, who cave his age as years, was convicted on charges of attempting to steal money Irorn two shops and ,witli assaulting «' man named Rush, Amis' cd bad' been- convicted; of .stealing a. lieycle on November 21, and had boon otdered to come- up for sentence when GElfeti upon. "It-is very seldom that I have seen s-ueh a coot awl hardened customer io tho dock, and I ihflvo never seen ott'e-of l)is."'y«uth show and delibmtiori," • said Mr. : Bartholomew, S.M., who sentenced acciiscd'".i<>; six weeks' imprisonment on each charge ttf .theft from tills, awl to three months on the charge on which.he had. proyiously been before the- Court, . Ed added Wjat hoVwoMi} rfflX>mmiJnd. tte ,QoV<vrii" jrtent to deai'with' Mm.tinder, the Indus-trial-Schools Act. Accused ivss eo'nvictr ed anil discharged on the charge of assault. - ; AUCKLAND SESSiIONS, , ] .AiiiMantfj "Fekuttfy 23. ■ ! • i At the SupreSftO Court to-day George. Bams.'was found' .guilty of attempting t.ost^aJ ; 'a 'pdsksthwjk from thc-pfersbri. at-the Whangjrei rates., and teas oid-er-ed'to be .'detained for, a period 'nbt.exceeding two years fo.r.feformative treat 1 tfocat. .Edward IJow.lan'djfoiiffd.guilty of theft, was admitted'to probation 'fpr,a of t-ivo years on the sjiccjalicondition' that ho refrained from lienor. James M'Giveni, a grease*.from the steanwJr Sussex;" was. foiiwl not "guilty rf'tJie'ft. Ay-young .Croatian; -n'airiea'Stoye Jteakbyieh;, 'yras .'found guilty 'of -'earhai-'-kVciW-ie<Jge,'and; Was admitted /to.. p'roba'tiQii'for a period: oJ.t'wel'v6'..i.noirt : hs - iHis Honour paiiited-out that -prisoner : . fare-, a goodelia.ra.eter..!He was engaged. at tnO: linie,.and'had-sui-ce- lnarried-hbr. ; -SALUTARY L£BSQn! '"'■'' AufikiSnt|t..F«|birtisrv'. ! §3.'' ' Two .prisoners,'. Albert -Edward M'Queen and Harry Wilson,, who at.temr/.t'ed. to .-escape from ,Ed.en Gaol, by violently assaulting. a warder and-his. assistant, were brought-up for sentence, at the. Supreme Court 'this mornings Both prisoners received,.*, senteiiea.of three yfeaf-s, .t&'take. -effectfrom the expiration.ofitheir present tbf'ms.'-

• fireymouth, t'ebruttry 23,' '■A woman' 'from the. country .was djarged wi'i'li jiractisiiig as an Unregistered midwife.*. 'i'he. evidence showed th-at she had been called at 2.80 a.m,. ali'd'that' the avrivalcaffl© late at ifteht of the .same day. ' Hie defence- was that the esse ivtis an emergency onto,, and that tlieofe was no evidence of' prabtice. Ml - . Hewitt;-S.M., dismissed the charge .011. tlio quosHou of practice. LUMPERS & PRffERENCi. C.hr'lstphurdhy February-23. , A' meeting of ttyttetton wharf labourers was caHcd for to-day "oil 4 petition signed by 100 union members, to- discuss the question of preference. Complaint is being made.of \VOrIS being distributed unfairly, i'he- -me.e'tiug was postponed owing %o tie busy, condition of tho wharves, . ... FIRE-RAISER OWNS U-P-* ,'•■:;. -. eisßorrifr, February 23.; At Tokg-a Bay. to-day Eustace- George Fanjiin pleaded, guilty to a charge'o.f arson and w-asldbmnMtte.'d-foroepte'hce. His confession' to tho poimo implicatedThomas' Wentwarth Martin.) owner of tho butcher's _ shop, destroyed "by ftfe, A charge against Martin is now being heard. ' DELAYED HAIL BOAT/ "• Auckland, February'-23. The Malieno .arrived at 11.30 p.m. yesterday after-ft loitjr passage .of. four I days wrt'o hours, which is attributed. to ■ tho strong -foe-ad winds • andseas- .&*■- ecujitefed • t'hraughout the-, journey, across the- Tashtaft;, , . .'.. ] ": BRANby; f ;■;..' , Dhrl.stohufbfi, February '23; ■ Six men were charged at the Police Court Hi Lyfteitb'ii in. coMeetion .witli, the-; theft- of brandy from a.'raiiwaj wagon-reeentlj s ,. Tlwee of Bea'sflcy, M'liitesli, and . Ms>rrisT*-wero ftne'd M and costs'.' The other charge/a were aßjour-Jed. ' ' ;■ . . . ■ , "

SEfMES OF PEGUumoNS. , Hawera,/ February. 33,. In the Magistrate's '(joiirt to-day, ward Ernest Barlow, a young man,.aged 21 years,/pleaded' guilty ■ to._ twenty, charges'of. thefts--of money, iu small sums, totalling £'i?,'-betsvc«ii December 25'a'ud February 15. Be was se-Bteiicod to threo months' hard 'labour.. .;,