NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

ROGUE SENTENCED. PITIFUL TALES TO RAISE MONEY, (Br Telf era c«a Assoc;aiiun.> Auckland, June 9. About a month ago a young maw. named Herbert "Waiter M'Ci'ea I3ii.il ap« peared before- tho Aweklaiid Police Csurt on 41 series of charges of having victimised a number of persons rousd atwat Auckland to the. extent .of £10, which ho had extracted in sums varying. from 10s. to. 2Ss. <kl,, by moans of soiiie pitiful tale, in_ the recounting of which his victims said that he was a "past-master." Bui} admitted the offences, and sentence was deferred, pending the hearing of throe charges of forgery, upon .which he? had to flo-me before the Sifljtetti# Court, He came up on these charges during the present, session, and tins Judge committed him to giWl for otje- year's reformative treats, ftieu't. This merding, when Bull appeared. before.Mi.. Eraser, S.M., ©n twelve charges.of .victimisation, there was still another -to add to , the long list-, the latesl being that -of failing to aecotint to Ms employer at Fe.iM.ing far $ome £9 odd. " . _ .Ohiefrije-te.etivd M'Mahon, in ■detailing Bull's .varied offenses, whidi were oiJinmitted. bettveen December' 20,, 1313, and May 7 last, said.that they were o.t a. contemptible nature. The man had frequently had charity extended to him, and had always abused it. As far sis the Feikliiift matter was concerned, ho (the Chief-Defective). understood that the amount, of which Bull had deprived fats employer was more lileo £40. Sir, Eraser remarked that- there were So: many eharges—thirteen in all—that lie could not- pass'. tin- case- over hy allowing tho Supremo Court sentence on the forgery charges to stand bv itself. His Worship ordered Bull to fee detained for reformative treatment for a period of two years, the fem to be concurrent with that- of the Supreme ■Court sentence, so far as'tile first year was coneeriied.

METAL 'WORKERS,' DTJKjEDJN PARTIAL AGREEMENT. Duncdin, Juno 9. Tlie Conciliation :('oiiaci)' sftt ' ifiis. mo.rmoe to tear' the, metal, workers' assistants' dispute. . Application ; as wiß#j by (he workers for an increase in ttyjpt' of 3sd. an hbitj l ,'change in tho prefe.fer.ee clause, alteration lit oveftime, and ether minor alterations. The employers' ■fiQtjU'ter-fropssftt Was that %e,e3?«fcijig award should be continued. After the .conference it. was agreed tfet 47 hours should fto.nstftvrt© a wren's work. The hours fat .night, work are fa be a-rraaged in each shop, om hour to be allowed each'flight for moais whew two shifts, are Worked. 'When three shifts aro .worked, half an hour steal! be allowed; for IWb time." Three consecutive nights must bo worked before susfc shifts cim be reckoned aa aught shifts.. lit regard': to country nrirk, exist ing eoniraots. and matters Jio'fc for, the old award 'is adhered to. ' TT?e questions <tf rate of wages, boys' Wages, overtime,'. holmays. and tlw terei <jf the award were referred to the Arbitration. Coil rt. ..' ;

rNDENT ACgfii's ACT" Auckland, .June 9. .In _ the ■ Supreme Court, Frederick Sfihlaieh, iftdaiit agent, was sentenced jo sis months' imprisonment with, hard labour l'or fraudulently got verting .to .bis own use #' dieijua iof $610 received by him from tlio Government in respcct of a contract executed by his employers, Hughes stud' Cossaf. ' . ' MR, fiIISSEIL, W.'P. Coro, Juno f). ; Mr. Russell,. M.P,, deliverer! a political Address in the Princess' Theatre last evening to a large audience. its. trenchantly critisised the Government's finance, navy, taxation, and other proposals, on similar, lines as elsewhere, fiio speaker was awarded a vote of thanks, with' some dissent;, and coiifldeneo was expressed in. Sir Joseph Ward, Leader of tile Opposition.

(J NUT EXCAVATION. Inveraargillj Juno 0. The hearing of the ease in vvhtc.li ft. B. Wise claimed £'Ss'6, and Z, 0. Hood £176 .from th&- Southland County. Council as damages tliTOugh a m&tor-car running into an unprotected and itisijffi. cientir-ligbted esearation, concluded in tho .Supreme Court, . 'fhe jury found for the plaintiffs; Wise was awarded £123 10$., and Hood 125,, wittt' costs-.' ROBBING A CHtMeSE. Invorcarglll, Juno 9. At the Supreme (Jijurt this .ftftetatam, in ihfe <>336 of George Williams, tf'hij was charged with theft from a Ctiitaeso atH'iverton, the juty muriietta verdiet of gailty, with ' a> strong recommendation to mercy. Accused was allowed eighteen months' probation, the period to !» reduced to twelve if, during that time, he refunds the £7 stolen, flic payment to be at the "rate of IDs. per moriih. TIMAfttJ SESSIONS. ' Tlmaru, June !). ; Miere were oiily three bases at the Supreme Court criminal sessions to4*>*. ' A .voting iAfadri 'pleaded guilty to foiging his brother's name to a postal order for £1 13s. 6d;, aiii4 stealing the : money, Ho was fined'£lo with tfe alternative of impriso'nlnent «n to tln-ce months till' the finis is , paid. In the course of the defence it was stated that 4' .good ideal of looseness, exists among jfaiives in handling: one another's let•ters. 'file, rest of. tiho day was ocsupied in heating a case, of carnal knowledge, at .Waimate, and late in t-ht> evening the. jury foutjd tt© '_'accused, James Lindsay, n horse trainer, .guilty; lie will he sentenced iffi the morning, when the Geraldine murder charge abo comes on. . ..' BRIEF MENTiON. Napier, June D. At tho Supreme Court to-daj Edwar:! George APRoberts, who was charged with manslaughter by causing • the death of John M'Adams, at Waipawa, ■sras found not. guilty, ' Napier, June 9. • Tho amount of the , g.uatfantc-e ronnired to enable the North Island Hand Contest to he. held here next year has heart largely over-subscribed.