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KIDMAN FINED £100 LENIENT VIUW OK Til 10 OmCNCE. (Rcc. Juno 21, S.4f> p. in .> Sydnoy, Juno 21. At the High Court, Arlluir Kidman, found guilty of forging a tender in tlir> name of C'. Brown, to supply goods lo the military authorities, willi I In." intention of having the documents ntt'oplcd as genuine, was fined .C2OO for forging and uttoring a tender in the name of C. Brown, ami a similar amount for forging a tender in tho liamo of A. James, lo which he had pleaded guilty. The Chief Justico, in passing sentence, said that tho case was tho first uudor the new law, and he accepted Kidman's statement that lie did not think ho wan doing harm, though ho was sorry that, such an impression should prevail in the mind of Kidman or anyone ojso. So far as the ovidoiico showed, Kidman's action did no misehiof to the Commonwealth, and under the circumstances ho would deal with tlio case rather as an attempt to get on unfair advantage of the Commonwealth than as serious as had been contemplated uudor tho Act. ITEMS IN BRIEF. COMMONWEALTH WHEAT SHORTAGE. Sydnoy, Juno 24. In the Legislative Assembly, Jlr. Hall announced that tlio wheat shortage amounts to 2,500,000 bushels.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2497, 25 June 1915, Page 9
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213AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2497, 25 June 1915, Page 9
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