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Dunstan Times, Issue 529, 7 June 1872, Page 2

Two young men are in custody on the novel charge of attempting to rob a sleeping traveller in a cab whilst the vehicle was in motion. Bus, a kiss ; rebus, kiss again ; pluribus, to.kiss irrespective of sex ; syllabus, to kiss the hand instead of the lip ; blundurbus, to kiss the wrong person ; omnibus, to kiss all promiscuously ; crebus, to kiss in the dark. Thief catching is being rapidly elaborated as a scientific vocation, The following extract is an indication of one description of institution which for Meticplitr.n purposes the ordinary “hue and cry” does not answer.— “In consequence of cases of successful swiiiding having of late increased, an office has been opened in London for the purpose of concentrating all information obtainable as regards’the doings of swindlers and to record it.” The second extract is from a now Act for the prevention of crime, 34 and 35 Vic. cap. 112, which statute contains an enactment to facilitate the identification of criminals. The clause is to this effect. A register of all persons convicted in the United Kingdom is to be kept. Regulations are to bo made for photographing all persons convicted of crime in the United Kingdom and prisoners refusing to bo photographed are to bo deemed guilty of an offence against prison discipline. expenses of keeping a register in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin arc to be sanctioned by the Treasury and to be paid out of moneys to bo appropriated by Parliament. Tbeexpenses incurred in photographing tlio prisoners are to be deemed part of the maintenance of the prison.” The proprietor of the Stansfield Colliery has been fined 201. for defective ventilation in the pL, after a life had been lost by an explosion, and warning had been given by the Government inspector.