GERMAN AT LARGE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3986, 20 July 1915, Page 5

GERMAN AT LARGE.

WANTS’ TO BE INTERNF.D

BRICK THROWN THROFGII SHOP WIN DO W.

CPUEgg ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.I AUCKLAND’', July 19

On Saturday night a brick was scut -crashing through one of the plateglass windows of the shop of Fovvkls, Ltd., in Queen Street, and the man who threw the brick made no attempt to run away, with the result that he was immediately arrested b.v the first constable who arrived on the scene. The brick bad gone clean through the window;, making a- large, but neatlmle'in the glass, and had then struck and shivered a mirror at the back pi the window. The man. who gave Ins name as - George Tongart, aged 39 years, stated that lie was a German by birth and had not been naturalised in New Zealand. When charged before Mr E. C. Gotten, S.M., tin's morning with having don© damage to tne value qi CLS, he said had been about a fortnight in Auckland and had been drinking. Sub-inspector Mellveney :, Ho was sober when lie was arrested. His Worship: Yon will be better away from . the drink for twenty-one tin. Vs. . ... The prisoner here broke in with a request to be sent- to Sonnies I-slvu.d. where German prisoners were interned. “Everybody seems to.be down on me just because tlie wards on and won’t- give me employment.' I have been in the Kin J Country and I was in Palmerston North, where I coukl not get a job, so I asked the police there to put me on the island, but they would not do it. I would be very much obliged if you would put me there.” , ... His Worship, stated that the Court had no. power to intern prisoners in that way, but accused would be sentenced to twenty-one days’ bard labor and, after he got out, lie had better go and see the Defence Department about being interned.