ELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 August 1913, Page 3

ELEGRAMS.

— w {VHP. PRBfiB AMOCUTIOK-.1 ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. Auckland, August 5. Mr and Mrs Martinengo were waylaid and roughly handled at Onehunga last night. Mr Martinengo is of a focal picture theatre." His wife was carrying the night's takings in a bag. She was set upon by a powerfully-built man, and fell to the ground, but stuck to her cash bag and screamed for help, while her Tiusband grappled with fhe assailant. Her screams brought peopje from adjacent houses, and the ruffian decamped without any plunder. Mrs Martinengo was considerably bruised, and is suffering from bad nervous shock. Mr Martinengo has given the police a full description of the assailant. FINED £b. Auckland, August 5. An uuusual type of theft occupied the attention of Mr F. V. Frazer, S.M., at the Police Court this morning, when a well-dressed man, thirty-nine years of age, Arthur Robert Paine, was charged that yesterday he stole a pair of white boots, valued at 10s Gd. Chief-Detective MoMahon said the accused was a man who had held a good position, and had excellent references. He made up his mind to fake a trip to the Old Country and he and his wife and child had made all arrangements. They had taken tickets and put their lugrage aboard the Sydney boat. The accused yesterday morning went into a boot shop, and asked to be shown some white boots. The salesman was called away to the telephone. Before the salesman left the accused said to him, "I'll call again at 2 o'clock. Have a pair of fens ready for me." The salesman came back to find Paine gone, and he noticed also that one of the boxes that had contained a pair of white boots was empty. Information was given to the police, and Paine was arrested aboard thy boat in the evening. Accused admitted the theft. Having nothing else to say, the accused was convicted and fined £'•">, and I2s cosTs. DANGERS OF SURFING. Napier, This Day. At the inquest on William Kiflelsen, a seaman ou the Ahuriri, who lost his life through a surf boat capsizing at Mohaka, the coroner found that death was the result of an accident. He added a rider that regulations wei'e necessary requiring surf boats and oil launches used in surfing to be licensed. DROPPED DEAD. Uarlerloii, lias Day. Aews reached Curlertun this morning that a Maori named Peta Kawana dropped dead at Gladstone last night. The native, aged <jO, was quite well yesterday and attended a tangi. He had taken ill at 11 p.m. and died before a doctor arrived. A post mortem will be h«ld today. LAND BALLOT. Wanganui, This Day. A land ballot was held here to-day for nine sections in the Whakaikuwkaka Block, comprising acres of good sheep country, about sixty miles up fhe Wanganui river. Two sections have been taken up, the successful applicants being K. F. Poynt, section •'s, Block 111., Moumahaki, 598 acres; section 4, Block TIL, Moumahaki, J'. Tuffin, 402 acres. iuuiuamßWßa»3Bii