The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 14 CEYLON SILK FOR A SONG.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 January 1914, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 14 CEYLON SILK FOR A SONG.

Ail advertisement appeared in The Chronicle last week inviting' people to send 2s (Jd 111 cash or postal note to an address in Australia. For information of our readers wo publish as prominently as possible the attached article from a Sydney newspaper of Inst week:—"Ten yards of silk for 2s (id, carriage paid. The Ceylon Silk Company have decided to make a special offer to advertise their silk in Australia, to forward on the 'receipt of a postal order, ▼alue 2s (id, ten yards of their famous guaranteed pure washing silk in fast colours, comprising the following shades (a list of colours follow). I\o more than ten yards will be supplied to each person (state colour distinctly), and make a second choice to avoid disappointment. Order early, as all orders will be executed in .rotation. This offer closes January 14th, ID 1.4. Please mention this paper when ordering. Ceylon Silk Co., Central Chambers, 173 Pitt street." The foregoing was the wording of an advertisement which Sergeant Mankey read at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on -January 6, and described as part of a fraud alleged' to have been engineered by Edwin Percy Liddell and liobert Pearce Scott. Liddell appeared before the Court cTui'rged with having conspired to cheat and defraud Mrs B. Barton and Mrs 11. M. Bourke and others of various sums of money. Sergeant Mankey asked for a remand in order that further pari ticulars might be obtained for the prosecution. Scott had not yet been found by the police. Mr Barnett: I want to hear something about the case first. Sergeant Mankey thereupon read the advertisement quote above, and said that Sergeant Brown and Detective Pierce had visited the defendant's place of business, and found nothing there to indicate that he was engaged in legitimate business. A batch of 309 letters was received in one day by defendant, and on visiting his residence the officers found his wife seated on the floor surrounded by letters which she was opening. About 1800 postal notes for 2s Gd each were in the letters. Over £200 had been recoverd. It was allged that business was fraudulent. Mr Levein : That's your side of it. lam informed that my client is a draper, and came recently from Queensland with good references. Tdo not object to a postponement. The hearing was adjourned to January 14, bail being allowed- -self in £2o() an done surety of £250.