THE DUTY US KEROSENE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 August 1915, Page 3

THE DUTY US KEROSENE.

Wangaiiui, Tins Day. TJjo now duty of id per gallon on low grade kerosene will be i'olt severely in this district, where it is used extensively lor transport waggons, motor ;le- \ livery vehicles and river (steamers, it is estimated that the eo.it of running the Waiiganu-i river service nil! be increased by £1000 per annum. A number 01. vessels recently Had been converted irom the use oi coat to oil fuel. XOTIIIXGi FOR THE WAR t'U.YD. Whangaici. This Day. In view ol the .Budget proposals the shareholders of the Wlnuigarei Dairy Company decided to empower their directors tu nmke donations as deemed advisable to the .Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund, but not to the War Fund: the limit ot the donations to be £180, e(]iial tu ilj ol butter-iat produced last season. ATTEMPTED JiA.Vk UOBIJERY. Eltham. This Day. A sensational attempt at bank robbery has been discovered at Elthain, and two men, Samuel "While and William Keith, were arrested yesterday in connection tlierewilli. The premises affected are the Bank ot .New .South Wales and C. A. Wilkinson's (universal providers). Elaborate arrangeiiKMHs had been made, showing that the men had been 'working lor months. A trap door was let in underneath the building adjoining the bank, and a tunnel two i'eet by two feet .six. running a distance of forty feet was driven underneath the strong room oi the bank. The men already had been at work on the floor of the strong room, and had been tapping blie concrete. Spades and a tomahawk and other tools were found in the tunnel: another day and the men would have boon in the strong room. They were discovered by the bank manager a leu , days ago. and lie informed the police. At Wilkinson's the arrangements were still more cleverly carried out: an iron ventilator at the back of the premises was converted into a sliding door, and a tunnel contstriicted underneath the building to the oflice, the floor ol -which was elevated from the rest of the floor. A small trap ilo.or was constructed in Hie iloor underneath, and cleverly concealed. ■Wilkinson's Jiave been missing goods ior Aveeks past, and suspicion rested on the employees. The trap door was .liscovered by the manager on "Friday, and he immediately investigated and found the tunnel. A quantity of produce-, a box of butter, fruit and pickles wx'ic found in the tunnel. Goods also wera found in White's house. Bo til men are residents of Eltham and were considered respectable persons. They formally were charged at the trate's Court and remanded. D'elective Sifldells and Senior Sergt. AleNealy, who affected the arrest, consider it the most sensational in trtieir experience.