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A MAORI’S THEFTS. , (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) . . AUCKLAND,. Sept. 11. A young Maori fisherman, Matikuri, pleaded guilty at; ;tlie Pol ice. Court to seventeen charges" of stealing ' articles from small craft; in the harbour; also to breaking,. entering and .wilfully setting fire to the Auckland Fisherman’s Co-op. Ltd. premises. It was stated he was on probation for tvv« years and wa.s out of work for nineteen months. He was committed for sentence. LIQUOR IN RESTAUR ANTS. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 11. Asa sequel to a. late supper held by hockey players in the Oriental Lounge, Manchester St. on a recent Saturday evening, the proprietress,, Mary Vincent. a vice-president of the Temperance Union, was charged with allowing liquor to be consumed in a. restaurant after hours. Defendant was fined •A)s and costs,.. • : ’
The Magistrate said she was probably ignorant of the law. A SERIOUS CHARGE. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 11. “We look on this as a. very had case.” said Chief Detective Carroll in the Magistrate’s Court, when Sydney Geeson, a company manager, aged 28, was charged with assaulting a female. “The girl concerned is only ten years old,” lie added.
Accused was remanded to Sept, loth bail being allowed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1930, Page 5
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