AN ILLICT STILL DISCOVERED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 7, 24 September 1880, Page 3

AN ILLICT STILL DISCOVERED.

For some time past the police authorities have been aware that on illict still was at work oil the Manawatu river, but though every effort was made to discover the person who had possession of the article, their endeavours were baffled. From information received, however, SubInspector Gooclall and Constable M'Anulty yesterday morning went to Paiaka, and entered the hut of a 1 man named Charles Reardon, a bul-lock-driver at the mill, whore they found the "worm " and "still-head," lying on the mail's bed, and simply covered by a large tindish. They at once took possession of the articles mentioned, and arrested Iteavdon. lie was brought to town, and lodged in the lock-up. As the Resident Magistrate will sit at Feilding today, Beardon will be taken there and tried. The only witnesses to be examined will be the two police officers and a man named M'Guire, who will testify that the hut in which the worm and still were found was in possession of Pveavdon. The penalty for being in possession of au illict still ranges from £50 to £60p. « Probably the still has earned for its proprietors the larger sum. Mr Goodall informs us that it has been known that a considerable quantity of contraband spirit has been disposed of in the different townships on the West Coast during the past year or two, and he thinks most of it has been distilled in the instrument lie has just taken.