DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 65, 22 July 1913, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

MAN SURRENDERS TO POLICE

[Pan Press Association.]

Wellington, July 21

It is not often in New Zealand that a man who commits an offence surrenders himself to the police, but last aveuing the, detective staff at Lambon Quay police station were somewhat astonished when a man who gave his name as Robert Herbert Scott presented himself and asked to bo taken into custody. He stated that on July 14 he entered the house of Frederick Johns, in South Wellington, and saw fa suit of clothes in on© of the rooms. He immediately discarded his own clothes and; put on the suit belonging to Mr Johns, and left the premises. Detective Lewis took the man into custody, arid he will appear at the j Court to-day charged with stealing ,'tho * clothes. - ■ >• i —;—_ i i ■ ■ i : I RAIN IX-THE .SOUTH.

(. Dunedin, July 01

Heavy rain Mis- been ’ falling tl'dca3F night, and is causing, slight uneasiness, in .the. Taieri district. Farmers have moved most»of< their stock in case of flood. Word was received from Middlemarch this evening to the effect that the creeks were running full and that the river was fairjy high and still rising. The rain, however, was not severe, and as the weather had become colder a seri ous flood was not anticipated,

//.I SOLICITOR

Timaru, July. 21,

An information was laid to-day against Walter Shaw, a bankrupt solicitor, for the misuse of the trust funds of C. Hall. The amount iftvolvabout £BOO. The case will probably be horfrd nest Monday.

PILLAGING ON THE WHARF

Timaru, July 21

At a meeting of the Chamber of ( Commerce Committee to-da.y, the local manager of a wholesale import firm wrote complaining of the frequency of cargo pillaging on the wharf or in the goods eheds. lie had recovered £3O from the shipping and railway companies for such losses in six months. He pointed out that the practice was bad for the morals of the men in the store, imbuing them with the idea, that it was a custom to “sample” goods, and that a tin of sardines or a bottle of whisky did not matter. The matter was referred to the Transport Sub-commit-tee Lo investigate and report.