DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1, 31 December 1913, Page 3

DOMINION NEWS.

THEFT AT THE EXHIBITION. [Rer Press Association.] K Auckland, December 30. A woman was arrested at the Exhibition on a charge ol stealing a sixpenny hot to ol sauce from Messr: Whittome, Stevenson and Co.’s stain in the palace of industries. A tire man who was on duty at the tinu was responsible for the arrest. Hi stated that he saw tile woman, whost name was Estolla Crawford, take tin bottle from ; the stand and burn away, whereon ho followed and stop ped her and called a constable. In reply to the question from tin fireman as to what she was doitp with the sauce, the woman stater, that she mistook the fireman for M Stevenson and just took a bottle of the stand to lask him about it. He: explanation jwas deemed unsatisfac tory and the woman was arrested She is 42 years of age. She was ai most dowdilyf dressed when arrested but when taken to the police statioi was found to be in possession of £9 12s (id in cash.

This morning, in the police court she pleaded “not guilty,” to tin charge of theft, and Inspector Me Grath asked that she be rcmandei’ for a week for medical observation He was not quite sure, he said, tha? the woman was quite right mentally Though not known 'criminally to the police, she was well-known by sigh, to some of the members of the force from the fact that she was in tin habit of wandering aimlessly abon the town. A remand was. granted

POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS.

Christchurch, December 30

A statement of the Christmas pos tal and telegraphic business done ii the Dominion between December 2( and 24 was supplied to a reporter to day by the Hon. R. Heaton-Rhodes Postmaster-General.

The statement, as compared wit* the corresponding period last year shows an increase of 2.75 per cent, in stamps; and an advance from 39, 044 do 49,735, or 27.38 per cent., ii the number of mail bags and hampen forwarded and received.

Forwarded telegrams 971 in 1912 to 100,092 this, year,, am received telegrams from 112,1)12 X 125,200, while transmitted message rose •'from 156,22.8 to 182,850, boiii; an increase in the telegraph busines of 17.01 per-cent. ... {