NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 37, 3 February 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS

A SERIOUS CHARGE. il Cisbornc, Saturd.y. 'Jjhe machinery ol' the L'.S.S. Cuiy ~ pany's Tuatea (which vonvi-ya passengers from the wharf to intercolonial steamers) was tampered with last nigiii. Ail engineer, visiting the vessel, lound ill the engine-room a lireman who had been discliarged tint day, and accused him of tampering with the machinery. The man said he was only looking for some clothes. Being ordered from the ship lie refused to leave, and struck the engineer. At 4 o'clock this morning it wan found that emery powder had been sprinkled on to the Itearings, the sea cock opened, and tile dynamo put out of gear by its parts being saturated with oil. At the Police Court, James Campbell (the discharge fireman) was fined £2 for assaulting the engineer. He pleaded guilty, but said that he only went to get a towel, and was aggravated by the way he was spoken to. The engineer said the man knocked him senseless, knelt on his chest, and tried to throttle him. On a charge of damaging the machinery the accused was remanded.

LAND SALE. Tiniaru, Last Night. At the auction sale of Wilson's Allandalc estate at Fairlie, of 8000 acres cut into 34 lots, seven lots, totalling 1177 acres, were sold at from ill 10s to ,ClO 12s (id per acre, an average of t'.l 5s (id. The rest.passed at from £5 2s (id to £lO per acre. There was a large attendance, but apparently not many bidders.