GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 268, 3 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

m RIFLEMAN HALLIDAY. 1 By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. It is understood that Rifleman Halliday, who was picked for Bisley, is unable to make the trip owing to being unable to make suitable arrangements for leave. He is employed in the Valuation Department, which said that leave would be given but without pay. If Halliday cannot go another rifleman will probably be communicated with. SUNDAY CUPS OF TEA SAFE. Wellington, Saturday. A rather important judgment was delivered by Dr. McArthur at Petone today on the question whether or not it was legal for proprietors of tea rooms' and snyill shops to supply people who find themselves away from their homes on Sundays with afternoon tea nT "*- nun other light refreshments. The police had prosecuted Sarah Snow for having - kept her shop open on Sunday for the purpose alleged. The magistrate decided that the supply of afternoon tea for consumption on the premises came under the. heading of necessity. There had therefore been infringement of the law, and the information was dismissed with costs. DETECTIVE SERGEANTS. Wellington, Saturday. The new rank of detective-sergeant will be conferred on detectives who have had ten years' service as detectives and are recommended by their inspectors. Only four detectives at present come within the scope of the regulation so far as service is concerned. THE DURHAM DELAYED. Invercargil), Last Night. The Federal liner Durham was delayed on Friday night with her loading, and will not leave the .Bluff for Louden direct until Monday. SPIELERS SENTENCED. v Gisbome, Last Night. Two men named Robert Hunter and Edward Harrison, each with several aliases, were convicted on Saturday, morning on charges of attempting to defraud barmaids at the Masonic nnd Albion hotels, iby means of a trick known as "ringing the changes." Hunter was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and Harrison to six weeks' imprisonment at Napier gaol. The former was also sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for using obscene language.