WHARF PILLAGING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 48, 18 August 1911, Page 5

WHARF PILLAGING.

FURTHER EVIDENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, August 17. At the Police Court Joseph Ehrmao and John Mclntyre were charged with the theft of tobacco valued at £37, the property of Winstone and Co., Ltd;, from the wharf shed. The evidence given supported the opening statement by Detective Marsack, that two cases of cigarettes were discharged into the wharf ished and seen there by the consignees' agent, who employed a carter to remove them to the examination shed. Next day, when the carter called at the shed for the case, it was missing,Mclntyre, who worked in the shed, said no tobacco had come in on November 3.

A carter named Brown deposed that on November 3 he was engaged by Mclntyre, and took a case of tobacco from the shed to Glover's store in Fort street, where it was taken charge; of by Ehrman, and it had since been seen.

Both accused reserved their defence, and were committed for trial.

■ALLEGATIONS AGAINST AN M.P.

MR. GLOVER'S DENIALS.

Wellington, Last Night. The allegation made 'by one Hadden in connection with the Auckland pillaging cases, against the member for Auckland Central, Was denied by Mr. A. Glover, who made a statement in the House of 'Representatives this afternoon. A 1 wicked and cruel slander, he said, had been uttered against him by one Hadden, that he had offered to pay Hadden £l5O and to take all blame in the robbery charges at Auckland, and to find him a Government billet. Proceeding, Mr. Glover said he had been 49 years in Auckland and could sav his reputation waa clean. He emphatically denied th« statement imputed to him as published in the daily papers. On that denial he stated, his reputation depended. Even his enemies (and every public man had enemies) would not believe him guilty of such wrongdoing. His friends would not ' even require his denial. (Hear, hear.) It was hard that a statement of such a * damaging nature should be allowed to be circularised through New Zealand without a statement in reply to the injustice to himself and his family. He asked the Press Association to make public hi* absolute denial, for a lie had a thousand lies, and, unfortunately, it was easy to think evil. (Applause.) ,