GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 210, 4 March 1912, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

"BARRACKING" A CHINAMAN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. As a sequel to the disturbance causad by a number of youths, who assembled last Saturday night outside a Chinese fruit shop, James Byrne, a fruit hawk>r, was charged at the Magistrate's Court to-day with doing an lact which caused persons to congregate so as to impede traffic in Cashel street on the night of February 24. The case was adjourned till Tuesday, defendant only having been served with the summons yesterday afternoon. AN ESCAPEE RECAPTURED. Gisborne, Last Night. Henry Edward Dennetts alias Harry Davis, allias Thomas Tobbling, an escapee from Taihape gaol, where lie was awaiting trial on a charge of assault and robbery, alleged to have been committed at Opotiki, was arrested by Sergeant Hutton and Detective Mitchell on the s.s. Victoria on Saturday. He was brought before Magistrate Burton and remanded to appear at Taihape on Wednesday^ THE SOUTHERLY. Christchurch, Last Night. The weather, which has been 'fine for some time and allowed harvesting to be proceeded with, changed to the south to-day, and after midday driving rain from that quarter set in, and has every appearance of lasting for a day or two.