GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 274, 11 April 1913, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A CHARGE OF VAGRANCY. ]3y Telegraph—Press Association. lnvereargill, Last Night. Arthur Smith, who was before tho Court last Thursday on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond, and with flourishing a revolver, came up for sentence to-day. The defendant said' that he had been drinking heavily at the time, and was- ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.

A PECULIAR' POSITION. lnvereargill, Last Night. A peculiar position has arisen in connection with the contract for the supply of bread to charitable institutions. The Bakers' Association held a meeting the night before tenders closed, and iixed the price at sV!>d per 41b loaf. The successful tenderer, Mr. J. R. Denby, posted his tender not knowing that there was a fixed price. He has now received notice from the Association lining him £5, and if he continues with the contract he will be fined another £ll. The Charitable Aid Bo.ard has decided not to cancel the contract. , THE TREASURY. Wellington, Last Night. A deputation from the Cook Memorial Committor asked Mr. Massey for a subsidy towards the cost of the Cook Memorial at Queen Charlotte Sound, which amounted to floOO. Mr. Massey said that the Government would, kegp tbe Ward Government's promise and give £370. Ho would not promise anything further at present. The demands for money during the last f<wtUvrs fcafl been simply enormoiif and would hardly be credited. There were an enormous number of applications for school buildings and roads, etc., which amounted to far more than the Government could supply.

MTSSTNG MOTOR LAUNCH. Hasting?. Last Night. The motor launch Irene, washed nshore at Gisborne to-day. is owned bv Mr. Norman Wellwood, of Hastings. Tt broke adrift from its moorings at Kidnappers on Easter Sunday, and has 110! been sighted sine? A GAMING CHARGE. Wellington, Last \ T Hit. The police this afternoon raided the premises of a hairdresser in Mercer street and arrested the occiniicr. Gilbert Henry Price, on a ehargp of keeping a common gaming house. Two other men named Nelson Williamson and Bertram Cowles Williams were apprehended oil charges of assisting in the management, nf tV nliiee. while Frank Campbell and Frederick Moss were taken into custody f n v being found on tlift m'tfmisVs.' All the men were siibucouentlv charged a* j the Magistrate's Court with the offences | mentioned, and were remanded till April | ISth. Bail was allowed.