GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 173, 21 January 1914, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

MYSTERY SOLVED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Xapier. Yesterday. Six or nine months ago Napier was subjected to an epidemic, of burglaries and all efforts of the police to discover the perpetrators proved futile. Quite unexpectedly, however, fresh light has been thrown on i|,,. mysterv bv the arrest of David Conway Hum' at' Hastings. A quantity of missing valuables was found in his possession, and the prisoner admitted being concerned in two of the burglaries. '.Subsequently a man named Carpenler was arrested at Auckland on a charge of heiii" concerned iu the thefts. ROY IMMIGRANTS. Auckland, Yesterdav. Fifty-one boy immigrants under the ■Government scheme arrived | )v the Ayrshire from Liverpool this mo'rtiin". Billets await all of I hem. 24 going to North . Auckland, and 27 to southern farmers The boys will receive 7s Ik! per week for the first year, (is -lid being stopped until £liQ haa accumulated ( 0 vep ;lv the passage money. In the second vear they will receive lis fid and Hie third year 17s fid weekly. The boys' ages range from ]."> to 20. There appears to be some discontent among a number of the lads, who state that they understood tha wages quoted were the minimum ami '■ that they would be paid acoordin" to their ability. "