GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

BURGLARIES AT NAPIER. i By Telegraph.—-Press Association. I Napier, Yesterday. J David Conway Burn and Richard Ca - ] penter pleaded guilty to a long list of | burglaries committed in Napier during | last winter. Carpenter, who was arrest- , ed in Auckland, made a full confession, i giving the time and date of each bur- I glary and a list of the articles stolen. I The prisoners were committed for sen- I tenon. I A BURGLARY FRUSTRATED. Invevcargill. Yesterday. A burglary at Bray Bros.' was smartly foiled by Constable Hood. Between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning the officer noticed u trap eo'utainins two men pull up at the premises. The men entered, and when they heard the constable approaching they escaped through the office window. After a sharp chase Hood captured one, Edward Harland, a pastrycook, who was charged with entering the premises with intent to commit a crime I and remanded till Wednesday. NEWSPAPER LIBEL ACTION. Wellington, Yesterday. The Chief Justice to-day refused to issue a summons applied for by defendants in the libel action New Zealand Times v. the Wellington Publishing Company, in respect of matter published in The Dominion newspaper. The summons sought to call on plaintiffs to show cause why they should not supply particulars of the loss or damage alleged in the statement of claim. CUSTOMS FRAUDS. Chrislchurch, Yc.-torday. Tn the Customs cases all the accused unexpectedly pleaded guilty. His Honor deferred the imposition of sentences till • this afternoon, in order to hear counsel. TRAINING BLUEJACKETS. Chvistcluivch, Yc.-terday. The Navy League has decided to place before 1 the Minister a proposal to begin the training of hoys for sea life. It is proposed to secure a shed at New Brighton., with sailing and rowing boats and one instructor. The cost wiil amount to several hundred pounds.