GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
A LABORER'S " BURST." By Telegraph— Press Association. Timaru, Last Night,
James Griffcn, alias Wall, recently employed for a short time at Hinds, or Peel Forest, by a farmer named Chisnell, pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence on charges of uttering a number of valueless cheques signed "Chisnell" in Timaru and Tennika. He tendered the cheques in payment for goods bought, and received some change, or borrowed small amounts on the strength of the deal. His purchases included two gallons of whisky, a rubber-tyred gig, and ten tons of potatoes. Accused offered the excuse that he had been drinking.
MILITARY PENSIONS. Thames, Last Night. A deputation of veterans waited on the Hon. F. M. B. Fisher, asking that military pensions be granted to veterans who served in the Maori war, hut were not under fire. They contended that their enrolment and actions in quelling threatened outbreaks were sufficient to justify the granting of compensation, which they asked as an alternative. The "Minister sympathised, and promised to look into the question.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 18 June 1914, Page 5
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172GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 18 June 1914, Page 5
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