GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 312, 11 June 1915, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

A CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENCES. ' By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, June 10. At the Police Court, Richard Fairj child was charged with attempting to t obtain £350 at Napier by falsplv pre- . tending that lie cotild cure a Maori woman of a complaint from which she was 3 suffering. He was remanded to Napier. Accused was arrested prior to the de- , parture of the Rivcrina for Sydney, whither lie had booked a passage- under the name of Thorvell. •EARLY CLOSING OF HOTELS. Cliristelmrch, June 10. At a meeting of the Christcluiroh Licensing Committee to-day Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.M., said members had been j asked to make a recommendation to the . Government in the matter of the clos- , ing hours of hotels, apparently with ] the idea of early closing. It might be _ considered advisable and the commitr tee would meet in a week's time to conf sider the. points. l " OPIUM SMUGGLING. 3 Duneilin, June 10. Charges of opium smuggling came ' before the Police Court this morning, . when Song Tong, chief steward of the • steamer Cape Fiuisterre, was fined £SO <■ and costs, and Sone Snr and Charlie 1 Melander, members of the crew, were ■ fined £25 and costs.