WANTS TO BE INTERNED.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1915, Page 7

WANTS TO BE INTERNED.

GERMAN BRICK VERSUS PLATE GLASS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. On Saturday night a brick was sent crashing through one of the plate glass windows of the shop of Fowlds, Ltd., m Queen Street, and the mail who threw the brick made no attempt to run away, witli the result that he was immediately arrested by the first constable who arrived on the scene. The brick had gone clean through the window, making a large, but neat, hole in the glass, and had then struck and shivered a mirror at the back of the window. The man, who gave his name as George Pongart! aged 30 years, stated that he was a German by birth, and had not been naturalised in New Zealand. When charged before Mr. R. ('. Cut- ' ten, N.M., this morning, with having i done damage to the value of ,-Clfl, he said that he had been about a fortnight in Auckland, and had been drinking. Sub-Inspector Mcllveney: He w.'.s sober when be was arrested. Ilis Worship: You will be better away from the drink for twenty-one days. The prisoner here broke in with' a request to be sent to Soanies Island, where German prisoners were interned. ''Everybody seems to be down oil me just because the war is on, and won't give me employment. I have been in the King Country, and I was in P.ilmerston North, where I could not get a job, so I asked the police there to put me on the Island, but they would not do it. I would be very much obliged if you would put me there." His Worship stated that the Court had no power to intern prisoners in that' way, but accused would be sentenced to twenty-one days' hard labor, and after he got out he had better go and see the Defence Department about being interned.