Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud the Government.
(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCUTIOK.) • j
CHRisTcneRCH, this day., Nine late employed in the railway service .. at Lyttelton wore oharged on Saturday ■be-,.; fore the R.M. Court with conspiracy to defraud the Government. The man .*»&>, remanded till Wednesday next, a* one of, the principal conspirators had not Wen y arrested. Tho fraud is alleged to nave consisted in ono of the accused namea Thomas Howe giving the others cr| ditJ?J= ! doing work they never performed. «» exact amount of the defalcations is n0t.;... known, but it is believed to be some | hundreds of pounds. Howe was arresrea. • in Wellington. i
Allfanner-, gardeners, and fnafrg»f«f[y who do not wit to s _ek fast to *»* mW 3. .: olri-fashione. .„> ..- li1. the W«a?X'. r; proKruss leaves them far behind, shoul" w*' note of the fact that the New ZeawotJ«K{ like c .ory oilier good rural JO*n»U*&tt»fflS .'. to keep them moving along- the path Of grOSl i with credit find profit to themselvesandU"g.. . country. Send your subßCriroon,mj»^.fel months, and judge for yoUrMlveß.-B.»»"' Publisher, Star Office. Auckland.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 122, 1 June 1885, Page 2
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