THE POST OFFICE THEFTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 198, 19 August 1904, Page 5

THE POST OFFICE THEFTS.

P LEA OF GUILTY TO BE MADE. * TV " H flg r post offi ce cases, dealing with a aw,- series of alleged thefts over Wiee f{. period ' were agnin under public *heh rl' 3 mornin g in the Police Court, P. JrJr arge3 were prpferred against R. JoinSo 7, W " M - Ta > lor and W. H. l»ay D ' P° st offic e employees. Highnote of t , chnr S ed with stealing a postal packet T , value of 3 / f r°m a postal of g^ , ia yior with receiving 10/ worth J ohnst tolen from a P acket . and P»cket« +u W ' th secr "eting two postal Gen e r a ] he P r °Perty of the Po^masteraskeVf * for the Crown solicitor) iaHbhW a . remand ti]l Friday next, as oi euju y s case there was t0 b e a plea Sot ta,/ ter ed. The Justices could "Wished l +t at P lea - and therefore he ■jT 1 we remand. toth. , Cltor9 for the accused agreed *»il bi» 01U ' T1r ' ;pnt ' which vvas gi-anted, ÜBin g icnewed ia eacJi case.

With the exception of the news from , Port Arthur—the capture of Wolf Hill ; crest, the ceaseless bombardment, and the refusal to surrender—the cables today are mostly retrospective in their in- ' terest. Thrilling accounts are given of the parts played by the Cesarevitch and j i.he Retvisan in the battle, and of the ; progress of the engagement generally. ' The situation of t.\ refugee warships in Chinese waters re 1 Lins interesting, the :atest report indicating that it vas pro- i bable that a Japanese squadron would [irobably proceed to Shanghai to enforce ..he departure or disarmament of the . Russian war vessels. ,