"THE GANGSTERS"

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 164, 14 July 1930, Page 7

"THE GANGSTERS"

I NINE YOUTHS LOCKED UP ; GRAVE ARSON CHARGES. : HAXiS. HOUSES, GABS AND • STACS3 3U3H2D. i CAMBRIDGE Dr.STP»ICT OFFENCES. | r;-- Ts-I'icrvnpli.—o'.vn Gcrr^sriniiiirnt.) HAMILTON", this day. j Three further arrest* of member* of ; the Cambridge lire-raisin? pin?, who I ,rvl> thcm-elves "The Garm-tersS were ' made by Detective Sergeant Thompson , | iiii.l Detective White during the week- | end. making ten arrests in all. j The three latest arrested are Tlerzel ! Edward Orr. aged 21, George Gordon ! .Stewart Simpson. 22. and David Edward! ! Harri.-on. IT .-ill of Cambridge. | One of the can?, ajred was =eni tenced to two year.-' Borstal detention lin the Children's Coiu-t on Saturday, j Tim remaining nine appeared in the ; [e.iico Court to-day. All, with the i rj.,,n ,>f Sln;i^o-ii. were charged with yheing ; L in wholesale ineomhar- .; Gui ar.d theft, or the destruction cr : i " ; [r, is agam-t the gang:—l) ' j That th'".' -et alight the Rototuca | Hail, valued at £IGOO. the Franktouj West hath valued at £sG), a hmr-e .n ■ | Thornton Toad. Cambridge, the property • i o: Mrs. I. Murdoch, a house in Alpha G Street, Cambridge, belonging to Mr-. ' i Lowther. a house in Albert Street, Hamilton Ea.-t, belonging to Miss Rogers. | and a .-bed in Hukmiui Road, belonging Gj> Maioi* J. B. White; (-j that tliey I Lurried motor ears belonging to -J. W. ! Lauder and G. D. Smith; (3) that they i burned two hay stacks at Xgaruaw'ahia: | i4i and that they stole a car belonging j ! -hnnsmi was charged only with thej j there of t-joU from a, service car wh'eii ; went over a bank at Karapiro. Smith's ca". after being stolen. was | !:.<:-hed over the Narrows bridge at! grama a a., where it -till lies in 25 feet ; of water. ! r.£,v the aceu-ed. Jolin Meredith. G wis. was granted bail last week in consideration ef his mother's critical ill- • W ns rearrested during the week- ■ !end. Detective Sergeant Thompson said r.e j ha.d been instructed to oppose nail in j | cverv case. There were in all 17 or b-G ■! charges "far-en, theft and mischief ;C."ain-t til-- gang. lie mentioned that ■ Si, large quantity of stolen property ha.d g recovered in various parts of G Cambridge. ; i p.u the accused were remanded to Jargear next Wednesday and ail were I I refused bail. J