NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 516, 25 May 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

[»t TiLioßirn—rnxss tisociAKOß.l —_—« —— /.' AUCKLAND SUPREME COURT. "A SOIiRY RECORD." Auckland, May The Criminal Sessions of tho Sn£rom<Court wcro opened to-day, before Mr. Jnstk* Edwards. In his'chargo to tho Grand J-nry, his Honour. 1 said ho rearottod that there were no lower than 42 offences.on the calondar involving charges against a much .larger number of persons, 'i'or the most part thoso woro simply ordinary charges of theft, house-breaking, false pretences, forgery, etc.; but tho number was large) and formed a sorry record of an increase in. charges o£ enmo. ' ■ >' . ■'' ■ : .• The Grand Jury returned.. ,truo bills in nearly every case. .. ■ , ' ... '_ Percy Cassidy, for breaking and entering: and theft, at Dargavillo, recoived eighteen months': imprisonment. William Urinnie, alias Harris, and Thomas banning, were convicted of stealing a lady's pnrso: in a railway carriage on the Main Trunk express, whilst tho woman was asleep. Drinnio was sentenced to three years', .and fanning to two and a half years', imprisonment. • ". ■•.. / ■'■ ■ ' ■; '■' A youne man, named CarrFrancis Walker, lately a clerk in tho employ of the Hon. J; A. Tole, Crown Solicitor, pleaded guilty to twentyrtiyo charges of forging his employer's signature, involving a total sum or £416, and was sentenced to threo years' imprison*ment. .... . . . . :

MYSTERIOUS FIRES. TWO PAYILIONS BURNED. ; Oamaru, May 2i. A number of mysterious fires have recenflj •. occurred'in Oamaru, and two more of the. ' same' character, happened this evening. The v fire brigado were called to a fire about two miles out of tovm, bat tho building (the CaJo-' • donian Society's pavilion) was totally, do- '■''•■ stroyod before anytliing could bo done to eayo it. While the brigado were engaged there tho boll sounded for a- fire,. which totally do- , stroyed the Phoenix Bowling Club's pavilion, tho contents aswell as the buildings, being burned. Tho loss to tho Bowling Club is / atont £290. There were small iueuranoea. '■ A NOVELTY! "INTENSE HEAT." , ' • - ' Paimerston North, May 24. Tho beat in Pahncrstqn yesterday was'intense for May. It was accompanied by a heavy downpour - of rain in tho afternoon, , which lasted fully an bour. So far an exceptionally mild winter has 'been expertonced. .Stock is looking, well; grass being . abundant.: . ' v ~'■'.'•. ~ ■. .'.•'■"'.. : : CALLED BACK. '' : i , > , Invercarglll, May 24, Two extradition ordors wore granted by Mr. Crnickshank, S.M., to-day, against At . fred J. Mills, charged with passing valueless ... cheques at Launceston, and.Joseph Savage, charged witb wife desertion at ;Beaoonflfiold. :, Tho prisoners leave by tho Warrimoo to-day.. - ', - L COLF CORONATION MEDAL. Palmerston North, May 24.;;.. A competition under tho Ladies' Golf TJnka , will boliold on Monday, May 31, eimultan- v oously tliroughout Now Zealand, for, the coro- \ : nation medal. No postponement will bo al- , lowed.; _■ ■' . .■■.■■' '• ■'' .'. : ' '. ■•■' BACK FROM THE TUHARA WRECK. , ; . ... ''.":,. Hapler, May 24.- •; .. Tho steamer Tangaroa returned, this aftei* noon from the scene of the wreck of bha • auxiliary solioonor.Ttiliara'at Itfahia. ,;Portion of Ulio, machinery was salved,, and Eonio . of tho spare and' rigging, as well as a smaU portion of her cargo of coal and timber. The , vessel is a complete wreck. ■ ■■•■"■•■.. '■ ■ -'^n'; arrest. - !';-,' , '!;, ( i, •,• , ',-Ji-]o'n[<7f(;3 ;•■■ Invercargfiii''.May 24. •■• ■■■> A man giving the name of Percy Nat King, and ; desenbing' himself as a , 'traveller for fibe .... .Cascade Brewery,- Hoba'rt,. has-been■.arrested-v..,V on a chargo of stealing jowellory.- .Valued at ■ ■ . : £15 los. from- iJho boardingnouso of Annio Cowan, Christcliurcb..- . .. '.•■..■. '.