THE ESCAPED PRISONER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1912, Page 6

THE ESCAPED PRISONER.

STILL AT LARGE. The prisoner John Lewis, who escaped from custody, while at work in the prison brick yards yesterday^ is still at liberty. When he scaled the wall surrounding the yard-h e was fired on by a warder, but the aim. wa6 defective, and Lewis managed to get away. It is stated that the prisoner dreaded going back to New Plymouth and that by his conduct, since his release by the Prison Board, he had prejudiced the chances of other men who are confined there as "habituals." It is further suggested that these men would have visited their displeasure on him on tho grounds that he v )xaA prejudiced their chances of liberation. Lewis made his escape with the aid of a plank placed against the corrugated iron wall surrounding the grounds. It k reported that he was seen in Finlayterrace after he escaped, but so far all efforts to recapture him have failed. Several policemen and probationers, artillerymen, and others are out searching to-day.

The Court of Appeal reserved its decision this afternoon in the case, ' Williams and others v. Miramar, Ltd. Mr. C. P. Skerrett, K.C., with him Mr. C. B. Morison, appeared for appellant, and Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C., with him Mr C. H. Tread well, for respondent company. The Mercantile • Gazette announces the registration of the "New. Zealand Oil Investors, Ltd., as a private com pany on 18th April. The offices are in Nathan's Buildings, Wellington. Capital £10,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £1 each. Subficribere : C P. Knight, 1750; W." Clayton, 250; L. P. Blundell, 500; G. T. Weston, 500; C. J. Nathan, 250; J. P. Knight, 500; A. T. Bate, 1000; W. E. Collins, 3000; E. Downes, 250; A. S. Biss, 250; F. G Dalziell, 250; C. G. Knight, 500; R. D. D. M'Lean, 1000. Objects : To acquire land or interest in land, oil, gas, or petroleum- t bearing properties, and to pi'ospect for the came. Mr. Harold Beauchamp, who arrived in Sydney from Europe last week, will leave for Auckland by the Tyser Company's Marere to-morrow week, and is expected back in Wellington about tho 12th or 13th May.