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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9622, 30 March 1917, Page 2

There was but a brief sitting: of the Magistrate’s Court .yesterday for the dispostil of police cases before Mr L. G. Reid. S.M. Hans Sarensen, who had been found in a backyard in Vivian street at night peeping through wiudown, was charged with vagrancy and nuca ids. in ue fault a fortnight's imprisonment. For the theft of a gold mounted ribbon guard mid pendant of the value of dgf 10s, the property of Albert Benjamin Gaud, aboard a liner, Lancelot Charles Isbern, a steward, was fined Jfa. in default three weeks’ imprisonment. A charge against James U’Conneli (for whom Mr H. F. O'Leary appeared) of the theft of a pile driver, tiio property of William Davies, vyas withdrawn. Inspector Marsaok explained that inquiries showed there was no 'dishonest intention on the part of the defendant. Daniel Lean Edwards, for diunkennesti and obscene language, was fined 25s and handed over to the military authorities. For insobriety Walter Stafford was fined 10s. or three days' imprisonment. Two English workmen wore discussing tho war. “It’ll bo an awful long job. Sam,” said one. “It will,” replied the other. “You sec. those Germans is takin' thousands and thousands of _ Russian prisoners,, and the Russians is takm’ thousands and thousands of German prisoners. If it keeps on, all the RusMans will bp in Germany and all tho Germans in Russia. And then they’ll start all over again, fightin’ to got back to their ’owes.” FLUENZOL ts For Throat anti Mm Troubloa—tH