RAILWAY EMPLOYES IN TROUBLE.
TWO YOUNG MEN FINED, . . GORE, f\me 17. Two young men in the railway deparfc- , ment .appeared; before Mr Kenrick, S.M., to-day, charged 1 with being concerned, in thefts from raiLway trucks. - Francis Wm. Shepherd 1 , 20 years of age, was charged: with stealing from. & railway, carriage at- Clinton, one bag of sugar and one box of butter,, to the total value of £3 Sg lid, the property. . of thedepartment.^ Be pleaded "Guilty," and was fined *^> a default 14 days' imprisonment. On a further charge of the theft of a tin of biscuits accused was ordered to come up for sentence when' called upon, on condition that he paid the deficiency on the goodsLeslie Wilson, also 20 years old, was charged' with receiving- goods knowing; them to have heen stolen- Accused, hadt used some of the butter and so^ar stolen; by Shepherd, and did not tepdri the matter, as he fl did not like to put Patf away." The Magisfcrate gaicT tt %jis tpc^ fortunate thai WIJ 8011 "V s * «* #. position. He cou|« Bq| per altogether^ excused, however, Sid would be) fined 1 £2. ■ • ' -c Representations will b"e made tff i&4 department regarding. Wilson's? case,- t -
COLDS CAUSE HEA&ACHIL LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE removes the c&nse. Used the world over to Cum a Cold in One- Day. E. W. GROVE'S sig-nafrux-o on box. la lid.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 4
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227RAILWAY EMPLOYES IN TROUBLE. Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 4
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