An Airy Swindle

Southland Times, Issue 19264, 30 January 1904, Page 3

An Airy Swindle

m Per United Presa Association. JC-i Z* . ; v „ DUNEDIN, Jj_n. 29. At the Police Court this forenoon William R. Luby, charged with sending forged tele^jraihSi pleaded guilty and was fined £10 in each case. The informations were laid under the Electric Lines Act. Accused, becajne acquainted some time ago with two young men earned Killean and Mccracken. Jtie sent a telegram to Killean, asking him to forww'd a stum of __toney.--: ; r.-.The telegram was signed ' 'P. McCracken," and accused was successful in getting £2. It also came to Jiis knowledge that Killean, while in Dunedin, stopped at^Gebbie's Provincial Hotel, and that he left without paying ids account. Accused then sent a wire to Killean asking - him to forward . the amount, signing the name "W. Gebbie." Killean took no notice of the application, but subsequently receivcid a telegfla-jn 'jtating that -Xtless t._» amount was paid forthwith proceedings would be taken J JBallean thereupon sent 375.

_che to Melbourne Road ttacoT a dlßteiceof 163 miles, we* won by^7 Arnst, of 'N.Z.^u Thours 43 minlitos from Bcratcb,^beating the previpua record by (ine hour. 7Am ? t rode a. Red Bird machine, thus proving it to ba the pest luochlno for road ridiag.*