DOMINION NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 17558, 23 January 1914, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS

CAWTURON OBSERVATORY. (Per United Press Association.) NELSON, January 22, Mr Evorshed. of the Kodaikonal Observatory, India, who is selecting the site for the Cawthron obervatory, is making good progress. Practically every day has been beautifully tine and the atmosphere wonderfully clear. it is understood that lie is most favourably impressed witit the conditions here, and it is not altogether unlikely that Mr Evorshed will have a very interesting pronouncement to make at the conclusion of his investigations. FIREMAN IN TROUBLE. AUCKLAND. January 22. There was some excitement aboard the Federal and Siiire liner Ayrshire at the Queen's wharf this morning, when a difference arose between the second engineer (.Peter Barbour; and a fireman named Win. Farley, witit the result that a, warrant was taken out by the ship's officers for Farley's arrest on a charge of assault. Sergeant Fraser and Constable Borland went down to the Ayrshire and Farley was arrested. WllO LES AL E BURGL AR Y. AUCKLAND, January 22. Arthur Douglas, 37 years of age, was further remanded to-day on charges of burglary. The charges consist of thirteen in Auckland and two in Whangarei, all committed in the open daylight, and between January 3 and January 11. The goods stolen comprise silt erwarc, jewellery, dressing cases and clothes of the best quality, such as evening suits and high grade shirts and boots. Most of the properly was recovered by the detective in parcels railed by train to Cambridge and Wellington railway stations, and which were awaiting directions for delivery. The value of the goods stolen amounts to about £2OO. AN INTRUDER. BAILED UP BY NURSES. AUCKL AN D, January 22. A call for help was received at the central police station at a quarter past one this morning from the nurses’ residential club in Upper Queen street, and, immediately, a constable was sent to the iiouse and lie picked up another constable on the way. \\ hen they arrived there they found an undersized

vout.li named Francis Patrick Silva, aped about IS years, sitting in deshabille in one, of the upstairs' rooms, and held a prisoner by a ring of nurses armed with walking slicks. The constables were informed that about one o clock some inmates were aroused by the .sound of a man in the house, and on further investigations being made, they discovered that they could deal with the situation themselves till the police came, so several nurses armed themselves with walking sticks, snapped on the lights and dared the intruder, who was in a bedroom, to move until they gave tire word, lie was still bailed up when the police came. Silva staled that be took his bools off outside the bouse, and climbed up the verandah to the balcony, through the window of which bo got into the house. His explanation of why he went into the place suggests that his mental condition is not normal, and when he appeared at the Police Court this morning on a charge of breaking and entering, he was remanded to next Wednesday for medical observation. A SNATCH THIEF. At Hie Police Court" Francis * Murphy, ing £4 from the person of Mrs Gertrude Keeble on Friday last and was committed to Urn Supreme Court lor sentence. On Friday afternoon Mrs Keeble was carrying a metal handbag with a chain twisted round her wrist. Suddenly she heard a footstep behind her and her handbag was tugged. She turned round and saw a man make another tug at her handbag, this time snapping the' chain. He made off with tlie hag. which contained £1 and a season ticket for the Exhibition. She followed him, calling out as she ran. The man made down Eden Orescent, uhoic a milkman attracted by the lady s cries jumped off tiis cart and collared the in Murphy's coat pocket was found the handbag, and lie was given into oust