MAN WITH A BRICK

Southland Times, Issue 17478, 20 July 1915, Page 6

MAN WITH A BRICK

PRATE GRASS WINDOW SMASHED. GERMAN ASKS TO BE INTERNED. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 19. On Saturday night a brick was sent crashing through one of the plate-glass windows of tiie shop of Uowlds, Ltd,, In Queen street, and the man who threw the brick made no attempt to run away, with the result that he was immediately arrested by the first constable who arrived on the scene. The brick iiacl gone clean through the window, making a large but neat hole in tiie glass, and had then struck and shivered a mirror at the back of the window. The man, who gave hi s; name as George Pongart, aged 39 years, stated that lie was a German by birth and had not been naturalised in New Zealand. When charged before Mr E. C. Cuttcn, S.M., this morning with having done damage to the value of £l6, be said he had been about a fortnight in Auckland and had been drinking. Sub-Inspector Mcllveney; He was sober when he was arrested. His Worship: You will he better away from the drink for twenty-one days. The prisoner here broke in with a request to bo sent ot Somes Island, where the German prisoners were Interned. "Everybody seems to be down on me .iust because the war is on, and won’t give me employment. I have been in the King Country and I was in Palmerston North, where 1 could not get a job, so X asked the police there to put me on the Island but they would not do It. I would be very much obliged if vou would put me there.” His Worship stated that the Court had no power to intern prisoner In that way, but accused would be sentenced to twenty-one days’ bard labour, and after he got out he had better go and see the Defence Department about being interned.