LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4, 31 July 1918, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some time during the night; four interned Germans escaped from Souics Island on a rait with 1 the evident intention of going t-o the city side of the Harbour, tart the raft drifted ashore towards Petone and swamped. One man died, from exposure, and others landed and were arrested by the civil police, being now in. a weak condition. Later a rudely-fashioned sextant was found floating in the vicinity of the land j ing.—Press Association.

A resident of Pahiatua on Friday went to the post office to post his accounts, and in withdrawing them from his pocket accidentally pulled out a roll of notes. He failed to hptice his loss for some time, but on returning home discovered the shortage of cash. Immediately he rung up the post office, and a search was instituted unavailingly, and the loser was quite disconsolate until on reaching his place of business.-he was pleasantly surprised to find that his spaniel, Darkie, was following, him with the roll of notes in his mouth.

An Auckland Press Association telegram states: Mr Rawson, S.M., gave his reserved judgment in. the case against the Jugo-Slavs tried Taumarunui arising out of their re-, fusal to perform work required of them.,- Fjach defendant was convict J "ed and ordered to come up for sen-; tence if called upon within three, months if he fails to undertake such work required by. direction of the. that they should carry >. out national Commission or the Court. The Magistrate added that he considered it- bet- s ter to deal with them in this lenient way in the interests of the country so service, than that they should be sent; 8 ao! - ■ '•'