GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1915, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

FINED FOR SMUGGLER, ' ,);4 By Telegraph.—Press Association ''fMS Auckland, Yestetday. • , ,g: William Fredrick*, of QlsbonM, a ft*- ■ -M senger by the Niagara from Sydney, , was charged at the Folic* Court witk : "il having attempted to smuggle * B»ld/ jl and diamond brooch, apparel, eto., eftbi , ~js total value of £ls 19s lOd, on \ririeb. « ..;|'; duty of £l6 was payable. Defendant '//{jj stated that ho was unaware tint duty, had to be paid on any of the attWea. '*-,,$ He toad no intention of defrauding, the ..'>,' Customs. He was the owner of several ' ' :; f farms near Gisborne and was in good .i ■ circumstances. Mr. Cutten, S,M., said ' •; he would have to convict defendant, and ';>* imposed a fine of £25, adding that th* goods would be forfeited. m ' t..; DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES 7« Wellington, Yesterday. •' i The estates of 280 deceased persona \'';if were assessed for death duties during '.>s tlie month, the largest being that of v fy Joseph Thomas Knight (Canterbury) "i' £1)8,804. The New Plymouth estate! , .■>, wore:—Alice Clark £4235, David Sole / £4052, James Rayward £2023, JamAS .7' Way £IOSO, Edwin George £I2BO, ' ( , George Jordan £1134, Seville B. E. Lay» '"■' ward £1122, John J. Kavanagh £«23. OUR WOUNDED IN EGYPT. Wellington, Last Night. s ; The Minister for. Defence recently ':■. wrote to the Sirdar of Egypt (Sir. R, Wingate), thanking liim for the facill- .", ties he had placed at the disposal of the ; wounded New Zealand soldiers.. Yester- *. day the Minister received the following '' reply from the Sirdar:—"l beg to thank you for your third letter, and to express ,' to you my groat satisfaction at learning' ■ , that the facilities which I was able to place at tiro disposal of the sick and wounded of the New Zealand and Aus- '' tralian soldiers have been helpful. It is a source of great pleasure to me to feel that anything I have been able to do lm* assisted in the nursing and care of these gallant soldiers," SOLDIERS' CONVALESCENT HOMES. . Wellington, Last Night. ' , Another gift of £SOO has been accepted by the Hon. G. W. Russell for the provision of a camp for convalescent soldiers at Rotorua. Similar generosity is being witnessed in the South Island for the establishment of a camp at Hannier. It is expected that the profits of a patriotic trotting meeting promoted by the Canterbury Owners' and Breeders' Association will amount to £SOO for that purpose. Mr. Russell says that he fully anticipates that the whole of the money and material needed to set up these camps will conic from the voluntary; contributions of organisations and indw viduals.