One of the men selected for Fairlie'a quota of the Eighth. Contingent Tvill nob be able to go, and would not be allowed to go if he could, in consequence! of some revelations made ; regarding him ait the eleventh hour. : He arrived at Timaru -with :" the other Fairlie men by train yesterday morning, and after reporting at the Defence Office, all were dismissed till trans time for Christchurch. As they left the | office, one of them, George jjuvies, was ar- ! rested! by Constable Crawford, "on » ■warrant, for having failed Ho provide for an illegitimate child at Waimate. A' fey minutes later Davies stood before the Stipendiary Magistrate in Court,' and; admitted the charge. He was ordered to find a surety in £50 for the due payment of 7s 6d per week, in default three months' imprisonment. From the Court 'he was taken to the Police Station, and there he was identified by Constable Crawford,' who has his photograph, as a man with a record of sentences for housebreaking and theft at Napier and. Nelson.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7293, 4 January 1902, Page 6
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