It is indeed fa disgrace to Auckland to see how many petty thefts are taking place now. Not long ago we dretr attention to.the fact that several papers had been stolen from the Occidental Hotel; and we hear to-day that a repetition of the same offence has been committed. The enterprising proprietor has, at considerable expense and trouble, been iv receipt of all ( the latest American Australian papers-and periodicals, and on placing them on the tables for the use of all, it is indeed a shame that such things should be stolen, by such pctfyfogging scamps, for they deserve no other name. Mr. Perkins has offered a reward for the conviction of the •thief, or thieves, and we trust, ere long, we may me able to bring to justice, and punish, those who are guilty of such a base action.
, Mr. Spurgeon who is famed for his quaintness, described Mr. MacGregor of the " Rob Roy, "the other evening, as " one who can serve his God, " and at the same time "paddle his own canoe." There are thirty murderesses in the Michigan penitentiary, many of whom are said to be " positively beautiful." Pennsylvania has a pedagogue 96 years old. He is one of tho old masters.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 179, 5 August 1870, Page 2
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