West End stores have always suffered from shoplifters. . . One has lost as much as £IOOO worth .of goods in a day (states a London paper). But the limit in shoplifting impudence was reached recently in one or the largest shops. A .man was. seen : : walking through the provision department On the way detectives saw him pick' up a qiian';' <»£ cut ham 4 and slip, it into his ; t. Next he .took some sar.dii' he detectives followed him He ■ :i made, his way to the restaurant in the same, shop and ordered some bread and butter and a cup of tea. When this was brought he prepared •. to. make m.eal, producing the ham and the sardines from, his pockets. It was at this poarit that the detectir.es intervened, a. .pi.tv perhaps,., for it .would have b^li/Interesting to' se£ ' «:hethor a shoplifter "pays for his rrieal's or whether he would have bilked the .bill, too.
Hay' Fever." sufferers, -try . .•.'Nazo!" ! Gives instnntjrelief.; Get the new-doiibTe size at 2s 6a. Contains 120-vfuil doses-
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20093, 24 November 1930, Page 8
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170Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20093, 24 November 1930, Page 8
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