Night-Callers
(N.Z. Press Association) WANGANUI, July 11. Numerous frightened women have complained to the Wanganui police about the nocturnal visits and anonymous telephone calls from persons claiming to be canvassers for an American magazine. Tactics used by the canvassers were more a nuisance than outside the law, a police officer said today. “Yes, we know all about them and have spoken to some of the canvassers, following complaints,’* he said. The canvassers were
particularly active on Friday night, and so was the police station telephone. When they visit or telephone, the canvassers invariably ask for the husband of the house if the wife answers the door or telephone. Similarly they ask for the wife if the husband answers.
This has frightened widows and women living alone, who do not want a caller to know they are alone. At least one telephone call has been made after midnight.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31109, 12 July 1966, Page 3
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