Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 13 September 1948, Page 4

Local & General

— Worth Their Weight? When price control of goldflsh was advocated at a meeting of the Dominion Aquarium and Pond Society in Christchurch the society took the view t'hat standardisation of prices was irppossible as the value of the fish depended an individual qu'ality, and could be determined only by a critical eye. The price of "the fish fluctuates from a few shillings to several -pounds each, ac'cording to size afid variety. SmaHr' goldflsh of the common varietyr(a,re hard to get in Britain even at "15s each, al-though before the war tliey 'cost' orily a few pence. Brewery Office feurgled Thieves broke ■ into the offlce premises of the Standahd Brewery in Palmerston North between 6.30 p.m. on Saturday anfi 8.45 a.m. yesterday. A safe weighing aboiit 5 cwt. w.as laid bh. its d'oor on the floor and the . back panel ripped open. They succee'ded in stealing a small quantity of money. The thieves then went into an adjoining office where they forced open the loc-ked drawers of desks and ransacked the place, stealing _ a case of whisky and a case of gin. It was a particularly audacious theft. Instead of seekirig means of entry behind the building, the thieves boldly forced with a jemmy the door of the office facing on to the Street. . No attempt had been made to blow open the safe with explosives.