THEFTS FROM THE NIAGARA
(SI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, 2nd June. Whea detectives were investigating the theft from passenge\-s on the Niagara, they found silver valued at £7 and serviette rings valued at £3 10a planted. Two stewards confessed to the theft o£ these articles, and at tho Police Court to-day, Charles: J. Harris, for theft of the silver, and William Harris, for theft of the serviette rings, were each sentenced to threo months' hard labour
No arrests in connection with the thefts of clothing from the Niagara on Saturday have been made by the police. The thefts wei's. committed just as the passengers had risen from dinner. In all six cabins were entered, and the value of the clothing and other goods stolen is now estimated at £300. As previously stated, a very valuable fur coat, which, was among the stolen articles, was found floating in the harbour near the Niagara, and the police incline to the' belief that, fearing detection, the thieves dumped the whole of tlio booty overboard when leaving. The detectives were on board the vessel Me last night. A boy is reported to have found a lady's fur floating in the harbour.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 128, 3 June 1919, Page 4
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196THEFTS FROM THE NIAGARA Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 128, 3 June 1919, Page 4
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