THEFT OF LODGE FUNDS
(By Telegraph—Press Association;) i
' BLENHEIM, October 16. \ Defalcations exceeding £1000 in th*f funds of Court Clarendon, Foresters* Lodge, Picton, resulted in the appearance in court at Picton this-morninig of Newton Charles Murray Blizzar^ mercer, charged with .theft. The apcused pleaded guilty and was commijtted for sentence at the Supreme Coum, Welliiigtbn? was fixed at £503 and two safeties of £250 each. (
Tlie" changes disclosed that the; :fj> regularitie¥ ■ extended from August, 1935, to Msiy, 1939. The accused, wliio is secretary, of the lodge, confessed thfat he had insufficient experience for tike position. :\When his mercery business began to fail*he borrowed, lodge func|s. He'subseqUenLtly transferred his bu*i« ness to Miramar, Wellington, but witjxout success: x'J£e sold his stock, hoping to repay the lodge deficiencies, tiut there wa'siip' surplus after meeting IJhe accounts of. the^ business. ;
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 94, 17 October 1940, Page 9
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138THEFT OF LODGE FUNDS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 94, 17 October 1940, Page 9
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