A caD" of safe robbers are operating iust now in Launceston, Tasmania, the method employed being to remove a safe | to a convenient distance, and blow it open with dynamic. Several robberies have been committed in this way, and in one case £SO was secured, that being the largest amount the thieves secured. One of the regulations of the Public Service Act under the Commonwealth provides that a female servant, who has been in the service eight years, may, upon getting married, claim two months’ leave on full pay when retiring. One lady Civil servant has already taken .advantage of the provision.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 813, 30 January 1903, Page 1
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102Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 813, 30 January 1903, Page 1
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