SHOPLIFTING.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1923, Page 4

SHOPLIFTING.

j I’li KV A I.KXT IX .U'CKI.AND. I j .V(( K I.AXD, .Juno 22 j | hiivc ii vi r know ii ii ease of j shoplifting Ity a mini." said u draper | yesterday. "Women, I believe, are I invariably the culprits. Some are de- ! lii ll- thieves, sometimes rysteinatio jin iheir depredations mid sometimes j i), \ ietims of sudden icmptrition, j 1 thiie.;:! rarely kleptomaniac-, even I’ thong;. (in o.i--o--inu Ol menus liy stlllC I t 15,.},. Vf, ■ 1 1 1 1 s.-oni lo point ill lilt I ! f , , ( I I' 1011 l etUelirie- m,el. .li Would -ccitl ! Inline in Ain iv him I, in spile m the ji pioenut ions taken te guard against ii. j In one I urge sf<,ro it system of lininI n'e-mem in regard is the apprehension liof ■ ho|i|i ftoi-s i- to nil'.tv them to stop ii 1 ■ 11 e.■. 1. It is very quietly done. A [ | pnliic eon I leitin n eusunllv remarks to i! n woiniin tiuit lo mold n soeno slio hnd | | hatter unlk in front of him to the !| . Hire, ( use- hero happened where |j women hitvo ikon dropped the stolen I | . nicies ;.t ihe polite gentleman's feet. |j lhrk it no again." ho gently titges, j '.iiirl f-nrrv it to tin’ office." At the 1 oilier- there nro tears —cascades of f tears - and one hopes for contrition, hut let it he reineinhered the most sensitive male can hoeonie proof against them. To some men ton vs are just so much salt water, which is not at all | r.'inarkahie in the city on the sea. j ".My ini-hand's position," muy miislij lute g scroll.! line of delciiee, or perhaps it iniulil he l.ettcr lo -ay "attack." | The US ’el glass eai- incic i-ir ■* I ilillictdtir’s o! sl'.’Uiii tier-, hut olien the I di-plav ot' ninny chi--. 1 - ol -mall goodjis necessary lor trade. It hel|is to i keep the .ash register singing, "liang j goo.- another .-a xpeilee. ” hut it al-o I mean- that occasionally the sixpence fails to arrive. j Jewellers are on a letter wicket than j drapers against the shoplifting team. I (hull- of price are prod need on trays, lint each tray i- always full, and should there he a va.-aill place instead of a ring after the sidesman lias turned his hack. the i rut Ii is out. The only chance for a thief is m smash a window. Inn shoplifters would nol tin that. They have lo eoti-i.ler their iui.-haiid's po.flioii. ami not risk the vulgar spe.laele of sprinting down i.hieon street ill from of one ol Oil!' panieulai Iv arhIctie young |)olieetiK , n.