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CHRISTCHURCH THEFTS. (By Telegrapli—Per Press A ssociation) CHRISTCHURCH, December 6. '' Rows ol empty .shelves confronted Mr J. Nunes, -a tobacconist, when he entered his shop at 222, Ivilmore Stre't to inves. igate the meaning of an open door with its badly damaged edges. City thieves had been at work, and bdr Nunes estimates his 'loss at £ls. AH that remained of the stock that 'Mr Nunes had built up in six months of trading were two boxes of cigars. The thieves even took a barber’s coat, presumably to wrap up the sfoien property. They did considerable damajr*? to the door. This theft is the first in a period of quiet after several months during which thefts from tobacconist dealers were almost a nightly occurrence. Apparently the activity of the police deterred the thieves for a time but it i,‘s possible that last night's occurrence. is the beginning of another outbreak. For some time past the police have b:en of opinion that a “fence” (a receiver of stolen proparty) is operating on a large scale with tobacco thieves.
A BRUTAL BOY. CHRISTCHURCH, December 5. A fourteen-year-old boy, returning to his desk at school' recently, found written prominently on the title page of one of bis books ‘‘You are a thief.” Incensed, he waited after school for the boy whom he thought to be the culprit, and exacted summary vengeance, This morning he faced an assault charge in the Children’s Court, for, as the police explained, although such schoolboy incidents are ‘generally left to the parents and teachers, the victim in this instance was so badly pun shed that he had to grt medical attention to his head, and the doctor’s fee was one guinea. The victim alleged that his assailant knocked him down punched him while on the ground, and then kicked him. He strenuously denied writing the insult iik the book.’’ "I rang up the other boy’s fatter,’’ said the mother of the offender, '’apologised for my boy’s action, and offered to pay any expenses. He would not consider that. He said he would have my boy put in an industrial school."
The boy was admonished and discharged, his father being ordered to pay the medical expenses.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1931, Page 2
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