SMALL BOYS’ PENANCE
STOLE POPPIES FROM WREATH
Four boys of Roth ley, Leicestershire, who were concerned in the theft of poppies from a wreath on the Rothley War Memorial, placed a wreath on the war memorial subsequently in the presence of the original donor and two policemen.
The magistrates had ordered that this should be dene at 10 a.m., but there was considerable indignation at the penance being made public, and the order was altered.
The boys, however, carried out their promise to replace the wreath, and at nine o'clock wont to the numorial and laid upon it a wreath of chrysanthemums. It bore the inscription: "With sincere regrets Irom lour Rothley hoys. The boys stood at the salute for a moment, and then Colomd Robertson, iwho gave the wreath, and a poi'ire sergeant and a constable shook hands with them and they went home.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1932, Page 2
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145SMALL BOYS’ PENANCE Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1932, Page 2
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