A STOLEN BAG

Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1932, Page 2

A STOLEN BAG

EXPERIENCE OF CHRISTCHURCH LADY. LONDON, February 2. Mrs G. Alexander and Miss Marjorie E. Alexander are recent arrivals from Christchurch, the latter having come Home to continue her studies at the Royal Academy of Music. The day after they landed a rather unpleasant incident occurred which would not give them a good hast impression of manners and ways. They were at the High Commissioner’s Office in the Strand, looking at the Christchurch papers which are filed in the entrance hail for the benefit of New Zealand readers. Mrs Alexander, who had been given a farewell party before leaving Christchurch was looking up the account of it in print, and Miss Alexander left her seat to glance through another paper on the file. In less than five minutes Mrs Alexander looked round and found that her hag. which she had left on her chair, had disappeared. She lost no time in notifying the fact, and Mr I l '. T. Sand lord got into touch with the police. The hag contained some money—fortunately not a large sum, because Mrs Alexander had not yet been to the bank—passports, luggage tickets, and other things. Meanwhile, nothing more could be done. Next morning, however, a message arrived for Mrs Alexander to attend at Mow Street Police Court. There her bag was returned to her. Some of tbi> money had been taken, but not all of it. Ibe stolen property Imd lieeu found in the lounge of South dfried House, close by.