CLOTH DAMAGED
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NOW WE ARE QUITS
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AUCKLAND, Ma v 12.
Disappointed, after breaking into a clothing factory, at not being able to steal clothing they wanted; two youths •deliberately, and' wantonly, damaged cloth and wool valued at £IOO.
Admissions to this effect were made by Arnod Colin Barker, 17 years or ago, and Ernest Edward Davies, 13 years of age. Both were labourers, who wore committed to-day for sentence. The manager of one of the firms who (suffered, said that rolls of cloths had been undone and 1 draped round the interior of the building. A total of 338 heads of wool had been cut through, and 12G others damaged by being strewn around the floor. In addition, 280 yards of flannel and 281 yards* of shirting had been hacked through and utterly ruined. Accused left a message “Now we arc unit's."
Although neither had been employed b.v the firm before, one said that the* only reason pey did the> damage was disappointment at not being able to steal any clothing.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1932, Page 6
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180CLOTH DAMAGED Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1932, Page 6
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