DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1932, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS

BAG SNATCHER,

(Per Press Association— Copyright.)

CHRISTCHURCH, November 16. A young woman walking in Carlton Mill Road, had her handbag, containing a considerable sum of money, in notes and silver, snatched from under her arm by a cyclist, who made a quick escape. The victim, in this case, ■was Miss A. M’Donald, who resides at 12, Exeter Street. . Miss M’Donald, who is a dressmaker in Cashel Arcade, had' been working late. After leaving a tram at Bealey Avenue, she was near the corner of Exeter Street when a man, who had apparently been following her on a' bicycle, rode on to the footpath alongside her and, as he passed, snatched the bag. Miss M’Donald was hampered by a suit-case and in addition; ivas given too much of a shock to be able to do anything, and the thief made off. He had neither lamp nor red reflector on his bicycle and, Miss M’Donald states, appeared to be well-dressed.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

"WELLINGTON, November 16,

The New Zealand Church Missionary Society at its annual meeting to-day, decided to shift its headquarters from Nelson to Wellington. The election of officers resulted: President, Bishop Sadlier (re-elected); committee, Mrs E. E. Corder, Mrs E. Hardy, Miss'A. E. Baker, Miss B. Humphries, Messrs R. Br.rgrove, G. C. Edwards, J. Snell, Ven Archdeacon Smith, Revs H. EFrv, T. C. Long a nd T7.C. W. Powell'; auditor, Mr K.S. Palmer.