PIGEONS STOLEN
THEFT AT CITPJSTC'HUKCM !i
THIRTY-SIX BIRDS MISSUS
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.CHIUSTCHUHCH, April 22. ] Thirty-six racing pigeons, valued at {£l2o, have been stolen from the home of I>. A. C. McKillop, the we.l-khown j breeder, during the week. Tlio/'iu- | eluded mime of the best known birds in the Luminion, one being the winner tif last-year s • Auckland to O.irial- ■ t hin cn raee, and the whole of the team ; which Dr. ' -McKillo-p* entered for exhibition in the annual show of the Christchurch Fancier’s Club, opening on .Monday. So far only two have boon recovered.
It is feared that the others may have been destroyed. The birds, to the number of ICO. were housed in lofts ct the rear of T>:\ McKi Hop’s house at tin? Kuniivskle 'Mental Hospital. Six were stolen from a loft on Saturday afternon last, and on Wednesday inwi. dig it was found that another thirty were liiis.cingi Two of the birds returned to the loft the same night; they had apparently broken away from the thieves. Sa far nothing has been heard of the other birds, and the matter. lias been nut in'the"hands of the police. .... ....
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1933, Page 6
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195PIGEONS STOLEN Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1933, Page 6
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