SHOP LIFTING IN SYDNEY.
Those with wide experience say that shop-lifting is “worse” in Sydney than in some of the great cities of Europe or America. There is no doubt that some very ingenuous and persistent thieves and gangs of thieves work the Sydney shops, and the big establishments are obliged to maintain staffs of male and female detectives. They keep an eye on the employees, of course, hut their heaviest duty is to circumvent the shoplifter. One woman was caught wearing a light cloak, the inside of which was a wonderful arrangement of hooks and elastic catches for the reception of goods she had taken. Another method is to go into the lilting rooms and try on various articles and forget to lake them off, or to slip away when not observed, with some of the things on. Many shameless women use their children in carrying out thefts. If it is a baby in arms, it is put on the counter, the goods slipped in among its clothing, where they are held in place by elastic bands. Little girls of 10 and 12 become astonishingly quick and clover. The regular gangs are the hardest to catch.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1902, 12 November 1918, Page 3
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197SHOP LIFTING IN SYDNEY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1902, 12 November 1918, Page 3
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