THEFT OF LODGE MONEY
Auckland, Last Night
The theft of Lodge money totalling £3O 19 9 was admitted by Ernest Wright, a young man, in the Police Court.
Wright was secretary •to the Richmond Lodge 4428, New Zealand, No. 13, of the Royal " Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, said Senior-Detective Hammond, and the remuneration he received for this work was only nominal, about £3 a quarter. Originally he was 'a ship’s steward by occupation, and had been in New Zealand only twelve months.
After misappropriating a portion of the money entrusted to him, Wright went to Wellington, where lie shipped for England. He \ was arrested the day before the boat sailed.
“Stand him down,” said Magistrate Hunt, “I want to see the Probation Officer before passing sentence.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3590, 25 January 1927, Page 2
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126THEFT OF LODGE MONEY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3590, 25 January 1927, Page 2
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