! A Christchurch Press Association 'telegram states that during the stay of the steamer Tainui at Lyttelton a number of drums of oil disappeared. Yesterday the police visited the premises of Qudoe Anderson, sailmaker, and well-known resident. He denied all knowledge, and a search seemed hopeless, until the police discovered an aperture in the ceiling, and inside were eleven drums. The police subsequently arrested Robert Helmstalk and Thomas Jones on a charge of the theft of the drums and Anderson on a charge of receiving stolen property. They were renisuded' till Wednesday.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 73, 27 March 1915, Page 2
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91Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 73, 27 March 1915, Page 2
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