NIGHT RAIDERS
£SOO REWARD OFFERED BY FARMERS THEFT OF SHEEP AND CATTLE Special to THE SUN WANGANUI, Monday. A reward of £SOO is being offered by ten prominent men in the Counties of liangitikei, Wanganui, Waitotara, and Patea for information which will lead to the detection of sheep and cattle thieves who are reported to have been at work in the district. The thieving has been going on for I some months past and the ten signai lories of the notice of reward have i canvassed the district to obtain the ■ support of the small farmers, who are j in the end the greatest losers. Thefts i have been widespread, and it is assumed that the robbers drive a motori lorry and make their raids at night. | When a full load lias been secured it is thought that the thieves run the ; captures into some other district, j where the earmarks will not be recognised, and sell the stolen stock in the usual way through stock agents. The offer of reward is only one part of the slieepowuers' plan to detect the thieves, it is the outward sign that the farmers have formed themselves into a band to stamp out the evil.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 870, 14 January 1930, Page 16
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202NIGHT RAIDERS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 870, 14 January 1930, Page 16
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