CHURCH THIEVING.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3484, 12 May 1920, Page 5

CHURCH THIEVING.

COATS ‘AND HATS TAKEN.

Speaking at the annual meeting of St. Mark’s parishioners on Monday evening, the acting.-‘vicajr, Rev. A, T, B. Page, said that he had an unpleasant matter to men_tion——»that (sf the theft of articles from the church porch_ ‘ From What Was Said it appears that pilfering has been ‘going on for siome time, and.that~ocC?lSionallY the porch has been pol-iced.

A letter from. a. parishioner stated that last Sunday hls~son left his £5 Stetson in the" porch and it was stolen. ’ I ’ ‘ An incident was mentionéd (if a

man who by saving tor some time got enough to buy an overcoat. On his first Sunday at church the expensive garment was taken. . The zlcting-vicar ‘said the matter was a very serious one, and something to stop the pilfering would» have to be done. Some time ago the boxes had been bx-.oken' open and he had not had them amended because they were standing witnesses of this wickedness. --N,Z. Times. ,