Placing Goods Outside Shopdoors.
The following statement by Chief Constable Henderson, Edinburgh, may be of interest to shopkeepers: — 'I do not know any practice that is answerable for the making of more thieves (except intemperance) than that of shopkeepers placing articles of clothing outside their doors, so as to throw temptation in the way of the needy or dishonest ; and if I had any say in the infliction of punishments, knowing how many youths have been led into crime by this practice I believe I should penalise very severely any shopkeeper who was clearly proved to have been guilty of it. The carelessness which is manifested in this practice renders it) almost unnecessary for the thisf to resort to any skill, and the ease with which he becomes possessed of the stolen article proves so tempting that he cannot x-e&ist the inclination, which becomes more difficult to throw off with every theft ho commits.'
The Hon. Mr Robinson has disposed of all surplus store sheep from Cheviot estate privately to Mr A. VV. Bennett, The sheep comprise 1,000 ewes and 6,000 wethers— large framed merinos.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 348, 6 March 1889, Page 4
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185Placing Goods Outside Shopdoors. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 348, 6 March 1889, Page 4
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