A COSTLY JOLLIFICATION.
Per Press Association. Auckland, October y. A Hamilton resident on a visit to Auckland complained i 0 the police that he had been robbed of £y. ]|j s statement was that he got into the company of a parte of strangers, at a hotel, and was induced to accompany them aboard a small vessel berthed at the wharf. J hey all weni down into the loreeastle togeiher, about a dozen or 111 em. Jle r e they started a jollification, one of them playing a coneeitina, while the others danced In Ihe course of the dancing so me „f them surreptitiously caught hold of hull and danced him tip and down. Suddenly he felt a hand go into his bicast pocket, where he kept his money, and at the same time ho felt h s watch and chain pulled away. He Succeeded in retaining his purse and rushed up to the deck and ashore. ar the wharf he nnt Constable Murray, and promptly reported the circumstances. Altogether he put his loss at £-/2. His purse, wJlich lie Saved, contained £y.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81860, 8 October 1906, Page 2
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183A COSTLY JOLLIFICATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81860, 8 October 1906, Page 2
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