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EX-SCHOOLMASTER CHARGED WITH THEFT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, Last Night. A rather startling arrest was made on Friday night by Detective-sergeant Kemp, when he took into custody a man well-known about town, Robert Mackay Melntyre, a prominent Napier Rugby footballer, and an ex-master of the Napier Boys' High School. It appears that while the defence officers were making preparations for the camp, Melntyre was assisting them at the drill shed, and since their departure for camp he 'had been giving assistance to Sergeant-Major Lucky. Several evenings ago, as he and Lucky wore' leaving the building, in putting an envelope with £lO 7s 4d enclosed in a drawer, the officer remarked that if someone did not call for the money (it being Captain Bishop's salary), it would bo stolen. When lie returned! next morning Lucky discovered that the money was missing, and also that entrance had been effected 'by getting through a window. He at once placed the matter in the hands of the police. Prompt enquiries were instituted, with the result that Melntyre was arrested. He appeared in court on Saturday, ana was remanded till Monday.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 290, 11 May 1914, Page 5
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188NAPIER STARTLED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 290, 11 May 1914, Page 5
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