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Oft Sunday night, about when the people adjacent to the burglary. Christchurch Workinj Men's Club were pondering over, the evening's Sermon, there was a dull explosion, and about three hours after a nuraber'Of dog? started to bark, but no one any importance to it, or said they didn't. The safes in the club were blown open with dyoamite and JEII3 stolen. No clue, of course. However, supposing someone had 'braved the frosty air, he would only have secured for himsejf an enthusiastic rap on the nose with a " jemmy " and have been told afterwards what a. fool he was for not keeping, that organ inside. It is not safe to meddle with burglars # reckless as thesi; but one trembles for the burglars if a policeman had beet inquisitive enough*to go and ask- wbj they were kicking up such a- row, dl Sunday night, too. — — '■ : —T~ Turkey has erstwhile been looked oo as a land where thi mails female element was it in danger of beingsrau? gled, turkey, a land flowing with cut throats and Turks (syD& nymous terms) and where that part <t the tenth commandment which forbid one to- " covet his neighbour'; wife, or his servant, or his maid or his ox or his ass, or anythiDj that is his" was being broke! into fragmencs every moment Now the mails are having their turn The Turkish Government accused tb directors of the foreign post offices i facilitating the "smuggling of mails t give entry to letters by the Youq Turkish "party. The ambassador returned the note making the accuai tion on the ground that it was offei sive, The Porte proving unyieldin ;in the matter, the ambassadors cit< casea-.in Jjapan an.d Egypt in euppof of their contention, that there was i legal basis for foreign .post offices i Turkey. As the upshot of the mattd .the European steamers at Constant nople refuse to mails as a result of the losing of ti foreign post offices. AU of whi« comes of trying, to soothe the aavd breast and to gather to>fwn^pM^|

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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 150, 16 May 1901, Page 2

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344

Notes and Comments. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 150, 16 May 1901, Page 2

Notes and Comments. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 150, 16 May 1901, Page 2

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