Captain Edwin telegraphed from Wellington at 1.20 p.m.:—" North to wost and soubhwesb gale, wibh rain and glasa rising."
Our visitors of the spoiling fraternity are nothing if not original in their modo of operations. The latosb dodge thab baa been unearthed by which the thieves spy tho lay of the land—or rather the house—is for one of their number to pass himself off as an inspector of telephones, and so gain admission iuto the rooms of private dwellings, thereby becoming fully conversanb with the interior of tho house. Ib would be well for residenbs to be on their guard against the machinations of this new pesb. Tho bona fide workmen of tho telographic departmenb always como provided with a babtery and apparabus for testing tho telephones. Anybody else should bo regarded wibh suspicion and refused admission.
We aro asked to remind our readers that there will be no performance of the "Merchant of Venice" in Sb. Matthew's Schoolroom this evening. The play will bo staged on Thursday and Friday evenings, as por advertisement,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 175, 26 July 1893, Page 5
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