PAPER PENNIES.
' IX WAJHI GAS METERS. (By Correspondent) ■ ' Tuesday. -Ca swell Bean, a lalaburer, of Ngaruapleaded '"Not. to a charge ofjhaving stolen; a'quantity of'gas, to the, -value of 12/3,"the-: property of the Waihi Borough" Oouncil. - The evidence; of the prosecution showed, that defendant, <haii~ : vacated the premises,; leaving thirteen pieces ot cardbbaird and a piece ot cork in an automatic meteri Defendant said it' was'a regular practice in Waiai to use matchbox- tops when shillings were not available, and that the collector \was in tile - habit 'of accepting, •money Jater. • . • The magistrate said thera was no evident intention of theft of gas. The depart-ment-had'apparently-been'in the habit of treating such practices as debts. The borough should take to have a proper understanding: in -.regard to payment for gas. The information would be .-
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1916, Page 9
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