THEFT OF COAL.
« TWO MEN FINED £3. Appearing in the Police Court to-day I'acli ell m-lm'il wit Ii stealing two lim.l'- iii coal. VillllPil at .'{/. thp property of tin Hovi.ii|)..rt St on m Ferry C'oinpii 11 v. I.t <1. Iloginald Harry Roberts (24),' lirick layer, and Alfred Page (22), a labourer pb-idod guilty. Sub-Inspector Flanagan f=ai<l both mei were seen on Saturday niacins; coal in b sugar sack, and when questioned whih taking it away they admitted the theft "For some time past coal has ben repu larly stolen from t'lo same place, but our inquiries go to show that thi> was tlie first time these men were involved,' said the sul>-in«pector, who added that neither had ever been in trouble previously. Pniiilpl-Inn + li!i + c.T,.1. „..„- r
Bom-irking that such thefts were mean, Mr. C. B. Orr Walker, S.M.. lined each £3 or seven days' imprisonment.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 155, 4 July 1938, Page 3
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