NO CRIME IN MASTERTON.
JUDGE COMPLIMENTS DiSTRIC I ASSOCIATION TILIGBAH.) March, 10. . TLa • .Supreme Court,- opened : llii» morning. - , . . ■.;( • There were no criminal' case?,' and i Mr Justice Heed was presented...with'f a pair of white gloves. II is Honour congratulated the .district upon the freedom from crime.. It was the first time in' six years-that he had received, a pair of gloves.y He said lie had been informed that. this. tva tho third sitting of the Supreme here where there were no crimirinl cases for hearing. He would; not.-at-tempt to say wliat/tho reason wasfor ' this. If he suggested that the freedom from cryne was due to - the comparative absence of liquor in Masterton he might get into, trouble,;so he vould attribute the satisfactory state of affairs to the law-abiding class; of person who inhabited the district; He heartily congratulated-the district. -
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18947, 11 March 1927, Page 13
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