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Dunstan Times, Issue 3129, 7 August 1922, Page 7

Thievin' 1- has never been so bad about Melbourne as lately, and pe.>plo ;rr<’ made victims in most unexpected plates. The University students are most unwilling sufferers. Thefts have l>ccn so common up at “Ihe S!io)v -as ’Varsity is called by the boys ami «ir> —that a. detective has been hidden in the hope of cafelling the sneak tlucl. Overcoats are stolen 1 re<|iien tly. linr it is a difficult thins to ponnee upon anyone poing direct to a, hook am takin a; off al coat with the arr of proprietorship. Nine cases out of ten. «l course, the coat would. heione to sneh a. one, and the detect.yes find themselves helpless. Fountain liens, micro- ' seo lies, and soldiers’ badges also disap- , near most mysteriously, never to be seen again. Medical students also find : it difficult to keep their hats when wab.- . ing the hospital. That such a state o . affairs should exist seems incredible. l When caught. if caught. it is to ho i hoped that the thief, or thieves, will be i severely punished’. Suspicion seeinsi to - indicate that he, or they. belong to a i, class of which better things are naturally expected.