PETTY THIEVING

Evening Post, Issue 154, 1 July 1936, Page 16

PETTY THIEVING

POLICE AID TO BE SOUGHT

Police aid in eradicating the evil of petty pilfering from Rugby grounds oa Saturday afternoons will be sought by the Wellington Rugby Union following the airing of complaints to the management committee: last night. Clubs affiliated to the union will be warned of the danger of leaving valuables within reach of. thieves.

The question was brought under discussion by Mr. J. S. King, representative on the committee of the Wellingr ton Rugby Referees' Association. Recently, h° said, a member of the association was engaged throughout Saturday morning and unable to go to his home for lunch. He was a referee at the Emevson Street ground, and £3! 10s in an envelope, left in his clothes,' was stolen during the game. At Kelburn Park, a member gave his loose change to an onlooker, but had cigarettes and tobacco stolen from his clothes in the dressing shed. At Lyall Bay one player had to go home in his football shorts because his trousers were stolen. "And a member of our association's executive on Monday night was willing to move a resolution of thanks to the petty thief at Onslow who stole his underpants, but had the grace to leave his trousers."

"The problem is perennial," said Mr. J. Prendeville, the chairman, and the union decided to place the matter in the hands of. the law.

The office-bearers elected at the annual meeting of the Clyde Quay School Ex-Pupils' Association on Monday evening included Messrs. D. Griffiths (secretary), J. K. Johanesen (treasurer), ami E. W. A. Kellow (auditor).

E. Johnston and Co., auctioneers, will sell electric fittings at their mart, 8 Willeston Street, tomorrow morning at 10.30. They will also sell ladies" coats and shoos, etc at 1.30 cm.