ATTEMPTED THEFT
(Special to the "Evening Post.")
PALMERSTON N., This Day
Busy in another part of his restaurant, the sharp ears of Anastasios Makres heard the bell attached to the till in the front of the shop suddenly ring. He investigated and found a stranger behind the counter. If the proprietor was surprised, it did not prevent him from doing a little quick thinking. The unauthorised cashier pleaded hunger as an excuse, so Makres, having saved his money, invited him to a meal. The offer was accepted and the stranger set to work on fish and chips, not realising that it was a ruse to detain him while Makres was telephoning to the police. The sequel was the appearance in the Magistrate's Court yesterday of Ernest Arthur Tremer Johnstone, aged 25, charged with attempting to steal £23. He was convicted and sentenced to three months' gaol with hard labour.
The Spanish Republican Government is issuing new 25-centimo and 45-cen-timo postage stamps to commemorate the feat of the 43rd Division, which, though cut off, resisted for two~months in the Pyrenees before being forced to retreat over the frontier.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 56, 3 September 1938, Page 11
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187ATTEMPTED THEFT Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 56, 3 September 1938, Page 11
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