VICTIM OF PICKPOCKET
(By Telegraph—Press Association.*
AUCKLAND, December 22.
One of the victims of pickpockets who have been operating in Auckland is the prison chaplain, the Rev. G. E. Moreton. While riding' on the rear platform of a tramcar in Symonds Street during the evening his wallet was taken from an inside coat pocket. It contained a cheque book, papers, and letters of thanks from prisoners, but no money. It was found in a rubbish receptacle near the top of Symonds Street. Mr. Moreton was returning from shopping on behalf of ihm prisoners about to be released.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1938, Page 7
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