THEFT OF MAILBAG
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, July 29,
Daniel Healy McKenzie, former railway porter, was sentenced to three months' hard labour by Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., for the theft of a mailbag at Arthur's Pass. The police said that McKenzie was travelling by train from Greymouth to Christchurch and at midnight went to the guard's van and took the bag. He left the train and opened the bag, finding a cheque and postal notes which he later cashed. He hid the bag and burned the remainder of the contents. Later he went to Auckland, where he was arrested.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 5
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