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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 December 1936, Page 14

“This is a very bad case of thieving,” said Senior-Sergeant D. L. Caldwell, in the Children’s Court at Christchurch, on Saturday, when two boys were charged with a series of thefts of articles of a total value of £lOO/15/3. The thefts were in most cases bicycles, all of them good machines, and in some cases brand new racing bicycles. Other articles stolen were a travelling clock, a Spanish dictionary, a revolver, three diaries, and .a quantity of bicycle spanners and accessories. Both boys were placed under the care of the Child Welfare Officer; one was ordered to pay £l3 15/3 as restitution, and the other £5, with restitution of the goods where possible in both cases.

The heavy steamer bookings—much in advance of the time of sailing—by New Zealanders who wish to attend the Coronation ceremonies in London in May have greatly increased the work of the passports branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, The Minister for Internal Affairs (Hon. W. E. Parry) said at Auckland that for the last six months, up to the present month,- 1505 passports had’ been issued by the department. It was expected that the figures would' be doubled in February and March next. “Times are better to-day,” the Minister commented, “and many of our people are now making a long-deferred trip abroad with, of course, the Coronation ceremonies "well in inind.”