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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12059, 26 September 1933, Page 4

Two jewellers’ sLops were robbed of rings at- Groymouth yesterday, by a. mail believed to be unemployed, who iwas subsequently arrested. Asking to see an engagement ring ait Tennent's, he distracted Mr Tennant’s attention, removing o lle rings and saying that he would his fiacnee to isee ono that ho liked. Mr Tennent then discovered Ids loss and informed the police. In the meantime, the man had gone into Gilbert’s shop in the next block, adopting similar tactics, and securing a £27 ring from a lady assistant who, later, followed and identified hint in an hotel bar, a s also did Mr Tennent. A constable, on arrival, saw him drop one ring on the flfcor and the other ring iwas found behind' a barrel. The arrested man will appear in court to-day.—Jp.A. The Christchurch railway station possesses a much-travelled white cat It performs its job of rat-catching .so [well tliat the station staff considers that it deserves occasional country holiday jaunts. Most of the dayi it spends, cat-fashion, sleeping Sn a sunny spot, hut every now; and then it explores the guard’s van, gets shut iui ,and is carried off into country. In this way it has gone as far afield as Leestton, but its most frequent trips have been to Lyttelton. Of incoming trains the one it knows best is from the Islington freezing wjorfes, for the train crew provides a special tit-hit of meat for it. So well does . the cat know this train and the time of its arrival that it is always waiting for it [when it comes in.