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CAPE NATIVES FINED ON WITCHCRAFT. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) CAPETOWN, April 25. The Bagahkanietsi wa ;■ fined £-50, ',n default two years' imprisonment. Two witch -doctors were each fined £5O, in default one year's imprison, meat, ami a third was discharged. The District; Commissioner passed the sentence. He said that witchcraft was frequent, and that witchcraft doe-to-is were, snakes, exploiting tthe fears of the people. Their methods were tantamount to blaekmafl. A PETTY THEFT. WASHINGTON, April 25. • The Treasury has dischaiged four elderly women clerks for stealing a total o f about 100 dollars over a perio., of ycar». The Trea-uiy has withheld the names and will not) prosecute the women. Thev 'were engaged in counting worn bills the banks returned, and had been pocketing the excess when the bann count was too low. Marked bills re. suited in an exposure. Hitherto, it was believed to be impossible t'o rob the Treasury.
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Grey River Argus, 27 April 1937, Page 7
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153GENERAL CABLES Grey River Argus, 27 April 1937, Page 7
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