A BOGUS CLERGYMAN
“REV. M. HASLAM.” A man who is alleged to have said he was the “Rev. M. Haslam” was arrested at ICo oweer up, South oipp si and, Victoria,.recently. He had hymn books a clerical collar in liis possession. According toi the police, last month a foreign-looking man, who gave the name of the Rev. Donald Harvey, made the acquaintance of Mr Tregear a Methodist minister, at St. Kilda, and arranged to preach, a sermon at the local church. One morning, however, it was found that he had disaiipeared, and clothing and a wristlet watch-be-longing to the other boarders were also missing, Inquiries bv a detective led him to Kooweerup. At Catania, eight miles out, lie found that the man had been representing himself as the “Rev. Mr Haslam,’’ a Methodist clergyman oil furlough from Adelaide. He wa,s to have preacher atNttfe local Methodist Church on the following Sunday. .
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 December 1924, Page 7
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