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ALLEGED THEFT OF £Bll
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CHRISTCHURCH July 29. A sum of money totalling £Bll was involved, said • Detective-Sergeant ;F. Sinclair in the Magistrate’s Court today, when two Chinese appeared y.n charges of theft. .The accused were Chang Chew Chong, aged 64, a fruiterer, and Arthur Wong, aged 39, a market' gardener, of -Manchester Street.
Detective-Sergeant Sinclair asked for a remand until August 3, the application being granted by the Magistrate (Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.). The charge against Chang Chew Chong was that on July 27, at Christchurch, lie stole tilie sum of £Bll in money, the property of Wong Bros. Arthur Wong, alias Wong Foon, alias Wong Hook Tang, alias All Wong, alias Chang Lee, was charged with breaking and entering by night the dwelling of Wong Bros., 652 Colombo Street, and committing theft.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1939, Page 6
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