STOLEN BULBS.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. Sept. 20. Charged with the theft on December 6, 1931, of £lO worth of hyacinth bulbs, Frederick William Cromwell Short appeared in the Magistrate’s Court today. The chief detective said that in 1931 E. Wiltshire’s garden at Avonside Drive was raided and a quantity of choice hyacinth bulbs stolen. At the time suspicion rested on Short, but it was decided to play a waiting game. It was thought that if inquiries were made at once Short would have an opportunity to destroy the bulbs. Recently a detective visited Short’s residence and there found half of the bulbs blooming in the garden. Further investigations led to the discovery of the remaining bulbs on the grave of his late wife. The accused, who is sixty-four years of a.ge, was fined £2, with costs. An order was made for the return of the bulbs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 252, 21 September 1933, Page 2
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