WARNING TO SHEARERS.
"To Shearers —The undersigned is deS'rous of procuring 20 shearers for Mfc. Gambier district (S.A.); 7000 per mam; permanent work after shearing; rare chance to steady men; £1 deposit.—F. A. Abbott, JKmpiro Hotel, Wellington." The foregoing advertisement, which was printed in a Wellington, paper last Thursday, came under the notice of the police authorities, who believed that it was bogus. Inquiries were instituted, and on Saturday night .Detective-Ser-geant McHvenoy and Detective Bailey arrested a man on a charge of attempting to obtain from various persons tho sum of £'l by false pretences. Tho accused will appear before the Magistrate's Court to-day.—"Times" (Wellington), July 29.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 73, 2 August 1912, Page 9
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107WARNING TO SHEARERS. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 73, 2 August 1912, Page 9
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