HE RETURNED.
CONSTABLE'S RUSE
SLY GROG-SELLER SURPRISED
CHRTSTCHURCH, Feb. 16
An amusing story is being told about a sly grog raid in Christchurch a few days ago.
A certain bouse had fallen under suspicion, but the difficulty was to get evidence which would support a charge, seeing that the employment of informers is now prohibited.
The problem was solved by a young constable, who, effectively disguised as a simple ani confiding countryman, obtained admission to the house, and bought liquor to his heart's content.
The young officer actually won a few shillings at a game known as "a shilling in," but by some trickery, which he did not deem it judicious to resent, he was relieved of his winnings. When he leit the house, ostensibly 1o seek lodgings, he received a most cordial invitation to return, the occjpier nvideatiy fully believing that he had drawn a simple tiller of the soil into his web.
He was absolutely overwhelmed when his "hayseed" friend returned shortly afterwards at the head of a t aiding force.
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Northern Advocate, 16 February 1912, Page 5
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173HE RETURNED. Northern Advocate, 16 February 1912, Page 5
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