AFTER TWO YEARS
STOLEN BULBS FOUND TRACED BY BLOOMS (Per Press Association.—Copyright:) CHRISTCHURCH; This Day. Charged with the theft, on December 6, 1931, of £lO worth of hyacinth bulbs, Frederick William Cromwell Short appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The chief detective said that in 1931 E. Wiltshire’s garden in ■ Avonaide Drive was raided, and, a quantity of choice hyacinth bulbs was stolen. At the time suspicion rested on Short, but no action was taken. It was thought that, if inquiries were made at once, Short would have an opportunity of destroying the bulbs. Recently a detective, visited Short’s residence, and there found half of the bulbs blooming in his garden. Further investigations led to the discovery of the remaining bulbs blooming cn the grave of his late wife. Short said ha had got them from a hawker, but later he admitted the theft.
Accused, who is 64 years of age, was fined £2 and costs, and an order was made for the return of the bulbs.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19330921.2.67
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 21 September 1933, Page 7
Word Count
167AFTER TWO YEARS Northern Advocate, 21 September 1933, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.