Fined £1 For Attempting To Steal Tea-Tree
A charge of having attempted - to ' steal tea-tree, valued at 15/- the pro- < perty of the New Zealand Government; was preferred against Moses Tepania.. before Mr G. N. Morris, S.M., at Kai-~ taia. The police stated that the accused had proceeded to the sand dunes .at'.', Sweetwater and had there cut a quantity of tea-tree and had prepared if" t for conveyance to his home. The pro- !s tection of the tea-tree was of con- " siderable importance on the sand dunes M and it was difficult to bring home of- j fc fences of the kind before the court. '^ Defendant was fined £1 and costs,*' ."""
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Northern Advocate, 15 January 1938, Page 5
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