Fortune-Teller Fined
[Per Press Association—Copyright] WELLINGTON, This Day. In fining Rose Scorringe £5 on each of two charges of fortune-telling, Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., warned her that a repetition would mean prison. It was stated on behalf of the police that on a number of occasions women had been seen leaving Mrs. Scorringe’s house in Te Aro. Fortune-tellers, it was said, preyed upon women who were worried by the absence at the war of husbands, sons or brothers. Accused said she had lost her son at the war. Her husband was a dving man, and she was trying to help hi nr
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Northern Advocate, 10 January 1942, Page 4
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