After the jury finding that youne: Greaney's death had been accelerated by the ■.treatment adopted by .qiiack Stan>tqh N that r cheerful bounder toad the gall to a'hhounc'e liis Sunday,religious show as usUal. He sermonised on "Mail and his Ultimate," with Sankey an'J Moody thrown m. He didn't mention, however, anything aIrout Greaney's ultimate. . The police of Hokitika are a smart lot, you better believe it ! The West Coast "Times," m a recent issue, says : ;'A detective is to arrive, m Hokitika this morning; to -assist the local police m making searching enqiiiries m connectieu" with the recent fine m ; I-lamp-den Street. In view of the number of outbreaks tU it have taken place wilhin the test few months there are some grounds for believin-r that <hey have not all been accidental." A. prptty smart detective, too, to announce liis approach m the daily Rarer. But perhaps the real reason of so many fires is to be found m a paragraph m tie same piper which states that the membersof tbe Fire Bri.o-a.de 'found that the wat'hmnn did. Quite right m leaving tl-e wntch-tower, as it wasn't safe during the usually weather: If the look-aut tower is ss Vad that it isn't safe for the watchman to l:e tHere during windy weather (just when h? is most wanted ) what is to be exnected but fires. They are not all bally idiois M }
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NZ Truth, Issue 98, 4 May 1907, Page 5
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