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NZ Truth, Issue 110, 27 July 1907, Page 8

The inclemency of the atmosphere and coal prigging run together at Christchurch and elswhere, it is feared. However, a lot of the black stuff is abstracted m the blackness of the night, and is never paid for. J ohm Austen, of Sydenham, has missed quite a respectable lot lately, and t'other day he had a couple of young fellows named William Steele and Arthur Chanc-y up for j 'getting away with about three bob's | worth. Steele said he 1 didn't steal land Chan?y said he was playing chancy s (or at least quoits) with Steele on the night the robbery is said to have taken place. The only witness for the prosecution, who swore definitely about their identity, was another youth, who a aid hi* spoke to the pair .n Au-jiien'.-: y:rd, when they sa cl they were after slack. This was denied,! and as any number of witnesses were called m defence ts show where Uie good young men were spending their evening ihe S.M. dismissed the case. T t is a sin to .■"leal coal even-in cold weather, and the perpetrators are likely io go to 'a. hot DiftC£_v ;..'••■■