TURKEYS STOLEN FROM “THIEF-PROOF” FARM
Rec. 10 pm. LONDON. Dec. 16. A turkey breeder, a former wing commander. Mr C. Bowley, with Christmas approaching, did everything he could tCunk of to make his 12,000 turkeys “ thief proof.” He floodlit the entire area of his 160-acre holding at Binstead. Sussex, tethered Alsatians and bull terriers round the boundaries, and had a guard patrolling with a shotgun. Nevertheless, turkeys are so valuable that thieves managed to “ snaffle ” 450 of them.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26957, 17 December 1948, Page 5
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78TURKEYS STOLEN FROM “THIEF-PROOF” FARM Otago Daily Times, Issue 26957, 17 December 1948, Page 5
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