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Otago Witness, Issue 1958, 30 May 1889, Page 14

Some instances of house breaking and stealing have occurred at Christchuroh recently. A re* nights ago the. residence of the, Rev. W. Potter, Primitive Mfithodist minister, was entered, ana £14 stolen. On Monday the shop of Mr Andrews, pork butcher, was entered, and a quantity oi provisions and small change abstracted, <^ AD, BUT ■TK V & ■ Pessimists generally, and the retailer* °j "cheap "Continental and English w&tcHej in particular, often go considerably out « their way to demonstrate that the ° rage »J the Waterbury is waning." Such is not* oß case, however, as the Waterbury Wateh l Factory is stiU unable with all its'increased laities to keep pace with the demand. Oat or m» 35,000 Waterburys imported into New land during the last two years there is nw» single -case in the bands of the OompajJ; representative, who has been obliged aonps the past week to repurchase a parcel noj" the New Zealand Hardware Company w temporarily supply the demand in unr» church until the next shipment arrives. -*• an instance of the thirst for the.oorreot »»" in the Cathedral City, we may mention v» a gentleman who had not the neC ?*7JJ thirteen and sixpence to acquire one a i» usual way, tried « burgling" as a sabsfato^ and will have an;.opportmiity of reflec^ on the success, of his enterprise d°»jß;' • three months of his « board and «£»«% in the comfortable gaol of that oity. . watch is no doubt worth the sentence, dj we fdo not publish this as a premium burgfcufr