FEMININE CURIOSITY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3782, 7 September 1926, Page 11

FEMININE CURIOSITY.

HAMILTON, August 31. “Pure feminine curiosity,” was how Mr Justice Stringer described the acts of a young married woman in opening and reading the letters of other people which she had to sort at the Post Office, Opatu. where her father is postmaster Counsel explained that while the girl, who is newly married, admitted opening letters, some of which contained valuables, there was no suggestion of fraud or theft In discharging the prisoner, his Honor said she had done an extremely foolish thing, and might have got herself into serious trouble. However, he was convinced that it was a piece of pure idle feminine curiosity, which had done nobody any harm POSTMISTRESS’S LAPSE. WANGANUI, September 1. At the Hunterville Court yesterday, a woman, 28 years of age, was charged with a breach of the postal regulations by opening two letters not intended for her, one being addressed to a young woman of Silverhope and the other at Halcombe. The woman had been acting as poetmistress at Halcon.be in place of her mother. Accused admitted opening the letters, bat said she did so out of curiosity to see whether the correspondents had been writing alout her. The prosecution did not suggest that she had tampered with the letters for any dishonest purposes. She was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence, bail being allowed.