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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15212, 10 May 1920, Page 7

I A War Museum will be opened m I Melbourne m August. PRACTICAL PROOF, ; ; The following is an extract from -?Th» Ironmonger" :— "At the Sheffljild Folic* Court on Monday, Walker and Hall prosecuted two men for theft. 1% vaa proved that defendants, while working ai Messrs. Walker and Hall's premises, carried off three ingoto of Hall gihrer ip the belief that it wag genuine silver} and 'with the intention of offering it for sab as such. Before attempting to sell the metal, however, they submitted ft to two practical silversmiths, (with whom it , apparently passed muster as the real article, and the thieves then offered it to a stiver manufacturer at 2/6 per oa., who detected the counterfeit character of the metal, antf, suspecting the men, placed the matter m the h^ndi of the police. Th# defendant* pleaded guilty, and were sent to prison for three weeks. The above mnst op regarded as a splendid testimonial to the excellence of Hajl nilver. and. recognising its falue. The People's Emporium has iu«t purchased • fill stock of Spoons «nd Fork*, srbish tkfp w tf •**# «l «mr if* frito," I I