VICTIM OF PICKPOCKETS
PRISON CHAPLAIN “STILL AN OPTIMIST” (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. One of the victims of the pickpockets which have been operating m Auckland is the prison chaplain, the Rev G. E. Moreton. While riding on the rear platform of a tramcar up Symonds street during the evening, his wallet was filched from his inside coat pocket. It contained a cheque book, papers and letters of thanks from prisoners but no money. It was found on a rubbish receptacle near the top of Symonds street. Mr. Moreton was returning from shopping on behalf of prisoners about to be released. “I am still one of the world’s optimists,” he said to-day. “I believe there is much good in the fellows who fall by the wayside.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19820, 23 December 1938, Page 7
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127VICTIM OF PICKPOCKETS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19820, 23 December 1938, Page 7
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