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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22786, 10 January 1944, Page 6

Government Departments often acknowledge the receipt of what is known as “conscience money,” that is. money sent in payment of some tax or debt which had been evaded only at the cost of an uneasy conscience. People who make payments of this sort generally prefer to remain anonymous. A case of uneasy conscience which was off the usual run surprised the manager of an Invercargill store the other day. A man came into the shop and handed the manager a small article worth a few shillings. The man explained that 15 years before, when he was a youth, he had stolen the article from the store at Christinas time. Ever since his conscience had troubled him and this Christmas he had definitely decided to return the article and confess his fault. The article appeared to be almost as good as new.

The Navy Department has announced that the 1300-ton patrol ship, St Augustine, was sunk in collision with a merchantman off Cape May, New Jersey. The St Augustine was formerly the palatial Woolworth yacht, Noparo, frequently used by Barbara. Hutton The Noparo was built at Kiel and cost £1,250,000 dollars.