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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17193, 9 November 1923, Page 4

Mr MacPherson M.P., of Oamaru. is amongst the guests at the Excelsior Hotel. The Mayor of Christchurch will make presentation frtm residents of Palmerston North to Superintendent and Mrs MacKinnon at the meeting ui the City Council on Monday evening, i Professor J. Cossar Ewart, of Edin i burgh, spent most of vesterdav amongst I the stock at tho agricultural show. He j will attend the show again to-day, and j will return to Wellington this evening. ! Dag snatchers are operating in Wel- | lington, states the “ Post ” and the j loss of several purses and handbags is I reported by ladies. Courtenay Place j tram junction is a favourite rendezvous j tor the miscreants to practise their rei preheusible depredations, while tho 1 vicinity of the General Post Office is j Hot above suspicion. Tramway waiting , places, particularly in the busy ; thoroughfares of the, city, are also selected by the thieves as localities in | which to loiter. Recently a young lady j had her handbag snatched out of her I hand while waiting at the Courtenay . Place tram stop, ami her consternation was great, when she found that she had Inst the keys of the safe and cash box at the office in which she was emploved. Tt is stated that sneak thieves who secure keys amongst their hauls frequently have duplicates made with which to experiment when bag snatching is relinquished in favour of straight-out office raiding and burgling.