RINGS STOLEN.
INCIDENT AT GRBYMOUTH A MAN ARRESTED GREYMOUTH, September 25. Two jewellers’ shops were robbed of rings to-day by a man believed to be unemployed, who was subsequently arrested. Asking to see engagement rings at Tcnnent’s he distracted, Mr. Tennent’s attention, removing one and saying he would bring his fiancee to see the one he liked. Mr. Tennent then discovered his loss, informing the police but meantime the man had gone to Gilbert’s shop in the next block, adopting similar tactics and securing a £27 ring from the. lady assistant, who later followed and identified him in an hotel bar, ns also did Mr. Tennent. A constable, arriving, saw him drop one ring on the floor and the other ring was found behind a barrel. The arrested man appears in court to-morrow. — (P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 26 September 1933, Page 5
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134RINGS STOLEN. Wairarapa Age, 26 September 1933, Page 5
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