PICK-POCKETS ACTIVE
AUCKLAND, Last night. Pickpockets have been operating in Auckland. Late on Monday afternoon an elderly couple, visitors to New Zealand, entered an hotel lounge and ordered refreshments before going to their room on the third floor.
The husband paid for the refreshments with cash from liis pocket. His wallet, containing £9 in notes and a letter of credit for £6O, was then in an inside breast pocket. Two men entered the lift after them. “To which floor are you going?” asked one, and on receiving a reply, reached across and pressed the button for the third floor. After the couple left the two men descended in the lift and soon the visitor dis•■overed that his wallet was missing. He notified the police and the letter of credit was cancelled.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 12 May 1939, Page 3
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