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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1788, 29 July 1926, Page 8

In recent years there has been a tendency to leniency in the form of placing people guilty of theft on pro'bation. and we think that the Chief Justice has expressed the views of the majority of people by refusing probation and sentencing people to -reformative treatment. In a case where a man is holding, a position of trust and is paid a good salary, one can have no sympathy with theft of money placed in his care. Reports of cases show that heavy drinking and gambling get. the majority of these men into trouble. They probably think that they can borrow money from the funds they are handling and pay it back later. Unfortunately, they continue drinking and gambling, and soon find themselves out of their depth. They are men of intelligence, otherwise they would not be given positions of trust. They must realise that they are doing wrong when they misappropriate money, and when they are caught they must expect to be punished.—Wanganui “Herald.”