A Wairarapx visitor to Wellington informs the “Daily News’ 5 that he had his pocket picked in a very smart manner when standing in a crowd at Wellington the other day. He had one hand in his trousers pocket, where ho had four or five loose notes, and was bn guard "(against his pocket being picked. Presently so.meone standing near him gave him a slight poke in the neck with a stick. This caused him to turn sharply round and withdraw his hand from his pocket. Almost at once he felt a draught on his leg, and, making , examination,, found his gfvrment had been slit and the pocket clean cut out. His loose notes had vanished.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2399, 14 January 1909, Page 5
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116Untitled Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2399, 14 January 1909, Page 5
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