Referring to the swindler whose doings at the Hutt race-meeting w,ere recorded, m these colunns a day Or two ago. the Lyttelton Times says :— " It is a most extraordinary thing to notice how people, m spite of repeated warnings, persist m allowing themselves to be gulled. The swindler who was chased out of the Christchurch show grounds on two different occasions has turned up at Welliugton, where he has been repeating his trick of selling pound notes for less than twenty shillings, and afterwards palming off dummy watches on the crowd gathered at the races. The pranks this man has played have been telegraphed all over the colouy, and attention repeatedly called to his proceedings m the newspapers, yet he seems to have no difficulty m finding victims wherever he goes. The public appear to have taken things m good hmuor at the Hutt course, and so there was no display of the revolver this time."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS18841208.2.7
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 8, 8 December 1884, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
156Untitled Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 8, 8 December 1884, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in