POLICE DIFFICULTY
SECOND HAND JEWELLERY. A MENDING REGULATIONS. [ Per Press Association. I CHRISTCHURCH, Juno 5. A suggestion that the regulations covering the sale of second-hand jewellery should be amended to prevent articles from being broken up before sale, was made by Mr. E. D. Mosley, S-M., during the hearing of evidence in a case of alleged breaking and entering and theft. The chief detective submitted a dismantled gold watch for examination. “We are up against it here,” said the chief detective. ‘ ‘The buyer does not have to hold these watch cases for an hour under the present regulations.” “The regulations should be amended then,” said Mr. Mosley. “This should not be allowed to continue.” Chief-Detective Dunlop said that the police had been agitating for an amendment, hut so far without result. He added that the watch produced was valued at 60 guineas, and the person who stole it received £1 14s 6d for it-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 133, 7 June 1934, Page 6
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154POLICE DIFFICULTY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 133, 7 June 1934, Page 6
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