The Lost £500
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Detective Fails to Find Mysterious Thief
ALTHOUGH Detective Macrae, of the Sydney C.I.D., spent some weeks on Norfolk Island, he could not locate the £500 of public funds stolen some three months ago, and he returned by the last Morinda. The fact emphasises, not the shortcomings of the officer —who is, as a matter of fact, a highly successful investigator— but the mysterious character of the theft. One would suppose it would not be hard to locate, in an isolated com munity of 1,000 people, the person who would get away with £500; but, so far, nothing has happened.
It is reported, however, that the de tective found a somewhat curious con dition of affairs on Norfolk Island, and that he may possibly put in a report to headquarters which, if acted upon, may have far-reaching consequences.