Papuan Half-Caste Tricked
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Three Stores
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, Pt - Moresby, Jan. 20.
NE of Qur half-castes pulled off a ” good one the other day.
He is in* gaol for theft; but prisoners here have a good deal of liberty. And he stole three cheque forms from a blind old settler, who gets a living on the banks of the Laloki River 12 miles away. He filled in the cheques, using the name of a man who works for Man dated Alluvials, for £4O each.
He sent one cheque to each of three stores, ordering in each case about £lO worth of goods, and asking that the bal ance be sent to him in ten-shilling t at a spot ° n *°° d * the snag when they presented the cheques at the bank. But only a dav was needed to bring it home to the ambitions vniifh oL wu ° amt > ltlou S youth, and to , r CCOvei the goods and cash, So civilisation spreads its beneficent protection over heathen lands! ===r==r=r=r P*. who has been a Methodist Missionary at Bau, Fiji, for some years, has been called un as full time Chaplain, with the Fiji Defence Force.