Something Odd

"A 13-year-old schoolboy called at the home of an aged widow in Petone five times in the one day to ask if she knew where people of a certain name lived. When the widow saw the boy coming hack the following day, she went out by the front door and called a neighbour. They returned to find the boy standing in the kitchen. Nothing had been stolen or disturbed. The boy admitted that he knew where the people he bad inquired for lived—next door to his own home. He said that he had returned to thank the widow for her assistance.

The boy admitted being found in a building without lawful excuse and was admonished and discharged by Mr. D——, S.M., who commented there was "something odd" about the incident.—Dominion. 5/4/57.