Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 18. July 23rd 1975
Cruel Act
Cruel Act
Dear Bruce,
I am writing to complain about what I feel to be a most unpleasant and cruel act. Some people may realise that I work full-time on my Cultural Affairs portfolio and thus have not time to earn extra money. This means that I am very poor and cannot afford to waste or lose money. Scruples did not affect one person, however, who decided to steal my purse from my bag in the Executive workroom. The purse was left in the men's toilets across the corridor, emptied of my money, including some Australian money left in my keeping by a friend. The thief quickly changed this at our local BNZ branch into NZ notes, which was a mistake on his part, since this has made him a marked man. Anyway, I just wanted to voice my annoyance in this way in order to warn others who might happen to leave valuables where they might be stolen, which seems to be just about anywhere these days. I assume that someone wanted to mark the Mini Festival in a very material way and at the same time get back some of his Studass fees by nicking some of my Honorarium.
Yours,
Barbara Leishman