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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 7 January, 1964. "At 7 a.m. today, Mr A. L. Hughes, the proprietor of the Watchpost jewellery shop on the top floor of the P.D.C., reported to the Palmerston North police that his shop had been broken into and a considerable amount of stock had been stolen. At 8.20 a.m., a matter of one hour and 20 minutes, detectives had detained a man, and the property had been recovered. Mr Hughes is seen making an inventory of his recovered stock."