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£5 By Benefit of Theft

WHEN thieves broke into the Whitby County Club at the end of last year and robbed the till of £5, they also took a life-boat collecting box containing £11 10s. The Prudential Assurance Company replaced not only the £5 taken from the till, but the £11 10s. from the collecting box, although for the latter there was no claim on them. The club has given both sums to the Life-boat Service..