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Advertising hoardings, posters and notices at railway stations have always been easy targets for vandals. Despite the Railways Department's efforts, such as this 1906 reward notice, the offenders, who were usually young, were seldom caught.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: Eph-C-RAILWAYS-1906-01
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