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[Neil Jones]

In article <39171C79.6376B97B at fullerton.edu>
           acynor at fullerton.edu "Anthony Cynor" writes:

There were stumps. Someone, nobody knows exactly who, had cut them down.

> Neil:
> 
> Were there stumps left or the trees completely gone?
> 
> Tony
> 
> Neil Jones wrote:
> 
> >                 MISSING, BELIEVED STOLEN
> >
> >                Two forty-foot high oak trees
> >
> > It has been reported that two large oak trees that have been
> > growing on the  site for many years have been "stolen"
> > from under the eyes of the site occupiers, despite
> > the employment of a professional security company.
> >
> > None of the occupiers of the site would have felled the trees
> > without planning permission from the council and the only
> > explanation possible is that the trees have been feloniously
> > removed by unknown and unseen persons.
> >
> > Are all our trees at risk from the criminals responsible, and
> > must we guard our gardens and allotments from this new type
> > of plant theft?
> >
> > Can you help solve this crime?
> > Did you see in the last three months any suspicious looking
> > character making off with a 40-foot oak tree, that didn't look
> > like his own?
> > Have you ever been offered a similar tree, in the pub, that "fell
> > off a lorry"?
> > Have you seen lots of sawdust in places where it shouldn't be?
> > The authorities are baffled, perhaps the local community can
> > help!!
> > If you know any thing, tell the company, or the council!!!
> >
> > --
> > Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.nwjones.demon.co.uk/
> > "At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
> > butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog
> > National Nature Reserve
> 
> 

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Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.nwjones.demon.co.uk/
"At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog
National Nature Reserve