SAFE DYNAMITED.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 197, 19 August 1907, Page 4

SAFE DYNAMITED.

A SHOT THAT ; F_JLED;^> (By Telegraph.—Own Correi{(M4HJt.ii'. .'. Evidently some the Thames have been atteapt^g I .], easier method of gold getting ih»£ that of mining for it. The safe d.th'ei% Queen G.M. Co. was day night, but, fortunately, thj >o^ld ; s«' thieves failed in their attempt the amalgam. It has be_i.fi* .oiatoja hitherto to remove the the safe and baok- it oij air* ing. This fact appears, to known to the safe, breakers, and ;toey apparently waited tlli; after jnidnight'.'M Friday, in order to secure as much amalgam as possible. The safe, is placed iit|e battery buildings,; and working until 12 o'clock at-night;'so tta would-be thieves' : must have operated' between that hour and 7 a.m.,-w_e_ _i new shift went on.- _t-<one» noticed that the safe had been tampered with, but evidently the dynamite had been <p placed in,, or over, the keyhole, . witiijie idea that the force of the explosion would blow the vdoor;'.open. The actual effect, however, was to so damage.the lock,th»t. the thieves were unable to open the safe at all, and in consequence had to retire without securing the. much-coveted tin*lgam. In the f ace of the fact that gentry of this description are on the goJd_«Jdii, no doubt mining companies 4ijll- bant as frequently move ths temptatioMody_a_uto safety The quantity of have been too great for the-.pnrpo*«, th» force of the explosion . havingdefeated the object for which it was ihtonded.i4» 32 stampers had been engaged oh©!*,lit some time, there must necessarily ji»>» been a goodly quantity, of amalgam ; os hand. : '':'J*'k The safe will now have to be;ji|iri}W to get it open. The battery and. iafc room doors were still open m-theVaitnv ing. The police are actively _qpj(Bl making inquiries, 'Detective *Cob_ey;bji' ing detailed for that work. . ; - )U^._.