THEATRE ROBBED
THIEF'S REMARKABLE FEAT ASSOCIATION TELEOiA^- 1 WELLINGTON, March HDuring Saturday night, entrance was effected to the office of the Princess Theatre. A'safe was blown open aE" Saturday night's takings and o- ,er cash amounting to a considerable suo were stolen. , The intruder must have . c^?.„„ aid a pipe on the side of the building * then gained access through a lam o above the dress circle. He n performed a feat of acrobatics reaching a metal truss six or - • feet below the fanlight, and tfl dropping into the dress circle. He *- to scale a 12-ft partition to get ithe office, the door or wmcn locked. . , After opening the sate ar l d t j, e ing the contents, he dropped into stalls and escaped by climbin-, ticket box in the lobby.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21420, 12 March 1935, Page 6
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