ROBBERY AT FRIMLEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 424, 5 February 1909, Page 5

ROBBERY AT FRIMLEY.

-:' J : . ' ..iSIOI STOLEN. ■ ■''^' V [by Tirr.cGßiru.—ij-iiciiI aiuitTsroNCßKT.t "W m' j • Hastings, February 4. : -.On. 1 Tuesday, morning avwhare in the ocoupa».man.- named .George Bond, a resident of JTrimley, .and ;'an..;employee Friniley vanning; )yorks,- .was. entered- by' some. persons,and ; a of,'notesramounting - to. :i'lol -ab, straoted,'..„Mr.' .Bohd.kept :the'mon6y looked in' a portmanteau; which, .was broken open for vthe purposeoOf .tho .theft.-. -The-' police" are reticent regarding ; t the; ;m'atter, * It appears that 'Mr. Bond,,slept. .whare;.with; three mates, 1 the; four . occupying: ;bunks; placed round the' room. door', was; always left on tho»latch, and'when; meh 'went-to;work each morning no: precautions sbein have been taken •to; protect the. premises; from entry-by, anyone so. disposed.- s: TheViniohey • was" :placed in ■- an ordinary; leather.; portmanteau, which' was loft lying .about without:;the- slightest, attempt at. concealment.. - The..employees received their monthly pay. last Saturday, and it is surmised' that the thief .made the raid in. the 'hope', of ; securing .the. month's .pay ;'or.''tho'major portion :thereof,. ..but)without; the. "slightest expectation or tho. haul, that -'was awaiting his itdvent, .'As tho numbers Of the notes aro not known tho Operations : -or\the police-will be hampered," hnt they ; s are : .actively, engaged ia. narrowing 'the evidence down; . and thert is reason "to beliovo the" culprit will • be, brought to'- book.' Bond is a recent arrival from tho Old Country, and camo here ftorgai'n experience in !friiit' oulture, with-the object of ultimately-acquiring.: land .and. starting-.'aii;orchard for himself. , .