SAFEBREAKERS AT WORK.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1450, 27 May 1912, Page 4

SAFEBREAKERS AT WORK.

ANOTHER HUIWMHY IN r.ANi!.(I3y Telegraph.—Press Association.! Auckland, Wny 2C>. Tho lohp; series of lim'f»;iries which have Rnno oil regularly ;iiml uitinlcrriijilcdly lur (lie past two moilflis wiik added to ail Kriiliiy night or curly on Sal unlay nioruiiitf, when Dili silo o!' tho Timioo Totara Company's oflice at Neuniarliei wns neatly broken open, nml about .1:10 in cash .stolen.. A iiißht-watclinian is kept on I lie premises, but tlioiiith lie wos iilwut liis liuiies ;ts usual ho had licanl no untoward sonnil durinn tho niclil. and no explosion appears lo have reached (he cars of flic policeman doiii£ dtiiy in tho Main Street of Mr,' suburb just handy to tin! oflicc. When tlie clerks came to work nl the usual hour they found the hack door opi'ii, nnd the door of (ho wife was Raping, showing tiic hooks in the usual order, bill, three small cash-boxen beneath tlio l>»nk-slawl were gone, and with them the aiuoiml. of money mentioned. It is evident Hint llio cracksmen aro reducing to a lino art tlic. use of Rcliguile in its relation to tho strength of the various sizes of safes tlmi cross their clandestine path, Thin pafe liarl not been remove!! from its accustomed place, am! there was no unnecessary filial toriiij* of door and locks. Tho explosive had neatly blown off a flange of the door, leaving the way open while the books inside were practically undisturbed, a courtesy which is appreciated by tlio officc staff. The presence near tho safe of :i roll of .sheet brown paper siiKCesfs the means taken to reduce the sound of the explosion. Though the back door of the ofi'ico was left onrn, it showed no sign of linviim been forced, and the deduction is that skeleton keys worn used for the purpose of entry by tho burglars.