OIL LAUNCH ROBBED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1467, 15 June 1912, Page 4

OIL LAUNCH ROBBED.

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'■■ ■ : (Bj.. : ■.Telograpft-Presa ;. i'.j , . :. ','■'■':::;•■ June 14^'."■ : , .":;..On'.:.! ,, Sundayfrnigfht : ;'a- mimlrer. of thefts bf;...go(kis/wc>re.'mado ; from oil lauachos niopred on tlio'Ponsouby side of the ivater■:frpht,:jbut.;.yesterday■■ there. 1 arrived news ~of!:a;!;mucli:-imqroj*dnriiig v , end impudent i.rolJbery, , ■ thisS.tiirifr- from., the.l'aruell side. .'Mi , ;. '!EultohV;.'ofr v ''l > arnell/.had\?his'launch, 1 ' ■j3lejtayri*nio6red:'';jif-.!s[echanics«Btty-T' just :.b'ii' ~A )?ynyardi., l ?iev?';..Xe'sterdaj',i?afternoon, :h , (f. J 'rece , ived^^:o , rd OtliatjHhe: launch l ;;waS' ■settling; doVri;:,jaii(l:;np}ißared in 'danger of sinking''V.t :,: her| moorings. :■. ■ The ■ owner ; hastened'.' out-.16!! the -spot,-: and found tho launch , deep?iu ; .tho,water/ '*'Baling her out at.once, , ho discovered; tho:fact'U\nt sorao person or persons-hnd removed the engine ~ its position, und .carried/'awav.'thoi 5 -complete, mechanism. ■TJioeiigine'liad-becn,-' of- oourae, bolted in : its place,' , and ,, this boltsjhad been removed .with, the- , result' ./■ water canto through ,,,: :.tho :i .bolt-holos,';slow!y. nllinK'. the .boat.V.'The engine ia.'a.. ,, - &]■ h.p. Forth ■.engine,''wWch , weighs about ,1701b.;' and is !valued:; atyabout XIO/ , : The.;fußibersamo nature"ot'tthe'meehanism makes it clear ..ihivtrthc; theft had been'pre-planned. ;■