RAIDING EMPTY HOUSES.
, A CHRISTCHURCH NUISANCE. (Dy Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Christchurch, May S. The house with the curtaiuless windows and branded with tho "To Let" sign is proving almost a gold mine to a certain class of peoplo just now in Christchurch. There is something American in the cclerity anVl calmness with which they carry out their nefarious work, and srt far at least little has been ascertained of their identity. The plan is a simplo one: the empty house is entered irt a time when the neighbourhood is "silent as tho pathless desert," and tho criminals proceed to remove whatever may prove of tho least possible value. Even if tho house is listed as "Unfurnished" tlrty succeed in securing a good deal of booty. In ono case, for instance, the rango was taken to pieces and made away with, as well as tho handles and locks of tho doors, the fastenings of (ho windows, a few odd pots and pans, and several other trifles that could be disposed of without much difficulty. The« thieves had also a certain sense of humour, for when the owner re-entered the house she found written in white chalk on fhe.,mantelpiecfi tho words: "You can have what's left."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1742, 6 May 1913, Page 6
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203RAIDING EMPTY HOUSES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1742, 6 May 1913, Page 6
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