BURGLARS AT WORK
UNDESIRABLES IN THE CITY.
Recent crimes in, Wellington indicate: tlio presence in the city of one or inoro ; skilled criminals of a burglarious "bent, and the police have the best of evidence Hint experts in th's business are here, from Australia. Only a few days ago, a man, with a criminal record, in Australia, was quietly deported to Sydney. In the case of the burglary committed at Mrs. Mathewson's shop in Lambton Quay, an iron bar was sawn clean through with a hack-saw, showing, that a skilled, patient burglar was at work. It is not hkelv, either, that a man tin-, 'skilled in the use of plug dynamite would operate so daringly in so thickly-popu-lated a district as the business part of South Kilbirnio as in the attempt to blow open the door of Mr. 1. Plipp.s safe on Saturday night last. Still another instance of unwelcome activity, not hitherto reported, was the theft from l r oung's chemical, factory of a large quantity of opium, which readily brings a good price among tlio Chinese iii this country. Tho police staff, Which is not at present up to full strength, has been having a pretty lively time of it lately.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 130, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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203BURGLARS AT WORK Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 130, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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