AN EMPTY TILL
$ BURGLARS INDIGNANT WRECK SHOP OH SECOND VISIT [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, January 13. Burglars entered a shop in Parnell on Tuesday night, and although they found the till empty they removed some of the stock. "While there they cooked a meal of bacon and eggs. The intruders left a note for tho shopkeeper, stating that if no money were found on tho premises on the occasion of their next visit they would “wreck tho show.” This threat was carried out last night, twenty-four hours after tho first burglary. Again the till was empty, and tho burglars proceeded to fulfil their promise to wreck the shop, 'they damaged a quantity of tho stock, throw food about, cooked another meal, and left tho premises in a very untidy condition.
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Evening Star, Issue 19456, 14 January 1927, Page 3
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131AN EMPTY TILL Evening Star, Issue 19456, 14 January 1927, Page 3
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