EXPERT JEWEL THIEVES
BIG HAULS IN AUCKLAND ONE VICTIM LOSES WHOLE STOCK [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, September 13. The police believe that an experienced gang of jewel thieves is operating in Auckland. Last night thieves forced the back door in the shop of Ernest M‘Feat, manufacturing jeweller, in Karangaliape road, and stole almost his whole stock, valued at between £650 and £7OO. including hundreds of gold rings, gold and silver wristlet and pocket watches. On Monday night thieves entered the shop of A. and G. Hutchinson, watchmakers and jewellers, in Queen’s Arcade, and stole jewellery valued at £IOO and £5 in cash. There were no outward signs of an entrance being effected, and it is believed a skeleton key was used. The lost property includes 51 rings and 24 wristlet watches. . . n , l>ast night the premises of W. Parkinson and Co., monumental masons, in Victoria street west, were broken into and all the rooms and offices ransacked. It was discovered this morning that a hole had been burnt in the floor, caused by the burning of dislodged documents. The thieves stole £5 in cash, but overlooked a cashbox containing other money.
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Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 8
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192EXPERT JEWEL THIEVES Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 8
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