daring burglary

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1926, Page 1

daring burglary

Cion AND JEWELLRY STOLEN. nv TEM’.OHArU — T’ltt'.SS ASSN., COPYTUOIIT. AUCKLAND, February 9. A daring burglary was committed at Taupo in the early hours of this morning when over £IOO in notes and several small articles of jewellery were removed from the rooms of visitors staying at the Terrace Hotel. It was not umi! after daylight that anything was known to he amiss. On rising, Geoigc 11. Wilson, of lleinuera. discovered that he had lost G2O in notes, some keys, and a small handbag. Inquiries were made at once and it was found that £75. made up mostly of five and ten pound notes, was missing from the room of John Milne, of Auckland, and CTO in notes from the room occupied hv an English visitor, TT. Barr, who also lost several English £1 notes and a watch. A further sum of £lO in notes was missing from the room of another guest Edward Sheetfiold. Mrs John Milne, of Auckland, was aroused about 2.40 by a slight noise, Imt. thinking it was the night porter in the adjacent, corridor, she thought no more of the matter until the alarm was given later. It was found that six or seven gallons of petrol had been removed from a ear belonging to M. A. Thompson of Rotorua.* A heavy, south-westerly gnTc, with heavy rain facilitated the burglars’ operations. Owing to the heavy rain no tracks of feet or wheels could be discovered this morning, but, from the circumstances, it 'scorns that the burglrv must have been the work of one or more men in a motor car.