JEWELLERY STOLEN

Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1930, Page 3

JEWELLERY STOLEN

MELBOL’UNE MAN’S PROPER'I'Y. ‘.'CHRlbfCHU^ai, Fell. 27. A fMeJiioiirlie'.visitor to Ciirist'cliurch' '•Vais' the loser of jewellery to the value’ Ji ■ -.i:2(, wuen a thick entered aiid earelied the house of;Mr G. ]Jerry, at' ■o, s jjiuau cJtieet, Rice-art on, on iues"*ayr iliternuoii, " '' J .'he visitor, Mr R. K'invap, lms. been ii Clir.st. h.urch lor. several weeks, and _.n i uesda.y was out sight-seeing. Fie eft the jewellery, a goiu natch chain, sovereign case and nng, in Ins room. So lauiiiy were aiso out, and by accident the back door had been left un..paCtl.

The thief thus found his way easy ivhen he visited the house between 2.30 p.m. and 4.3 i) p.iu. I hough lie made a thorough search of the p.

.ie lelt veiy little trace of his visit. ..ie loqnd practically. nothing of yahu • util lie eamq •tq Mi; . iyinyan.’s rpom, It the-,side;, of the house. .There, in uditipn, to Jbe. jewellery, hp .diseovred a pahq.of practice,fly new hoots. I'hese. he. put on and leftßys own. i>ciiind. , , ..... .... ,

Several, burglaries have occurred in, -he neighbourhood during the past Jew noiithsj' hut 1 the present lease - is' thought to !>e the.; work of a ; casual, thief,; pbssihly. a hawker,: who, finding me door unlocked, p.-ould not: resist- the temptation.. ,J •- , : .... r .■■■. j ; ,

‘ Mr Kirwan valued the articles highly for sentimental reasons. The chain .as a heavy gold one, he says, with .wo pendants, one green and one red. dr Kirwan is an honorary inspector of he Victorian Society for the Prevenion of Gruelty--to- Animals, and the pedaljjon 'oL that ! society was'mlsd at-! .■•piled to,. the chain. The ringwasnounted with' a' sappliire.' ,; The 5 sover- 1 vign-ease was of gold and contained wo sovereigns. . . : ! .f . ie