BURGLARS AT GREYMOUTH

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1930, Page 2

BURGLARS AT GREYMOUTH

TWO SHOES ENTERED

(Grey “Star.”)

Burglars were on the job while Greymouth slept on Monday night, and two business ustahHshments were broken ana entered, the Greynumth Fruit .Mart, Boundary Street, and W. H. Boucher and Co.’s grocery store, Mawhera Quay. The cracksmen were apparently amateurs, as they took little advantage of their opportunities, on Cbe other hand, they might have been d sturbed.

An attempt was made to force the lock on the door of the Fruit Mart,

hut it was abandoned in favour ot the wirenetting frontage of tlie shop, tlie wire being ripped away in the righthand corner sufficiently to allow a man to crawl through. Ihe door oi the office had been lett open by the proprietor, Mr Marshall, when he left the premises, and he also took most ol the cash with him. Tlie top of the desk in the office was forced open, and access gained to the till. In it were coppers to the value of three shillings, and these were stolen. Some postage stamps were allowed to remain in tlie back of the till, The intruder, or intruders, were apparently not on the look-out for foodstuffs, as u side of bacon, and tlie stock of fruit, were left intact. Air Marshall noticed a man inspecting the premises yesterday, and, in the light of last night’s burglary, this man’s conduct was suspicious. His description has been given. 'the double front doors at the premises of Messrs Boucher and Co., v.as forced open, some instrument being used to gain tlie leverage necessary to burst the lock, tin's being obvious from the marks made on the doors. Some cash was in the till in the shop, bub no attempt bad been made to open the till. The office door was open, and access was thus easy, but the safe had not been interferred with. The firm carry a large stock of groceries and tinned goods, and it is difficult to say whether any goods were stolen, but an inspection made this morning failed to reveal any obvious shortage in the stock.