MANY BURGLARIES
A BOLD CRIME A NOISY EPISODE. lßj Teiograpn, lor 1 xea» Aaoucxauon. WELLINGTON, June 11 What 'seems to have been one of the boldest and noisiest burglaries committed in Wellington for some time, occurred at the loot o, Majoribanks Street, on Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning. The door of T. G. Liddle’s tobacconist and hairdressing shop was forced open, and money and goods of the total value of about £lO stolen.
Those engaged in the crime hammered and wrenched the door so loudly that,.- according to a man living nearby,! they could, at times, have been heard a quarter ( ,f a mile- away. One neighbour thought- that someone was repairing a motor car.
It appears from what the neighbours say that two or three men were engaged in tlie burglary. A jemin v and hacksaw were used to attack the stout tumbler lock and the iron hasp with which the door was secured. According to the time the loud report was heard, entrance was apparently gained about 3.30 a.m. The noise was mistaken by one who heard it, tor a blowout of a motor tyre. It must have occurred when the door finally gave
FIRE AND THEFT. GISBORNE, June 11. ' Following a fire in S. Bardweh’s confectionary shop the. police received a report that '£7o had been stolen from the safe. Mr Bard well states that he locked tire sale before leaving the After the fire the. safe was found open and the money was gone. :
TIMARU BURGLARY. TIM ABU, June 11. The premises of the Star Stores Stafford Street, were broken into last night and over £lO9 in cast was taken from the safe. CHRISTCHURCH CASES. CHRISTCHURCH, June 11. The premises of Messrs Charles Begg and Co., Manchester St., were visited jlVy a burglar last night and approximately 7 £6 was stolen from a till - f The presises were locked at 9 p.m, and a “side door that was' found open this morning, was the 'first indication that a burglar had entered the building during the night- The company’s stocks showed that the -only loss was the money taken from a till.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1932, Page 6
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