EXPLOSIVES FOUND

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1932, Page 5

EXPLOSIVES FOUND

MAN SURPRISED BY AUCKLAND WATCH DOG. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) AUCKLAND, July 12. • Tli© sharp barking and. g. o.vling of her watch dog, 'recently, a a aliened Airs Al. E. Rarely, of lvings'land, and on the following morning she iound in h'ei‘ hack yard a‘sugar bug containing a ■ tin lull of plugs of gelignite and decollators.

... It is believed that the dog surprised tin intruder, who was trying to cross the vaicl during the night, and that the man dropped the b g escaping from the animal.

Airs It; rely keeps two dogs. Cue was .-allowed off its lash on the night tht the incident occurred. It was the uncise made by 'this dog which aroused Airs ItarcJly, and caused her to investigate. At daybreak next morning, .Airs Rarely found the bag near the fence. The bag was untied, and in the tin there were sixteen' plugs of gelinite, eight detonators and a coil of fuse. She 'book the bag to the nearest police station. At the back of Airs Rarely’s house is ;.a ' vacant section,, and it is thought that the man was taking a short cut toward,-Archill Gully, when lie had 'cha - encounter with the dog. It is probable that lie put tile bag over the fence; and was climbing over, when the dog- rushed at him. The bag and its contents are now in the hands of the ..detective force, but inquiries liyve failed to reveal where the explosives -came from.