STOLEN SAFE FOUND
CUT OPEN WITH A CHISEL. i' ‘•“T-"®* - V*J* - v-t-y • CHRISTOIiURCH; • A safe’: Which had contained upwards of £SO in cash, and which was stolen in broad daylight on February 27, ’from ..the fir%, of Com ' ipahy; •“"* aubtiofieers, 21 '631, ’■ ? 061ombo' Street, turned up again in the Waijmakariri riverbed on'Sunday (afternoon. The safe Was discovery above Mf ‘; G L Shipley’s -farm, by Mr D. 'Camipbellf -*sbo comhltlnicated -withMr Lohrey.
The safe, when found, was minus '•the ;.£SO, although the thieves had left r ledgers, cheque books and other documents behind. The money had apparently been extracted by outting opt the back of the safe, .with a Chisel. ■Ckmijfiderable "time had evidently -been •takefa, .as the outside of the safe was miatkedf in several places where the chisel had failed to cut the metal. '• The £afe was well rusted as'a result 1 of its -six months’ exposure, and the content! were also spotted by rain and rust.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1932, Page 6
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158STOLEN SAFE FOUND Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1932, Page 6
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