BIG ROBBERY
AT AUCKLAND
BANK CLERK. ARRESTED.
(Per Press Association— Copyright.) ■ a . ■ ; .■" ; -AUCKLAND, 5 3. •The,{premises, of r, 'the Newmarket bfaiicjv ; the National Bunk of New Zealand, in Broadway, were entered on Wednesday night, and «ovfer £3,200 was t> tolen fromp, the 9 bankAsi fe.
The burglary ' was discovered this morning, snd it re*-' ported to the were engaged on* the ease throughout the day. * .'V /' • fa At seven o’clock this ovening an aiv 1 rest was made. 'y
When th© of the bank staff arrived /at the branclfa this -morning, there was. no sign o£ the door having been forced. However : when the safe was opened, it was found that money placed there on Wednesday night was missing.. There was nt> way of ascertaining how. the safe had bepn opened.
At seven o’clock tliis morning, Norman Gloc.d Smith, Bank Clerk, .'was arrested by Detective Hunt,.. ■on the charge of breaking and entering the premises of the National Bank of New Zealand, at Newmarket, arid of theft. Smith will apiieor at the Pblici# Court in the morning;, It is understoodr that the whole of stolen money has been ■ recovered.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1932, Page 5
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