BURGLARS ACTIVE

Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1933, Page 6

BURGLARS ACTIVE

THEFT OF CHEQUE FORMS.

AIAHTERION, August. 16

A burglar him. been operating at Mastertart i;qfjently. One morning, be-, fore six. o’qloekj' entry • W as made to Dr. Archer Hosking’s residence, and sei oral bheque-forms and, some stamps were take!n ! : ii'Qin the.; surgery, Latpiv in the day, two cheques of £3O eacdi were presented at fbe f ßprongh Council’s office in i payment-;,of .I)r, Hooking’s rates, from., which the .impersonator expected 'to receive,a-considerable sum in. change,.

Suspecting that there was something amiss,: a borough official took the cheques to the bank to have the signa- ; -tore verified, ..and,..on .finding: that: they ’ were, forged, He called at the police station to obtain the services of a constable- In the meantimehoweverthe person, who. presented, the efiequeg made off,, in.-i-tjie.-: direction. v .of, the... railway and escaped. V On Monday night a biujgfcij:;. visited the residence of Air : F. H... Joliffe, and apparently had a good look round, while. Air., and Mr s . Joliffe were asleep. The intruder. took Mr. Joliffe’s trousers from the ■. end of the bed into another room vyhepet he. : emptied the pockets of 16s. in. silver. In. thijs case also,, entry was gained through a* window at the back, of the;-house, • - . A somewhat similar incident .occurred at tlie. residence of Air F. AI. Duni derdale. Here the intruder apparently had a, good, look round the house. Air H. A. R. Du.nderdale ,who sleeps on the porch, was disturbed, and saw a man disappearing through the gateway. it is. reported that . several other places have been entered, and that clothes lines have, also been stripped of articles left out during the ' night.