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DURING ABSENCE OF OWNER (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. While Mr H. H-. Sterling General Manager of Railways, was absent in the South Island on a holiday with his family over Christmas and New Year his home in Burnell Avenue was ransacked. The crime was discovered when Mr Sterling returned yesterday. Not a great deal seemed to have been taken. Mr Sterling left on 22nd December. No one was living in the house over the holidays. The thief or thieves gained entrance through the back door. It was necessary to force open a grille gate opening out onto the back porch. This was done apparently with a crowbar. The back door was opened with a jemmy. The thieves ransacked the rooms systematically and created a certain amount of disorder.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 January 1931, Page 4
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132HOME RANSACKED Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 January 1931, Page 4
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