ANOTHER CAS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 425, 9 January 1933, Page 4

ANOTHER CAS

SUMS OF MONEY ANDi STOLEN FROM M0NT! HOUSE SUITCASES SLIT OP A further case of breakiof tering, attended on this occa more success to the intruder ported to the police late h ing. The scene of action ob easion was the Montrose I house in Amohia Street, ift and a gold watch valuedi approximately £13 were stc tho room of two permanen ers. The room is occupied Henry Barnett and Mr. Coi who, during the early par evening, were both awayi house. Mr. Barnett left the 7 p.m. to go for a swimin Bath and on his return i 1Q.45 o'clock discoveredtM case which he kept under had been pulled out and cai the side. On examining the he found that a gold wi'ist! and band, two £5 note P.O.S.B. hook had beenreu Con George, a roora-mate nett's, who returned to f about an hour earlier thani was the first to discover ti unauthorised person had hei room during their absence, found that his suitcase had open and that the contei strewn over the floor. ^ handbag kept under the bed received attention and ' eighteen shillings in cash! taken, while his clothes ha the room had also been h with. A felt hat, which it ed does not belong to anyoi house, was found on the flcs Access to the bcdroom ® ently gained through a wind the eonfidence of the thiei gained by the fact that he ai leisurely completed his work aid of the electric light whit turned on.