DARING BURGLARY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 530, 13 May 1933, Page 5

DARING BURGLARY

(Press Assn.-

SAFE BLOWN OPEN SUM OF £100 STOLEN FROM MORVERN RAILV/AY STATION ' STATIONMASTER THEATENED

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Waimate, Friday. [ The Morvern Eailway Station, nine , miles from Waimate, was entered in the early hours of this morning, a skeleton lcey being used. The safe was blown open and 'over £100 was stolen. The burglary was evidently the work of an expert safe-blower, as no noise was heard at the nearest house two hunrded yards distant. I The stationmaster, Mr. W. F. Cal- ^ lery, went on duty at three o'clock to ; switch the signals for a goods train, ' and met a young man walking out of 'the office. "What are you doing?" asked the , astonished stationmaster. The man, who appeared to be carrying a bottle, replied, "looking for a doss." Tho stationmaster asked, "What have you got? How did you get in?" The man replied, "I've got nothing, I got the kays from the stationmaster." Saying this he tossed a key toward Mr. Callery. "I'll Pot You!" Mr. Callery, stepped towards the intruder, who stepped back, and putting his left hand in a poclcet said, "Come any nearer and I'll pot you." ( Then he edged away quickly and ^disappeared. Picking up the key, which proved ' to be a skeleton key, Mr. Callery eni tered the station office, which was also the post office, and found the safe gaping open and empty, with ; cash-boxes strewn around. | Bags of salt had been used to e-f-fectively deaden the sound of the explosion, and about seventy empty sacks, probably obtained from the railway yard, were also used. The sum of £40 in notes and silver had been taken, also over £70 worth of postal notes, ranging from notes for eleven shillings up to £1 the smaller demoninations being left. The office date stamp had been altered to "12th," so presumably the postal notes had been stamped, unless Mr. Callary had arrived before ' the thief was able to do this. A case of brandy had been opened and one bottle taken. Description of Burglar It was moonlight at the time of the encounter, and Mr. Callery describes the- burglar as about five feet eight inches.tall, between thirty and ' thirty-five years of age, and clean- * shaven.