THIEVES THWARTED

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1041, 4 August 1930, Page 1

THIEVES THWARTED

THREE CITY PREMISES ENTERED VAIN SEARCH FOR MONEY | Three City premises were broken open during the week-end but, in no case, was anything missed. One break was very daring, large double doors, which opened on a busy thoroughfare. being forced. A constable on his beat discovered the large double doors of Tyler’s furniture warehouse in Anzac Avenue to be open. It is his opinion that he disturbed the thives, as he saw two men walking rapidly away as he approached the factory. The doors are wide enough to admit a lorry and are about lift in height. A lever of some sort had been employed to burst the hasp. It is considered that the intruders were on all four floors of the building as the doors, left locked, were found to have been unlocked. No attempt was made to open the safe, which contained a sum of money, and nothing has been missed from the warehouse. The staple was torn away from the gates of the New Zealand Express Company’s store in Beach Road, near the corner of Gittos Street. Nothing has been missed front there either, as far as is known. After the gates had beee forced, entry was gained to the garage and thence, by scaling a partition, to the charging room. No attempt was made to force that part of the premises where clients’ goods are stored. The premises of the Auckland Fishermen's Co-op. in Nelson Street were thoroughly ransacked without success. Entry was gained through a window. The bottom of the cash register was removed in a vain search for money and drawers were left open. The police incline to the theory ! that all three breaks were the work of youthful hooligans.