BURGLARIES IN THE TOWN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 119, 12 June 1901, Page 2

BURGLARIES IN THE TOWN.

Some excitement was caused in the town on Tuesday morning when it became known that burglars had been at work during the previous night. Between 2 and 3 am., a m*n named Leigh, sleeping in an old building next to the Co-operative stores, was arcus id by the sound rf b'eakicg ghss, and looked out of his window, two men at a side window of the stores. ITe got out and informed ConstabURussell and the nightwa«chm\n, Mr Oliver, of the matt r. They at onca proceeded to the place, but the men had then gone. An examination -howed that a pane of glass in the upper sash had been broken, the «i ! ch pushed back, and the window <p< ned hy- wbich an entrance was efl'oc'tH. Inside wos found a paint pot which had evidently been thrown through to hreik the glass. The po'icß wore working on lf he esse yesterday but so fr no arrears have be n made. Aneximina'■'on of the stores shows that a small amount <■{ silver was from the fill, and a quantity of goods, including 40 or 50 pounds of tobacco. Yeserday morning M-s=.is Ron Brothers' office, near the correr of Currieand Gill etreet-*, was Hit-covereH to have been simila<ly ent-?rpd, but nothing was taken beyond a hind bao with Mr. Boon's name on it and some keys, This bag was found yesterday i near the C'o-operative stores, showing rhat Messrs Bjon's must have been visied firs 1 ;. The safe at Messrs Bron's was untouched, though it coatrined a considerable sum of money, The police are reticent on the subject.