THIEF'S UNWITTING HAUL.
SACKS CONTAINING £-10. A sum v'i ."40 in silver, a portion of the hoard oi ft Chinese miivket gardener liMiiei! Quor.n Siuv,, l-Wrsg in liugby Uoad, Tln-ee Kings, Auckland, w:h stolen recently i;; u somewhat peculiai niiuinei. Tlie Chinaman, fearing that his money might be stqlen ii lie kepi it in the hom.e. placed it snoii'; various bundle.", of rack-, ii", r. jhrd i.i the garden. Appnienlh ihr th'n-re-i bronglij. r cart and loaded onv bundle of ahont -WO sack", piiKng which vas wtorcd the £4O. Sums oi ;iiloo In silver, and £7O in notes, fc'iiie'i \?ove stored in other bundle-", fcirtunn.ielv, Wi-i not touched. A Chinee laborer w.» Meeping ii the shed oji tlie flight of 'he robbery, lnu lie was not (li'inrbed V; the intrude]'.'. Tliia is !u'"ti'ii.'«fed ;o fin' f.-irf tlu»t each night other voHtM". in the gvu-den aye Bi-cvtr.-toined to feed Ibe horn', in the stable adjoining ("i/i i'hed, :ui,i 'f tte steeper heard anj uois'c ho would think it came from hi>; Mlow-la-borevr, «t work.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1918, Page 7
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173THIEF'S UNWITTING HAUL. Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1918, Page 7
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