INCIDENTS IN THE NIGHT.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1919, Page 4

INCIDENTS IN THE NIGHT.

SOME SUSPICIOOS HAPPENINGS. There have been several little occurrences in New Plymouth during the past few days and nights which bear an exceedingly suspicious complexion. An incipent Are in a stable adjoining Mr, A. E. Sykes' premises in King Street, on Wednesday, was followed late the same night by an unexplainable outbreak at the residence of Mrs Paul in Brougham Street, and yesterday morning further signs of fire were discovered in premises in the lower end of Brougham Street.

Another well-known Devon Street business man declares his shop premises were entered some time during the early hours of Wednesday night, though ho could not say that he had missed anything from the place. He went to the shop about 10 o'clock and found the back doors open and signs that some intruder had been paying a nocturnal visit.

The occupants of the adjoining premises also stated that they had heard some one in the place during the time the entry is believed to have been made. The manager of another large business house in Devon Street also told a News' reporter yesterday that his suspicions had been aroused by finding indications that someone had been about the rear of his firm's premises the night before. Pom;' time before, incipient fires were discovered at the roar of two shops in different parts of Devon Street, and the fire that occurred last week at Petty Bros* shop may have been started feloniously.