BURGLARIES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2569, 17 October 1893, Page 3

BURGLARIES.

The either night someone broke into Mr F. R. Flatman's store, at Woodbury, and disturbed thiDgs considerably, but nothing was found missing the next morning except an empty box at one time used for loose cash. Mr Flatm.an had his cash locked up in an irftii fjaljo, so that no money fell intq hands QjE the burglar, but the 1 utter, could h,ave carried off anything, such'as groceries, or drapery, yvithouiTtke' >i,rticles being missed. At any 'rate, m fa? aa Mr FJatwau. cau

remember,- nothing of any value was stolen. , x , . On Saturday night last the same thing happened at Mr N. Dunlop's store, at Geraldine. The burglar appears m this case to have broken a large pane of glass in Mr Dunlop's office window, at the back of the premises, and made entrance that way. Ho must then have made a raid through each department of the shop, for drippings of candle can be Been leadiug round to the back of the grocery counter through the drapery department, the office, and elsewhere. The cash-till in the grocery department also was found drawn out, but, as it was empty, the burglar was evidently disappointed. On the floor was found a jug with a candle partly burnt away, stuck in it, and, the jug being very much smoked inside, showed that the burglar had been holding it mouth downwards against tho candle, so as. to shield the light from the windows and not to attract attention in the street. All that was found missing, as far as can be accounted for, were two silver Waterbury watches, thirteen pipes, some shirts and ties, and a small quantity of lollies. Some gold Waterbury watches were left untouched. Mr Dunlop first knew of the burglary on Sunday afternoon, his boy discovering it when he went to look after the horses. On Sunday night the same burglar or burglars, or else some larrikins, appear to have set to work on a meat safe at the back of the Geraldine Hotel. Mrs Reseigh, the landlady, found missing from the meat safe a leg of pork, some meat, and a few dozen eggs. The padlock of the safe must have been opened with a key, as there are no signs of its having been forced open. Yesterday morning a few eggs were seen sticking to the hotel fence, some butter was found plastered on the door of the Geraldine Guardian Office with heavy buttery linger marks, and Mr R. Annan, overseer to the Geraldine Town Board, reports finding the water-race choked with a plum pudding. Constable Willoughby was out in search of the burglar yesterday, and we understand that he is on the right track. Since the above was in type, we have learnt that the burglaries have been traced to some Geraldine lads, who have disappeared.