AUCKLAND BURGLARIES.
A SENSATIONAL ENCOUNTER. b: telegbavh—pukss association. AUCKLAND, May 6. The recent burglaries in Auckland would seem to indicate that a gangis at work. . On Tuesday night Mr Geraid Bell, carrying on business in Karangahape road, had a sensational encounter with a man in his bedroom. He was awakened by the flashing of a bull's-eye lantern, and immediately grappled with the burglar. In a pocket book on the dressing table was £27 in notes, and some gold in d coat pocket, and a quantity of silver in a vest. The man had taken the £27 in the pocket book, and after an exciting struggle escaped throilgh the window.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9083, 7 May 1908, Page 5
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109AUCKLAND BURGLARIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9083, 7 May 1908, Page 5
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