A pearl necklace stated to be worth £25,000 was stolen from the bedroom of a London West End hotel while the owner was absent. This is the eighth big London jewel robbery in seven weeks. All are apparently the work of the same gang, which, in one instance, left a card stating: “Sorry to have been a bother,” signed The Seal. The eight thefts have yielded between £40,000 and £50,000. Receivers are offering high prices for jewellery, which is scarce because its manufacture is banned for the duration of the war.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 September 1942, Page 3
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