BURGLARY AT CHRISTCHURCH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3008, 20 September 1888, Page 2

BURGLARY AT CHRISTCHURCH.

A sort, of epidemic of burglary appears to have set in which will tax • the resources of the Canterbury detective, force to put an end to. A few days back a burglary took place in the shop of Messrs Aitken & Roberts, ironmongers, Cashel-street, .This was on a Sunday night, *, Singularly enough last Sunday night another ironmongery store was entered; The stolen articles, too, correspond in a marvellous manner.. At that taking place at.'.' CasM;,streeti;. : American watches and some light' articles of plated.ware were the articles .selected for removal. Ju the case of the oiie the other night,; at the wholesale store of Messrs Mason and Struthers, Lichfield-streot, American watches and aluminium pencils were taken. The latter store forms a part of a block; of buildings adjacent to the retail' shop, which latter place, it will be remembered, was also visited by burglars some little time back. The warehouse was closed up as usual on : Saturday aftefrfoon. . On being opened on Monday morning for business as. usual, one of the large windows facing out on to the yard was found to havo been broken, close by the fastening, and opened. To reach this window, the burglar, or burglars', had to get over a galvanised iron fence 9ft high. On. getting in the traces show that they' went to the cashier's office, as the.various drawers, &0., bore evidence of having beeu rifled. There was, however, nothing hero to reward theft industry, So thoy passed on to a case in; which a number of Manhattan watches: .were exhibited for sale. Those, that were hanging up on hooks in the cases were .carefully, annexed, but ibree' or four others in boxes were oyer looked..' -Probably the light fingered; gentry looked; juppn these: as '^dummies,'■'.'''froitf;here the. tracks of icaMe/greaso/shdjed' thai they'' made;their way 'to..' the ! wholesale office; fronting on Liclifioltl street, stopping:, en. route; to; remove several aluminum pencils from aglasß : case.';ln tliia'qffice they;.had ©videntlyS^e;^:w

iionoywaa iwitlrau ingratitude )e too stronglyrepudiated^they : topk- ; mt'of the stook: in tiie>ai ; ehouM(a Irawer of.a desk in the office in Mich;* the key'qf a,, Bafojhplidngj; -books'; was; : jrokeu openi and;the' safe broken ;■;, >pbh, antt fr'small sum- of monoy-^- : ; inder taken. AU the other / papers, were;ransacked, but'notbing;; wastaken.'^A'man a ■; cottage ; close by:statos.that;ho .heard,. knocking iu the store between mid-;. bight and one a.m.: So far no duehas been discovered' as; to. the, burglars, but the police have; the; matter in himd.-rTelegroph.