THEATRE ROBBED.
THIEF’S REMARKABLE FEAT. {Per Press Association"). WELLINGTON, March 11. During Saturday night, entrance was effected, to the office of the Princess Theatre, A safe was blown open and Saturday night’s takings and other cash amounting to a considerable sum were stolen. The intruder must have climbed up a pipe on the side of the building and then gained access through a fanlignt above the dress circle. He must have performed a Seat of acrobatics m reaching a metal truss six or seven feet below the fanlight, and thence dropping into the dress circle. He had to scale a 12ft. partition to get into the office, the door of which was locked. After opening the safe and removing the contents, he dropped into the stalls and escaped by climbing over a ticket box in the lobby.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 7
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