GELIGNITE USED.
THIEVES AT LOWER HUTT. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 18. The safe of tlie railway station, and the strong-room of the Borough Council were blotvn with gelignite by a robber or robbers, who entered the premises at Upper Hutt on Sunday night or early this morning. In both cases doors jammed owing to an overcharge of gelignite being used, and the total haul amounted to about 10s in stamps and money, which were stolen from the council office. Had the thief managed to open the railway safe he would have found no money, hut the strong-room at the other building, which is only about 200 yards away, contained a fairly substantial sum. The first intimation of the robbery was when the premises were opened bv the staffs this morning.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 134, 19 March 1935, Page 3
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131GELIGNITE USED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 134, 19 March 1935, Page 3
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