GELIGNITE USED

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 180, 14 May 1935, Page 2

GELIGNITE USED

A BURGLAR FOILED.

MYSTERIOUS AUCKLAND CASE, (P« Press Association). AUCKLAND; May 13. After mysteriously entering a fivestoreyed building in the legal area of the city during the week-end, and just as mysteriously gaining entrance to a suite of offices occupied by a firm of barristers and solicitors without leaving any graces showing how an entrance was effected, burglars were unsuccessful in, blowing open a safe with gelignite. Everything in the building appealed to be in order this morning when the clerks arrived. The front door of the building was not damaged, while the solicitors' main office door on the first floor was securely locked. The. only thing to arouse the suspicion of a junior clerk was that the padlock was not in its usual position on the strongroom door. The padlock was found lying on the floor, it had been broken off, opening the strongroom door, which che intruders had left closed. The clerk discovered that the safe was lying on its side, the door being considerably damaged as the result ef a charge of gelignite which had been exploded in the keyhole. The explosion shattered the door, which failed to open and the services of a locksmith had to be obtained to remove it. The safe contained numerous documents, including debentures worth several thousand pounds, but no cash.