GELIGNITE USED.
THIEVES IN AUCKLAND WARE-
j HOUSE. / (P.A.) ' AUCKLAND, October 19. For the third time in six weeks thieves broke into the big warehouse of Kempthorne, Prosser, last night. Using gelignite, they blew off the seven-foot door of the strongroom, and also blew off the safe door inside. Between £5 and (i cast was stolen. The theft was a daring one and was evidently carried out by expert cracksmen, possessed of a good kit of burglars’ tools. They cut solid iron bars with bolt cutters, and prised open a window to escape from the warehouse. | They also cut locks from a door with | holt cutters. The premises of Drive Yourself, Ltd., were also entered, but the j thieves got. nothing. They left a note, i on a. typewriter, which read: “Thanks 'very much!^—Thie Avengers."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 8, 20 October 1943, Page 5
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135GELIGNITE USED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 8, 20 October 1943, Page 5
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