BURGLAR’S ERROR.
To this patrieular Melbourne firm its books wore -invaluable, and to protect them it kept them in a fireprotection safe. To cover all eventualities it left the key in the lock and hung on it the following notice: "Nothing in safe except books. To open door, turn key to left." One night a safe - breaker came along, threw away the notice, took out the key, plugged the keyhole with gelignite and blew it with a fuse. The explosion locked the door tightly, so the visitor had to leave empty-handed. Probably he did not know until the newspaper informed hijn that the notice, which he was sure was a blind, was literally true,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 212, 19 June 1944, Page 2
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