DARING DUNEDIN ROBBERY.
I SIMILAR TO MILTON AND . PRINCES THEATRE BOBBERIES. OVER £SOO STOLEN. A bufglary,""tho features of which-are similar in almost every detail to those connected with the Hilton Post Office and Princess Theatre robberies of a few months ago. was committed en Tuesday night (reports the 'Star'), the sufferers this time being the Drapery (Supply Association, of George street. It appears that the burglar first entered the house of Mr J. D. M'Kechme, Littlebourne, through the bathroom window, and stole from the pocket of his trousers, wMeh were hanging at the foot of the bod, the keys of the shop and of the office safe- Proceeding to the s>op, it was an easv matter to obtain accoss and to Tifl 0 ' tho sale. The amount stolen is between fcSOO and £OOO, but of this £l4O was in cheques. Mr it'Kcehnic states that ho was not disturbed during the night, and hoard nothing from the moment he wont to bed, except what he took to bo his boy coughing in another bed. fho detectives are investigating the case, but up to tho present have no
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 7
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186DARING DUNEDIN ROBBERY. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 7
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