ROBBERY AT THE STORE OF MESSRS. MOST & CO.
Correspondents writing from Northern Wairoa send the following particulars of a recent robbery in that district. On Wednesday afternoon, as the competitors in the nkiff race were pulling past Messrs. Must & Co.'b store at Kaihu, one of the men, ■who is engaged in the Btore, observed that the door, which had previously been shut and locked, was open. They at once pulled ashore, and on reaching the store, it was found that it had been broken into, and the cash box containing over £30, had been stolen. Several bottles of grog were also missing. Alarm was at once given, but no clue to the missing property was disQovered till the following day, when some of the empty bottles were found, and ultimately a match-box containing £21 was found concealed at the back of Mauugawhare. Four gum-diggers were arrested and brought before Mr. Rogan, R.M., but as sufficient evidence was net forthcoming, they were discharged.
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 331, 31 January 1871, Page 2
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