BURGLARS' EASTER

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 91, 19 April 1927, Page 8

BURGLARS' EASTER

RAID IN PARK ROAD.

ON WINE MERCHANT'S STOCK

LAIK-E QUANTITY PEMOVED. j lie* Auckland burglars who have been >o bu-y .j! late spent a comparatively (juict Easter. although one raid ou a big scale iv;i- successfully carried out at the premises of Marena Wines, 120, Park Head, where it was discovered this morning by the proprietor. Mr. Y. E. Pi-arenko, a blender of wine?, that the interior was in a general state of litter, and a considerable port ion of the stock had disappeared. ihe burglars had endeavoured to obtain entry by boring a large hole in the trout door, but found their efforts foiled by a thick sheet of iron behind it. a precaution that had been taken as the result of a burglary at the same place la-t Christmas. when t.' 100 worth of stock was carried away. Apparently it was a case of "where there's a will there s a way.' The burglar#, after casting about, forced an through the lanlight oi a window. Once inside, their movement* appeared to be of an unhurried nature, and after a judicious -ampling they made a selection of the be<t stock, even siphoning wine from casks into smaller iars with a rubber tube. 1 hey made a great mess in the cellar, and \* hen 1 arrived this morning there was straw everywhere." Mi\ Pi-areiiKe r■■ i i a "Star" reporter. 1 ''They took a oi clothes, an attache case, and even my hammers, paste, and labels—so much, in fact, that they must haw carried it away in a conveyance. They took wine in bottles, jars, and in bulk". So far 1 have found that aL-oin 3-40 worth has been stolen., but I cannot say exactly what the value of the stolen stocK is until 1 go further into the matter. Anyway, it is a large 1 10-s to me. and i~ much more than £40." ; The premises broken into are situated I at- the end of a right-of-way leading to ! the rear of the block of buildings imme-! diately opposite the Lion Brewery in j Khyber Pas<. ===== !