NOISY BURGLARY.
BOLD WELLINGTON CRIME.
HAMMERING HEARD BY NEIGHBOURS. ATTACK ON 'TOBACCONIST* SHOP. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. What seems to have been one of the boldest and noisiest burglaries committed in Wellington for some time occurred «t the foot of Majoribanks Street on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. The door of Mr. T. ■G. Licldle's tobacconist and hairdressing shop was forced open, and money and goods to a total value of about £70 stolen. Those engaged in the crime hammered and wrenched the door so loudly that according to a man living nearby, they could at times have been heard a quarter of a mile away. One neighbour thought someone was repairing a motor car. It appears from what neighbours say that two or three men were engaged in the burglary. A jemmy and hacksaw were used to attack the stout tumbler lock and iron hasp with which the door was secured.
According to the time the loud report was heard entrance was apparently gained about 3.30 a.m. The noise was mistaken by one who heard it for a blow-out of a motor tyre. This noise must have occurred when the door finally gave way.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 7
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