HIDDEN IN CAVE.
MONEY FOUND IN TINS. HOTEL BURGLARY PROCEEDS. (By TelegrapU.—Own Correspondent.) ROTORUA, Friday. It is understood that a sum of money, stated to have been part of the proceeds of the safe burglary which occurred at the Waiotapu Hotel earlier in the year and which had not been accounted for, was recently recovered. The money wap hidden in several tins which had been secreted in a small cave in the vicinity of Kawalia Point. Two men were arrested in connection with the burglary and were sentenced to terms of reformative detention, but, although some of the money and jewellery' which was taken from the safe was recovered, a sum of about £40 in cash was not accounted for. The money is to be returned to the licensee of the hotel.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 235, 3 October 1936, Page 22
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