"SMASH AND GRAB."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 101, 2 May 1938, Page 8

"SMASH AND GRAB."

WINDOW BROKEN. All the evulcm-e that a darin;: 'vnia*h ami prair raid had been planned wan pnivi.U-d in Karaa-iahape K->sid n*»•■--1 11 o'clock last niulit. Tiio larue plate-pla-* opposite the I'liion Bank of An-t r: 'i.i. window of Mr. Knio-t MrFeat"< >i--.ip. was found to have lu-.n lirnkfii. .ui.i :i man with hi~ «U'P]>ly -hn>iic.i was found standiiiLr msir tin , slio;i. A con«ta!>lc took tho man t<> tli'. - Aiu-kland Hi.-pital in an amliulaiir-.*. Still mi iiimali" tlu'iv. he is favniirnWv. The nrt^rii , * and r-:i:e\\~ .•: his hand wore <c\ <rc.i. Mr. A'. Ho.u»ara. of 15. Hanin-t-:: Rcxul. Grey Lynn, was tlrhinj: pa-t :!«• .shop when ho lu-ard tlie -.onnd of <:n:i--'!-incr .ulase. Hcfnniinu to the «hn;> he found a larne hole i-i the window an.! saw blood on the jauuod -!a-s. Nt-arliy ritorxl a man uli'-c ;ii:li£ wri-t was ] blooding freely. 111 ~j-1,• tin- !■: ■svn I window, lyiny nmonv; lhe r-.•.;;;•■ ,-1 I jewcliory. was found a ha!f \<v\.-k , wrapped in brow n paiicr. ! At tho tinn? tho w ind'vw w.i- I.- .ken there- was oil ili»]<l;iy f"J(>t) wollli oi diamond rins<, oilier rinp*. wat.-lu-s, land a ironera! assort nirn" xf jiMvi-lk'ry of a total value of ,'J4i)(i. So far all that. Mr. MrKeat lias cl><- v.-rc,! to be missing is a wnm.in'a wrist lot watch valued at £3 10/.