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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 21, 16 March 1908, Page 2

A glaring instance of cargo broaching came under the notice of Mr H. V. Browne, of Blenheim (says the 'Herald')- Examining some cases of new drapery goods imported direct from England, he discovered that one -had been penetrated by some sharp instrument, the aperture being large enough to enable a hand to be thrust m. Three blouses of good quality and a piece of silk had been extracted; but the thief evidently found the operation a<K a painless one, for copious bloodst'ii.is showed that he had cut himself lather severely on the ragged edges of the cut in the zinc lining. As the blood is comparatively fresh, it is supposed that the broaching took place at Wellington.