BURGLARY AT MENINDIS.
(S. A. Register.) For the past thirty-seven years the> Hem. G. C. Walker, M.P*has resided at The Briars," Menindle, in fancied »*«»«* from the enterprising burglar; but on Saturday he and his family hadth-ir confidence rudely disturbed by discovering that the mansion had been broken into era Friday _lgh., and _ quantity of valuable jewellery and a large sum on money stolen. A representative of the Register called oa Mr Walker, who showed him o-ier the scene of the burglar's operations, and said:-"Early this morning my housekeeper called mc, and asked if I had taken my watch down, as it was not in itsusual place. The window of my dressingroom was open, and on examination _ discovered that a gold watch, worth seventy guineas, had disappeared, also a Waterbury Watch which I keep to check the other by. Four of my bins were also gone, Sec." Nothing can show better the estimation in which the unpretentious reliable Waterbury is held by men of means.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8677, 29 December 1893, Page 2
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BURGLARY AT MENINDIS.
Press, Volume L, Issue 8677, 29 December 1893, Page 2
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