SIX BURGLARIES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20637, 29 August 1932, Page 8

SIX BURGLARIES.

SATURDAY'S RECORD. THIEF LEAPS FROM FIRST FLOOR WINDOW. A leap'of sixteen feet on to a lawn from a first-floor window enabled a burglar to make Iris escape when surprised by the early return of a residen. of Kilmore street on Saturday evening. Little property was lost in this instance, which was only one out of the record number of six "breaks' reported to the police on Saturday afternoon and night. 'ln two cases tho thefts were made while the residences were occupied.

Tho premises entered were those of the following:— 'Mr G. P. Faris, residence, 130 Kiluioro street. Downing % Ltd., boot importers, 616 Colombo street. Mr R B Bunt, boot store, corner of Bealey avenue and Manchester Mr A. Cornish, residence, 430 Hereford street. Mr Charles A. G. Lange, residence, 315 Manchester street. Mr K W. Palmer, residence, 2 Blenheim road, Lower Riccarton. Mr Faris returned to his home at 8.30 t, in. on Saturday to find the front dool; open and the window of the breakfast, room smashed. Hearing a noise upstairs, he rushed to the front door and saw a man on the lawn, who had jumped from a window in the upper storey., a distance of about 16 feet, to the soft grass below. The marauder's acrobatic feats were not yet finished, for as Mr Faris fame out he cleared the front fence and made off along Kilmore street. A necklace valued at about 5s Cd was the only article stolen. Nothing was stolen from the shop of Downing's, Ltd., although the premises had been entered. Mr Bunt's house and shop were entered between 3.45 and 5.5 p.m., the premises being thoroughly ransacked. A pair of women's satin shoes, a pair of men's shoes, £1 15s in money, two medals, and an inscribed silver wristlet watch were stolen.

Mr Cornish's house was entered on Saturday evening while the family were playing cards in the back part of the house. Entrance was gained through an .open front window, and a. gold watch, two bangles, a trinket box, and two rings were taken. SVoni the house of Mr Lange, entrance to which was gained by smashing a leadlight window in the dining-room, three watches and a necklace, of a total value of about £l2, were taken while the premises were empty between 5.30 and 7.30 p.m. The theft from the dweling of Mr Palmer wan also made while the house was occupied. Mr Palmer was working in the rear portion of the premises in the afternoon, and the wireless set, which was in operation, would drßwn such slight noises as an intruder might make in the front, where an open window afforded the thief an easy entry. Two rings, three watches, and a gold Army Service Corps badge, the whole being valued at about £2O, were removed from a bedroom.