THIEVES AT WORK
PREMISES BROKEN INTO TWO MOTOR-CARS STOLEN The preinises of Guthrie, Bowron and Co., Ltd., corner of Worcester street and Manchester street, were broken into during the week-end, and about £lO in money was stolen after the thieves had forced the door of a safe. The premises of Chemists Supplies Co., Ltd., 139 Worcester street, and A. J. Pickering, engineers merchants, whose offices are in Whitcombe and Tombs’s buildings in Colombo street, were also broken into, but it is not known whether anything was taken. Motor-cars belonging to Mr Eric Bentley, 200 Avonhead road, and Mr R. G. Crawford, 15 Bowen street, both at Upper Riccarton, were stolen on Saturday night, and when recovered three of the four wheels on each car were missing. Mr Bentley’s car was found in Waimairi road and the other in Dyer’s road, Bromley.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19470121.2.118
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25088, 21 January 1947, Page 8
Word Count
141THIEVES AT WORK Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25088, 21 January 1947, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.