Theft of jewellery
'.v Z. Press Association) j NEW PLYMOUTH, April 22. j ; Rings and watches valued ; • r between $3OOO and $5OOO ( were stolen from a Waitara , > jeweller’s shop in a smash- ( and-grab raid some time on!. Saturday nigljt or this morn- j , ing. I Two stones were used to ( I smash in the front window of I, the McLean Street shop of , Mr G. F. Bates. ’ The theft was discovered , about 6 a.m. yesterday bv a passer-by who called the police. It was the sixth time the , shop — which has been inbusiness for 17 years — had . j been the target of burglars, i and the second occasion on' | which the front window had,' !been smashed. The last time the shop was robbed was about six years ago and the largest haul amounted to about $ll,OOO, much of which was later recovered I
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33516, 23 April 1974, Page 5
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