Easy time for burglars

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33917, 9 August 1975, Page 16

Easy time for burglars

Burglars broke into some Christchurch houses through unlocked or insecure doors, and windows, on Thursday night. Two stereo amplifiers, valued at $445, and 50 records were taken from a house in Brockworth Place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The burglars entered through an insecure window. Intruders opened an unlocked door at a house in! Courtenav Street, St Albans.; between 8.10 a.m. and 8.45! a.m. and removed $BO in l cash. A house in Manchester Street was burgled after in-' traders entered through an! insecure back door, and stole; an electric frying pan and; jug '•allied at $42. The premises of Zenith; (Seeds. Ltd. in Deans Avenue.; were entered on Wednesday! night, and $7O in cash was) stolen. The burglars entered! through an insecure door. | A tane recorder and cash; worth $llO was stolen fromj Brian Henbum, Ltd. Vaguest Road, Papanui, on Thursday! night. It is not known how. rhe thieves gained entry. Ghoulish task Some Melbourne funeral j directors pay "spotters’: fees" of up to $2O to con-! tacts in hospitals and old people’s homes who tell, them when patients are about to die, according to a report on the undertaking; industry commissioned by the Victorian Government.! The funeral directors then contact relatives to offer; their services.**!— Melbourne, |<