Jeans theft fits teenagers
Nelson reporter “It looks like a burglary to 'irder,” said Mr R. A. Austin, proprietor of Dix Jeans, Nelson, commenting on the theft of about $5OOO worth of stock from his shop on Wednesday. The police agreed, to the: extent that the burglars had been most selective: the missing stock was all in teen-age fittings. Mr Austin discovered the. theft upon arrival at his shop on Wednesday morning. The lock securing a big steel door on the shop had been smashed. Last gear’s summer stock had been dumped from its cartons, and the cartons were obviously used to I carry away the stolen goods. A high-quality stereo unit, valued about $lOOO, was also Stolen.
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