Another church broken into
Another Christchurch church has been broken into: burglars forced open a door of St Paul’s Anglican Church. Papanui, on Monday night and stole several cheques, an Olivetti typewriter valued at $6OO, and silverware valued at $l9B. Earlier this month the police and clergymen expressed concern about the recent, spate of vandalism and bur-
glaries of Christchurch churches. The administrator of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Barbadoes Street (Monsignor J. M. Harrington) said then that the spate of crimes might force . some city churches to be 1 closed to the public during i the day. The Christchurch C. 1.8. is ! investigating two other burglaries committed on Monday night. Calculators valued at $220 were stolen from the premises of Aluminium Distributors, Ltd. at 47 Leeds. Street, Linwood, and blankets, rugs, and a record players, together valued at $6OO were taken from a house in Mansfield Avenue, Merivale.
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