Jewellery, sports gear taken in burglaries

Press, 1 December 1987, Page 4

Jewellery, sports gear taken in burglaries

Jewellery valued at $8440 was stolen in a burglary of a Cashel Street flat on Sunday morning. The flat was entered through the back door between 10.55 a.m. and 12.10 p.m. The burglars went through most rooms and stole the contents of two jewellery boxes in a bedroom. They removed opal pendants, garnets, dress rings, watches, two wedding rings, a cultured pearl dress ring, a diamond ring and sterling silver band. • Sports clothing worth about $4OOO was stolen in a burglary at Hagley High School over the week-end. The offenders hacksawed the 1 padlock on a door to a storeroom at the rear of the gymnasium. They then forced an internal door to an equipment store. They stole several carry bags containing netball and volleyball uniforms, league jerseys, rugby jerseys, soccer uniforms and tracksuit tops. Some of the gear is marked “Hagley” and some has a purple-and-yellow colour scheme.-

A storeroom at Waltham School was also burgled during the weekend. Reading and learaig books were stolen. • The police are investigating an arson attempt on the Burnside Dairy, in Kendal Avenue, on Sunday. Rubbish bags were set alight at the rear of the building, charring the exterior and damaging power cables. The fire was noticed at 12.47 a.m. f A similar incident had occurred at the dairy on November 1. • An attempt to set fire to a shop in Hereford Street was made overnight last Friday. Paper from a nearby rubbish tin was set alight and pushed under the door of the Red Label Clothing store, causing minor damage. The police are investigating the fire. • A total of 2500 codeine-based tablets were taken from Burkes Pharmacy, Innes Road on Sunday. The thieves used a sledgehammer to smash their way into the shop. The tablets were valued about $l3O.

An imported racing motor-cycle was stolen from a Centaurus Road garage between Monday and Friday last week. The RN 250 Yamaha, worth abbut $9OOO, may be the only motor-cycle of its kind in New Zealand. The owner imported it as a wreck and rebuilt it The motor-cycle was not registered for road use and was painted in the Marlboro cigarette company colours red and white. Its racing number was 99. ■’r • A man made indecent suggestions to a girl, aged 11, as she left Hagley High School on Saturday afternoon. The girl was leaving the school after a music lesson about noon when she was A approached by a man, who made indecent suggestions to her. He touched her clothing but she ran back-to the school and reported the The man was described as Caucasian, in his early 20s, about 162 cm tall, of average build with short, black hair. < He was wearing a green short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans.