A PETONE SENSATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 7

A PETONE SENSATION.

1 , BURGLARS' GANG AT WOEtt. EIGHT PREMISES BROKEN , INTO. . *■ During the eailj Wuis of >06teidny mornr ing sevciftl >;hops in Jackbon Btioct, f voio broken into by' buiglais, who got away • with tin Amount ot cilblu trnd somu merohandibfi The buiglms nppMr to have itartod at the Municipal ifttildrogti, from which they car- ' ned awaj a pihch-bai, the propeitv of the 4 Borough Council. They then used tho ptnoh- ' bai to effect an entrance by ft back vtndow, into , the shop of Mr W 13, Nicholson, booktoller, There,they smashed the till open, and puilcmcd about 30s in cash Mi J Parrant's tobacconist's shop \raS neit I ontered, and some pounds of "Doruy lobacco, ' * packets of cigawttce, and about 10s m cash ■ stolon'. y , 3 The burghrs then directed their attention , to the Alexandra Builaing. Entrance to the 1 office of Mr E. W. Woodhouse, eshto agent, was, ] buried bj the bnlts on the t\indo«, but Miss 1 Wickens'e fanoj-gooas shop uns entered, and' ■' about ss. in email change .taken. In thclf ° hurry tho thioves ovtrboked a lareei sum of 6 money which was in a box under the counter. 1 i, ?, p , r ?n lsl l s ? f 3lr - V - Jones, butcher, nnd i - 1 Mr. E. Mills tailor, woro also ransacked, but a> turn of only 2s 4d. in copper, taken from tho butcher's shop, was seemed. S Turther up the street an attempt made J to entoi Mr. A. Ken's blcjt'lo shop, but tho j irindows of tho place had been nailed up. J Tho hist placfl \isitcd was Mi. I), Grant'e, l noxt to Koire, from vwieh 9s m cash, Rovoral f suit lengths, valued at ,15, and a crossed I chequo wow takon.