BURGLARY EPIDEMIC.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 5

BURGLARY EPIDEMIC.

CRIME IN AUSTRALIA. JBy Telegraph—Press Association— Copyrijrh Adelaide, June 6. burglars who recently secured a hau from a sai'o of the railway station, ob taincfl tlio same flight J.'ll from tho book ins office. As it was known that a newsagent ha< had several hundred pounds in his pos S(,.;ioii ou Holiday, his residence wa visited in the evening. Tho occupant of tho house were absent. The place wa nuiriicketl thoroughly,, but the intruder wero not' rewarded, as tho newsagent who lost money previously, keeps none ii Jus house now. ARRESTS MADE IN SYDNEY. Sydney, June 6. A young man has been arrested on : charge of stealing JBIB9 from the Book stall Company's office on Circular Quay Another has been detained on suspicion The extravagant Spending of tho men hac attracted attention. They had .£B3 be tween them, and each had a revolver ir his possession. LOSSES IN' LAUNCESTON. Launceston, June 5. There have been numerous cases oi house and shop-breaking here lately. Except in one case, where =£40 was taken, the losses have been small. 1 •ADELAIDE DWELLING ENTERED. (Rec. June 6, 10.20 p.m.) Adelaide, June G. Masked burglars ransacked tiro house of a Mrs. Allen, and secured £2. They escaped by threatening to shoot if the v.cupants attempted to raise an alarm. SIX RESIDENCES RAIDED. (Rec. June 6, 10.20 p.m.) . Sydney, June 6. Burglars have raided six residences al Beecroft, seventeen miles north of tlx oity. The hauls mada by the thieves were small.