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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 302, 15 September 1921, Page 2

An instance of a robbery being regarded with quite philosophic calm by the man whose goods were stolen is reported in the latest issue of the "Australasian Grocer" The account of the robbery shows that one night recently burglars raided the shop of Mr. D. Robinson, grocer, of Ballarat. After breaking an iron gateway and- smearing tho window pane with treacle to deaden the sound of the falling glass, they took from the window twelve quart battles containing what appeared to be first-class whisky. As the damage to the window was covered by insurance, and as the whisky bottles contained merely water coloured with vinegar, the grocer’s loss was a very light one, and he considered himself more than compensated by the thoughts of the robbers’ discomfiture when they tasted their spoils. The Melbourne police record a case in which a burglar, after breaking into a /suburban office and . blowing open the safe, found only a few entry books nnd ft piece of cardboard containing the message, “Cash goneto tho Commonwealth Bank; try there. Weddings to lie artistic must bay. Bouquets to harmonise with frocks. Miss Murray, 36 Willis Street. Deliveries anywhere in Uominion.y—Aavt.