CITY BURGLARY

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 79, 29 December 1925, Page 7

CITY BURGLARY

TAILOR’S PREMISES ENTERED At 10.30 o’clock last night the police discovered that the premises ot Mr. bTuckwell, tailor, Mee’s Steps, ,cIT Lambton Quay, had been burglariously entered. An endeavour was made by the police to locate Mr. TucKwell, but without success. It scemd probable, howm.ei from a survey of the premises< hat some rolls of suiting had been stole ]\ Entrance was gained by smashin tlie glass panel in the front door of the Shop, which permitted the burglar to put his hand through and open o door by turning the Yale lock from tl inside. Before this expedient had been resorted to, an attack bad been made on the door with a jemmy, hour dstinct indentations were made bj thimplement, but the lock withstood the pressure The hole in (he glass panel f s eircuiar, and measures about seven inches in diameter. _ . , . . watchers ’ posted each ' end of the MJ passing between . Lambton Quaj and Wellington eTerrace. The 'extent of Mr luckwell s loss could mt. in his absence, bo asceitained Irst night. ___