THIEVES IN SHOP
Attempt to Open Safe
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisborne, Dec: 12. The second burglary in a shop in the main street within a fortnight occurred during-the week-end, the premises entered on this occasion being the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ Company’s iron; mongery and hardware shop, in the centre of the town. ' The intruders. were disturbed before effecting an entry to a safe containing about £4O. The thieves removed razor blades, a wristlet watch, and electroplate ware from showcases; The safe was dragged out of the recess, and with a. brace from the shop the intruders bored a small hole through the back. Then apparently one man opened the door leading into a window, and in doing so knocked down a large vase, and, frightened at the subsequent crash, the men left hurriendly.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 68, 13 December 1932, Page 5
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