BURGLARY AT MENINDIE.
. (S.A. Register.; I For tho past thirty seven yes*.. 1 tho Hon. i U. O. Walker, M.P., hes roaidi-rt at " Tho Briars," Menihdie. in fancied secui «y from fho enterprising borjrla.i : but on A'turday he and his family had thnir confidence. rudely disturbed by discovering thar tbe m*». 3 ">n had beon broken into on Friday night, &* d » quantity of valuable jewellery and a bu i *o cum of money stolen- A representative fe f the Reginter called on Mr. Walkor, who showed him over the rcene of the burglar s operations, and said :— " Early this morning my housekeeper called me, and asked if I had taken my watch down, as it wns not in its usual place. The window of my dressingroom was open, and on examination I discovered that a gold watch, worth seventy guineas, had disappeared, also a Waterbury Watch which I keep to check the other by. Four of my pins were also gone. Ao." Nothing can show better the estimation in which the unpretentious but reliable Waterbury is held by men of means.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 96, 24 April 1894, Page 4
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181BURGLARY AT MENINDIE. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 96, 24 April 1894, Page 4
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