THE PALMERSTON BURGLARY

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24, 30 January 1911, Page 7

THE PALMERSTON BURGLARY

tBST TELEGfiAPH— SPECIAL TO THE POST/] PALMERSTON N., This Day. In connection with the burglary at the Manawatu Club, it transpires that it took place some time between the closing of the bar at the club on Tuesday night. and 5 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The chief steward found that the front door was just ajar, instead of being locked as usual, and that a half-door under the bar counter was open, though tho door of the bar itself and the sliding shutters were closed and fastened when the two stewards came on. Later, one of them reported that his cashbox, which he had placed under the counter on the preceding evening, was missing. The police were then sent for. It was noticed that the tobacco cabinet, which had been locked, and within which there was hanging the key of a room in which the other steward had hidden his had been tampered with. The key was, however, got o.ut of it, and on the door of the room where the box was hidden being opened, it was found that the box was also gone. The two boxes were estimated to contain from £25 to £oU in cash and cheques. There was no sign of violence having been used anywhere, and the till, which had only a 'small sum in it, was undisturbed. On Friday night the boys playing in ' Church-street found a cashbox. It had been prized open, the cash extracted, .and the cheques torn up.