BURGLARS AGAIN
WEEK-END CRIMES AND
ATTEMPTS,
Some months ago a series of burglaries occurred in the city and was brought to an end by the arrest of three gangs of juveniles. Once again a list of burglaries and attempted burglaries is being built up. On 14th or 15th inst. a burglar or burglars entered the upstair workrooms at Mr. D. Mulligan's tailoring establishment in Kelburn-avenue, and got away with goods to the value of about SIOU. The lower part of the premises, the shop proper, where the. safe is placed, is well lit by.lights in the avenue all night and is in addition in plahi'view' of passers-by through the plate-glass frontage, and the burglars apparently did not care to risk descending the stairs for nothing was disturbed on the ground floor. About the same time an attempt was made tt break and enteij the fruit and news stall at the foot of the Kelburrf cable tram line, but the burglar contented himself with half-hearted_ attempts to force a door, held by a light Yale lock, and to burst the fastenings of the windows in front of the stall. During the last week-end two more burglaries were perpetrated, both of a more serious nature. The premises in Lambton-quay occupied by Mrs. Mathewspn, milfiner and. ladies' outfitter, were entered after the iron bars protecting a window at the rear of the premises had been cut through with a hack saw. Mrs. Mathewson's loss was considerable, for articles to the value of# about £200 were removed. On the same night, Saturday, a. futile attempt was made to dynamite a safe in Mr. Frank Flipp's butcher's shop at Kilbirnie. As a rule ■ Mr. Flipp and his family live on the premises, the dwellingrooms being above or adjoining the shop, but the family had been in residence at the seaside for the summer. On returning to his shop, Mr. Flipp found that the door of his safe had been cracked and jammed by the explosive used, and he had to call in expert aid—safe menders, not safe breakers—before the door ■could be opened.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 46, 24 February 1920, Page 7
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348BURGLARS AGAIN Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 46, 24 February 1920, Page 7
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