BURGLARY IN AUCKLAND
TWO MEN UNDER ARREST.
(BY lELEOKAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, This Day
A burglary occurred late last night, tho cellar of the Royal Hotel, Victoriastreet, being broken into and a case of whisky and a quantity of port wine stolen. Two men were suspected, and were subsequently discovered on a vacant section. In the struggle that ensued with two constables, one policeman was knocked down and stunned, his assailant making good his escape. The other man was arrested, as was also another found
elsewhere.
The hotel was entered from Hie rear, about 11 o'clock. The intruders broke through two doors into the cellar, smashing the lock of one door with a hammer. Two of f them, it is stated, lingered on the vacant section to open the case of whisky, under the shelter of a pile of timber. The burglary in the meantime had been discovered, and a search of the neighbourhood was made by the two constables. The presence of the two men was revealed by the noise made in opening the case.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 139, 15 June 1922, Page 8
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175BURGLARY IN AUCKLAND Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 139, 15 June 1922, Page 8
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