SAFE BLOWN OPEN
(By Telegraph.—Press Association ) CHBISTCHURCH, 12th November, borne time during the .week-end probably on Sunday night, the strong-room and safe in the Paparua County Office was blown open by thieves, who stole cheques to the value of £285, and £49 in notes and silver of the county's money, and also *U, the property of the county clerk Mr. G. Maginnes.
An explosion was heard by a nearby resident shortly after midnight on Sunday. The thieves had cut the telephone wires in the office. They overlooked a large number of pay envelopes which were also in the strong-room.
The thieves overlooked £100 in pay envelopes. '
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 8
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106SAFE BLOWN OPEN Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 8
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