BOARDINOHOUSE THEFTS
MAN ELUDES PURSUERS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, sth August,
Two city boardinghouses were visited by thieves early this morning. At one Symonds street establishment the rooms of two pressmen and another boarder were visited, clothing being rifled and £10 stolen:
At Graf ton road an overseas visitor sleeping with his wife was awakened at 5 a.m. to find an intruder going through the pockets of his clothes. He shouted for help and chased the thief on to the verandah, but tho thief jumped off the landing to the pavement below and dashed off, with several boarders in pursuit, and escaped. No money is missing, but the visitor lost a wallet containing passports and pension ' papers. . .• :/, .v
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1930, Page 10
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BOARDINOHOUSE THEFTS
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1930, Page 10
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