STEEL BARS

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 4044, 29 September 1933, Page 6

STEEL BARS

burglars thwarted WAIIII WEEK-END ATTEMPT STORE MANAGER’S FORESIGHT The recent, activities of a gang of thieves operating in the Wailii borough were again accentuated by an attempt (luring the week end to enter the premises; of Wallace Supplier. Ltd-, in Upper Seddon Street, in which steel bars and burred linger prints play a prominent part. Particulars of the attempt were disclosed by the manager of the stores, Mr. J. Moorhead, who stated that on Sunday afternoon he noticed that a window in his private office at the rear of the premises had been forced open and then closed. The efforts of the intruders, however, had been frustrated by a set of steel bars that were securely bolted to the window frame on the inside, an l an attempt had .evidently l>een made to cut through this protection. Access to the window had been gained by climbing a nine tree alongside the flat roof of a shed, which is situated some feet Inflow the office window. The window had been forced open by means of a jemmy, causing the pateht catch to snap off. Marks of an instrument appear on tliv sill. Mr. Moorhead said the objective was evidently a stock of tobacco, which was valued at £350 and was store 1 in his. .office. The safe was in a small office on tln- ground floor, hut if contained no cash, as the daily banking had been made. The intruders left several finger prints •on two paneW'of? glass. Af-er hearing of cases of breaking and entering in oilier business premises in the town about six weeks ago. .Mr. Moorhead took the precaution of having steel bars fixed to his office window anl since* then he has had other windows in the back portion of the siore similarly protected, in addition to having steel holts fixed to doors- M”. Moorhead’s foresight undoubtedly save.l the firm serioius los.V