NOISY BURGLARS
WELLINGTON SHOP ROBBED. [per press association.]' WELLINGTON, June 11. What seems to have been one of the boldest and noisiest burglaries committed in Wellington for some time, occurred at the foot of Majoribariks Street, on Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning. The door of T. G. Liddle’s tobacconist and, hairdressing shop was' forced open, and money and goods of the total value of about £7O stolen." Those engaged in the crime hammered and wrenched the door so loud--ly that, according to a man living nearby, they could at times "have been heard a quarter of a mile away. One neighbour thought that someone was repairing a motor car. Jt appears .from what the neighbours say that two or three men were engaged in the burglary. A jemmy and. hacksaw were used to attack the stout tumbler lock and the iron hasp -with which the door was secured. According to the time the loud report was heard, entrance was apparently gained about 3.30 a.m. The noise was mistaken by one who heard it, for a blowout of a motor tyre. It must have occurred when the door .finally gave, way.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 June 1932, Page 2
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