INVERCARGILL THEFTS
NEW CAR STOLEN. [FEB PBESB ASSOCIATION.] INVERCARGILL, April 26. , Breaking into Russell and Peterson s —irage at the corner of Dee and Leet ! —is. at the week-end, thieves remov- : f \',m the’ show-room a new 1938 model American car, which has not yet. been recovered. Taking advantage of the absence oi lights in. the city, the intruders forced the door of (he Leet Street entrance, and selected a car which was on exhibition between two others. The car was driven out of the showrooms, and the others restored to their original positions. This was one of a series of thefts and attempted thefts which occurred over the same period. From the petrol station of Eardley Bell, in Kelvin Street, about 20 gallons of petrol were stolen, the lock on one of the pumps being broken. A motorist who left his car outside the Princess Hotel on Sunday night, found that his number-plates had been removed. It was also discovered this morning that attempts had been made to force an entry into three business premises in the city—Dickey’s, Ltd., and Self Help stores in Dee and Tay Streets? All the doors bore the marks of a jemmy. It is thought that an attempt to break into a grocer’s shop in Gore had some connection with the Invercargill thefts'. ’ Because of the restrictions'on the use of.electric light, police patrols have been .increased as far as possible, "but shopkeepers have been advised to'take extra'precautions while the * restrictions are in force.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 April 1938, Page 10
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249INVERCARGILL THEFTS Greymouth Evening Star, 27 April 1938, Page 10
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