PROMPT ARREST AFTER BID TO BLOW CITY SAFE
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 20. Before the smoke had cleared after a gelignite explosion in the office safe of Associated Bottle Company Ltd.. Khyber Pass road, two men found hiding among crates of bottles were arrested at the rear of the premises about 8 o'clock last evening.
A civilian patrolman noticed that a side window had been forced open and telephoned to the police. Two constables from Newmarket and a police patrol w car from the city arrived promptly and the building was surrounded. The explosion had jammed the safe door.
Yesterday Mr. .F. McCarthy, S.M., remahded in custody Until May 26 Leslie Ronald Shorteliffe, aged ®7, labourer, and Reuben T. Watai Repia, aged 28. a Maori motor driver, on charges of breaking and entering with Intent to commit a crime.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22951, 20 May 1949, Page 5
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138PROMPT ARREST AFTER BID TO BLOW CITY SAFE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22951, 20 May 1949, Page 5
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