NOVEL THIEF CATCHER.
A novel burglar alarm has been plac'd on the market in Germany, compost’d of a small metal disc, circular in shape, which may easily be tarried in the vest- pocket. It i.s so arranged that a detonating cap may be inserted and, so loaded, it becomes a terror to sneak thieves. Suppose a traveller is -raying in a strange hotel and nuds that he cannot lock his door, he places a. chair against the chair and slips the- dies under one oi its legs. Should anyone attempt, to enter the room ih»' chair is torctxl out ol position tile dies flies open and the cap explodes. awakening the sleeper. Tim dies n.ay be used under baggage, in purees, under cycle or automobile- tyres and in 'uanv other wavs.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3632, 24 April 1914, Page 8
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131NOVEL THIEF CATCHER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3632, 24 April 1914, Page 8
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