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LITTLE; TAKEN. ' RAILWAY /MANAGER’S’ SURPRISE WETER. HOLIDAY. 1 . ' (Press" Association.) , >' ■ WELLINGTON. Jan. 5. While Mr H.“Hi'(Sterling, general ilanager of til'd railways’, was abteut 'in the/SdutE TsMidi oil "'a,;lidlilay with his ’TamiljC over * Ghristmas mil the Neiy Yeafl/: liis homo, in Burnell aVenue was- ransacked. ’ The crime was discovered when Mr Sterling returned -yesterday. Not i ’great deal , seemed to have been. ;uken.' . . - ’ Mr Sterling left on DeCernher. 22. \ T o ope was living, in; the house, over he holidays.-- The".,thief or thieves.; ■ iained. an. entrance through the hack loor, ;it being-' necessary /.to force oj;-. ■; «v a; grille:-/gate opening 7 into .tlioava's■ done appai:- , [Utlyi-.-.witli t/a>./--: 'crowbar. iTh'e back; ■< loor was" opened with a jemmy near-.' i ho ’lock. Tlie;wood : of thb' door and, he frame Were'hadly: splintered.. The 'll neves, r i-ai isaJcked the' rooms i y^tenuittoaclly, Sand'; xJ^r'clfted' a eei-t- ; . ,'iit amount of disorder: 1 ' n;. . : /
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11406, 6 January 1931, Page 2
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