BURGLARY AT A CHURCH
Two Sacred Vessels Stolen By Telegraph- Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 16 On Wednesday night the Roman Catholic Church of Assumption at Onehunga was broken into and two sacred vessels valued at £3O were stolen. It was found that the back door of the church had been forced open. Further investigation disclosed that the lock of an inner door leading to the sncris‘y had been forced. There were five chalices in the room, three of silver and two gilded. The two latter are missing, the thief obviously having mistaken them for solid gold.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 80, 16 March 1934, Page 12
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