MYSTERIOUS SAFE ROBBERY
£4O Taken During Morning Bv Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 6. Complete mystery surrounds the disappearance of £4O from a safe in the office of the Wellington Show Association at the Easter Show at about 10.30 o'clock this morning. The money was all in silver coin, and it is understood to have been brought from the bank which did not open until 10 o’clock. It was then placed in the safe which was closed but not locked. The theft, which must have taken place soon after the money was placed in the safe, did not remain uu discovered for long, as a member of the staff had occasion to go to the safe shortly after 10.30 a.m., and immediately noticed the absence of the money. A few people were about the show at that time, and it is presumed that the thief had gained access to the safe during the temporary absence of the office staff Mr G. Mitchell, secretary of the Show Association, refused to discuss the matter further than tn admit that a large -uiu had been taken A police investigation U La progrm-
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 97, 7 April 1934, Page 5
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188MYSTERIOUS SAFE ROBBERY Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 97, 7 April 1934, Page 5
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