THE CAT BURGLAR.
ACTIVITIES IN AUCKLAND. ('I’ v Teh’g i n pli —.l ’re ss A ■■■ so;■■ ia t• o 11.) AUCKLAND, This Day. While .h<‘r!' \v:is consideialde < .vciteineut in Short land Street hist night owing to tin 1 prosencc of the Commercial Hotel per tor using a ladder on the tire escape to clean a chimiuy and a crowd had gathered anticipating the capture of some desperado, an active member of the burglar fraternity was actually operating in the adjacent premises occunied by Brookfield, Premiergtisf and. Sol. n aver, hands tars .and solicitors. An entrance was effected by climbing down a j, ipe to ththird storey and through a window left open for ventilation. Tie ransacked every cilice in the building, leaving behind a trail of used matches and cigarette butts. lie forced open the door of the strongroom, but was-.unable to open the safes inside. lie broke into Prendergast’s oflic and stole a five chambered revolver. Beyond this his gains evidently amounted to n. few shillings.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 June 1929, Page 8
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168THE CAT BURGLAR. Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 June 1929, Page 8
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