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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2754, 23 June 1894, Page 2

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.

»8 , -..,.; STPLEK.' V. ' '";' ;? «* ' (me :p^Bs;AssolaS#o«f.) XSJJ fTi A burglary of a most d|ring 'and'-ypntt^ 5 to tional oharaeter was perpetrated ' ©any fs this evening on the '"premised of 'Gold- >• imith, Hall and Oompany, ai jtweltory d firm carryia«l6h bußineaa in Williiriimi, - : r e The .shop was entered, .and upward* of ,£2OOO worth of jewellery abstracted. The oiroume^ncea, as reported to ihepolW,, ie are ,thafc. ,the manager 0! the epmpany | it went to dinner at ? about 5.^0 p;m.,'io«ldbg ; : n (be door, and leaving the five jate of gas la bdrning, and when his assistant rttnrned to the premises atfG.Bop.rn 1 . ha found the whole place had been ■Tansackad and tbe lt windows oompl«tely oleared of all tb« i t cases cqaUiniDg goods of aoy value. On , ie the counter there was also a large nainper £ of empty paces, the opntcqts ' having been ' absVaoted. , ,' The* manager' estimates" hit c loßaat'^2ooo. The frontdoor was found lS |o h»ve ; been - opened With "a skeleton keyj zt 1 f t whioh was fonn'd insidt oh the floor; 4 - Tbe J ir ' burglars had evidently taken all ti» i> yalaable gooda* ■ and left tha. ; palUy < a •;,;,- . . , lf , r ,-, fc . l ., |J ' ■ c -''•'.{ l - .Jjuno2Bi'* 1 In connection with last night's robbery, the shatters on tbe shop window .were down^,, and the ,_ interior brilliantly, illnminited; so tba^tlie. daruig^n^ure'of the affair becomes ; more apparent. A skeleton key was found in tbe look inside (not on the floor), and the theory is tbat p c after having: effected, an entrance tha V r thieres—itii belief^d that zuore than one " - [j was engaged in tbe affair— looked' them* v selves ,, ( in, #o as to b«, spcure from_ - 3 intJßirruption" while they f ransacked 7 the' v j pretofeea. Aboat.2o gold' Watches, a Urge ' 5 nnmbW' of gold' and 'diamond' ripgs/f bracelets set in ' various kinds j of precions stones, and 1 all -the t most expensive articles in the' shop j are missuig,; Boma o( the bracelets i^plejns% j were valued; at 70 guineas, and rings in : ' [ some case's were wbrtb 60 guineas. ; After , clearing the window the robbers turned their attention to r the safe, which was"- | standing open behind the connter.V/Jftrom '& it they took £8 or £lO ; in caab, bat tniispd.! a number of gold watches, which were Wrapped up in separate packages inside. ; TJha polio* state thaffth»y.hMd)warne<f tbe I manager (Mr Flegetaub) of the danger .be. I incurred in leaving pbe shop unproteettdj I The police' wireS l uf the' other oenirei - .: regarding tbe affair,~and it is Buspeoted , tba't.tbethi6vei(?ot»w&ybytheTakaDun«, ..> . wbioh left, the .Qaeen's wharf for,Tar»n»ki ' afad.Onehunga shdrriyJl after six o'clock. ' ' a ! The only thing ot 1 value the thieves'^ appear to have overlooked was a~ oard of -' diamond rings worth .£BOO to £400. TheircurefaUy confioed. themselves to gold, and t precious stones, disclaiming silver, sbop is in a mo>st u opnßpionoas position in ,_ - tbe town, with t numbers of T people oon-g ? tinnally passing,' and generally ' a-nunibtr^ standing r loqkiog jo the windows, which; makes th> 3 cFaring natdire of the robbery alt the more conspicuous. Anewly-nude . jemmy ' wai found inside. - Sunpidoop characters ba?e.boen nqt|oed lajely watching the. thop ,tn(J noting the habit«.of the proprietor,,; • Vli , .• . _, " . ~. f ' f *' - X , V ; ,:,- aiSßOßNfirJunegfi.' ro j ; A daring burglary was.perpißtratedlf§re- : " j Jaat night, when the premise* of WilUaml I Apafr, draper, were entertd, u»jn4 over [ worth of the beet stock >fa«tgacUd. , ., ;j^ ,CBETArati,^i the beat nied'cuie l kcoirlris Sander an^ So6 8 » Eae»lyptl"Bxfciact.? Teit '?£ its emineuyy powerful e%edt«iat6tfagh4 >^^ icdlda.-inHrfenza-the relief ia)iAitaataitejMp. ' f) U ?ewo(aatpßw,«»d4MVji,aeßte<>^«ll-kHK,:_ .•be tbey.w^dUgbraie. t9amua£shilßat 9amua£shilßat l * - Bpraine, it is the safest remeayi-Jijb^wel^" 8 Hngr. no iDfiiunm&tioD. IA& •uipriaing produced in. croup, diphiheria, broncMtfe. iDflimaatiottof tbe lun^iwellinKs, eto-i. c9n#Sft|i4nMntaK di»eei«e of tie h&spitall^aiiieiloal 1 all oveViihe >W diploma *t ilnterDationiiV Exhibition, Am- . . eterdam; Tr^t in c thU approTed^rtioleV l '