BURGLARY AT AUCKLAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 350, 18 March 1922, Page 5

BURGLARY AT AUCKLAND.

LARGE SUM OF MON’ICY STOLEN

(Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, March 17,

A daring burglary was perpetrated at the offices of (lie Lion brewery, Khyber Pass road, late on Thursday night or early this morning, a large sum of money being taken. The ofiiees are separated from the main, building by a. roadway, and the door from the ofiiees opens into a yard. Entrance was effected through the hack door, which is sheltered by a porch. Inside (lie porch is a double door which at night is locked on the inside and protected by a strong wooden bar. A square hole was cut in a panel of the door with an augur to allow a man to reach through and unlock the door, and to remove the wooden bar. The burglary was well planned, as owing to the day being a. bank holiday the cash to pay thl> wages of the brewery stall was drawn from the bank on Thursday, and lodged in the safe in the strongroom of the ofiiees. Both the strongroom and safe doors were opened by means of keys. Most of the cash, which was locked in cash boxes was taken, one small box being overlooked. The locks of the cash boxes were forced after they had been taken from the strongroom. Exact information regarding ibo amount taken is not available, but it is understood it exceeds £SOO. Ihc biugla! or burglars must have worked both silent y and expeditiously :ns four men were working in the brewery only a short distance from the ofiiees.