ROBBERY AT DUNEDIN.
MAIL VAN RIFLED. Per Press 'Association. DUNEDIN, Jan. 19. A robbery occurred here some time between Saturday and Sunday last, when a mail van was broken into and rifled in the railway yard. The police are inclined to attribute the robbery to amateurs, or possibly boys who were well acquainted with the conditions and took advantage of them to rifle the van. It appears that the postal van stood in what is known as the “chaff siding” until 10 o’olook on Saturday evening and was then shunted out to the centre of the yard, after being loaded with two trucks of parcels ana Other mail matter. One contained mail matter for Lyttelton, to be attached on Sunday evening to the 9.50 express goods train that left the same night. The railway and postal authorities are retioont about the theft, but it is authoritatively stated that the van was tampered with at Dunedin and that the pillaging occurred while the van remained in the yard there: It is understood that a good haul was made, but the authorities are not in a position to give an estimate of the value .of the articles stolon. So far no arrests have been made.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1926, Page 4
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203ROBBERY AT DUNEDIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1926, Page 4
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