TECHNICAL SCHOOL ENTERED

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 286, 31 October 1933, Page 7

TECHNICAL SCHOOL ENTERED

BURGLARY LAST NIGHT. Unlawful entry was gained to the Palmerston North Technical School, last night, but as far as could be ascertained to-day nothing had been stolen except some cakes which had been made by the cooking class and left in a light safe in the cooking room. The police now have the matter in hand. The burglary makes the second at the school in about four months and certain aspects of both are very similar. It is believed that entry was gained by lifting a large window of the cookery room which is on the right-hand side of the main building, its door being nearly opposite the office. The door of the cookery room -was left open evidently so that should the intruder be forced to leave suddenly exit could be made by that means. The door opens on the yard. As a further precaution the lock on the front door was snibbed which would stop any person opening it from the outside with a key. A step ladder was found standing m the passage below a window of the office, but entry had been made by forcing a slide connecting the office with the passage. Marks on the woodwork showed that a jemmy had been used and several drawers in the office, including some in the desk of the director (Mr G. G. Hancox) had been forced in the same manner. No money was found by the intruder although the office was ransacked. On the previous occasion the loss was between £3 and £4. When the former burglary took place the front door was also snibbed and the door of the cookery room left open.