FIND IN CI

Manawatu Standard, 1 October 1935, Page 5

FIND IN CI

■tty GELIGNITE AND Dt| A NARROW WjaaaSli. An employee of th€< ment of the A u ckl a n dOi ty\pohncli,' , working in the;-old'Presby• tory, which is situated in (the', gully, on. the city side of Symonds (Street,vlMd a narrow escape from a fataj^ccldent. Tlie workman was attending to a recently-dug grave near a camellia tree, and was using a fork in the soft clay soil, when the tool unearthed- two • plugs of gelignite which had been “planted’’ in the shade of the tree. Further investigation was made, and the man later found a box of detonators close to where the gelignite had been hidden. He had a narrow escape. If one of the sharp tines of the fork . had come into contact with the detonators, no doubt he would have been blown to pieces. The find was reported to the police. It is thought that perhaps one of the gang of safe-breakers which recently operated in Auckland and the suburbs used the cemetery as a depot for the storage of his explosives, and also some. of the loot which burglars stole from city premises during the last few months. Accordingly a thorough search of the cemetery on both sides of Symonds Street and below Grafton Bridge is being made; by detectives and constables. The cemetery where the gelignite and detonators were found is not more than 200 yards from the rear of the three-storeyed building of James Pascoe, jeweller, which was entered a few weeks ago, when jewellery and gold valued at £2OOO was stolen. # - It is recalled that several years ago thieves made use of an old vault in which to store the proceeds of robberies. The culprits, who were arrested and dealt with, stored a large quantity of loot in the vault and also slept in it for several nights.