ATTEMPT ON SAFE.
GLEN AFTON STATION. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 19. An attempt was made last night to blow open the safe at the Glen Afton railway station. A nearby general store, belonging to Mr G: H. Edwards, was also entered and £6 in cash stolen from the cash register. It is thought that whoever broke into the railway station was disturbed during the attempt, possibly by motor-cars passing through Glen Afton after their owners bad attended a ball at lluntly earlier in the night. When the stationmaster arrived at the station to-day ho discovered that one of the windows' had been forced open and that- papers inside had been disturbed. In the keyhole of the safe was an unexplodcd charge of gelignite. Apparently the intruder was frightened away from tlie station before be was able to ignit.e tlio 'charge. Nothing was taken from the station and even if the safe had been blown open little of value would have found. Entry to the store, which also serves ns a post office, was apparently gained through a door. So far as is known none of the contents of the "shop was taken.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 224, 20 August 1938, Page 13
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193ATTEMPT ON SAFE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 224, 20 August 1938, Page 13
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