Thieves Visit Newly-weds’ Home

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 219, 19 September 1934, Page 7

Thieves Visit Newly-weds’ Home

FITTINGS WORTH £2O TAKEN Per Press'Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. Tho plans of a recently-married Auckland couple to settle in their new home have been seriously interfered with by the activities of thieves, who have on three occasions within the last six weeks stolen fittings from their house, which is in the final stages of construction. The most recent visit by thieves was on Monday Bight, when electrical equipment valued at about £< was stolen. Since the thefts commenced, fittings and tools worth some £2O have disappeared from the house. It is thought that a skeleton key must have been used, as there has not been any indication of entry being forced. The first time the thieves visited the house they removed a number of plated water-taps and also took several lengths of copper piping. By the time they made their next visit the copper piping had been replaced' and they promptly' stole tho second lot, using a plumber’s wrench found in a kit of tools left in the house. The intruders unscrewed the pipes and also stole a quantity of asbestos lagging and a special fitting from the hot-water system. On Monday night a Taid was made on olcctrical equipment and various fittings wero wrenched bodily from the walls, and shades and bulbs were taken.