BOLD BURGLARY.
SUITING MATERIAL
WELLINGTON, This Day,
A daring burglary took place in Wellington during the early hours of Saturday last, when a large quantity of material used in making suits was stolen from the premises >f Messrs iCharles McPhee and Co., Cuba street.
I About a quarter past two on Saturday nrorwing the constable on tV. beat discovered the main door of the building open, and on making investigation found M'ePhee and Co.'a room had been burgled.
•How the thieves opened the street door is a mystery, but there are evidences that the culprits were only amateurs.
Some 26 -whole pieces of material valued at from £12 to £20 each, were stolen. The total value of the stolen stuff represents i the sum of about £300.-r'Press Assn,
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Northern Advocate, 24 June 1920, Page 5
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