BURGLARIES AT WELLNGTON.
£500 STOLEN FROM A STRONGROOM.
[BY TELEGRAPH.J'KESS association.!
Wixmntjtox, Monday. . A burglary was committed at the Karori Borough Council oflice late on Friday night- or early on Saturday morning, about £500 in cash and cheques being stolen from the strongroom. Access was obtained by punching a hole about a.foot square.
Of the amount stolen, £256 had been placed in the room by the engineer for the purpose of paying the -workmen's wages on Saturday Part of the money was in a brief bag, and the balance was in a cashbox with a broken lid. Another burglary is reported as having occurred last night on the premises of Messrs. E. T. Taylor, bottlers and wine and spirit merchants in the city. A quantity of liquor, cigars, and cigarettes was stolen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13605, 26 November 1907, Page 5
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132BURGLARIES AT WELLNGTON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13605, 26 November 1907, Page 5
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