BURGLARIES IN SOUTH.
BAKERY SHOP ENTERED. THIEF RAIDS A CASHBOX. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ASHBURTON. Saturday. A thief entered Messrs. J. and J. Sutherland's bakery shop last* night; stealing a cashbox containing about £5 in silver. An entry was effected by removing the putty from a window in the bakehouse. The cashbox was removed from where Jt was secreted in the office.
The intruder left his hat and a packet containing four cigarettes on the floor near a window. A suspect was arrested this morning. This burglary follows on aft incident on the previous night, when Messrs. W. H. Collins and Company had a plateglass window smashed and an electric torch case valued at lis stolen. EVERY ROOM RANSACKED. MONEY AND JEWELLERY TAKEN. [by telegraph.—press association.] • WELLINGTON. Saturday. A shock awaited Mr. and Mrs. Salek on returning to their home on Wellington Terrace after, a social evening at the Wellington Bowling Club on Thursday. An uninvited visitor had entered the house and ransacked every room, spending a very busy couple of hours. The contents of cupboards and drawers were thrown in every direction.
On taking stock, Mrs. Salek discovered that a considerable quantity of money and jewellery was missing.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19413, 23 August 1926, Page 8
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199BURGLARIES IN SOUTH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19413, 23 August 1926, Page 8
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