BURGLARS ACTIVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20367, 23 September 1929, Page 10

BURGLARS ACTIVE.

AUDACIOUS THIEF IN HOUSE.

INTRUDER RANSACKS BEDROOMS

OCCUPANTS AT'HOME AT TIME

An audacious burglary was carried out at the residence of Mr. J. Morley Bell, at llowick, on Saturday evening. Working quietly the intruder ransacked bedrooms in the front of the house while Mr. and Mrs. Bell were in other rooms, and £4 was stolen.

During the early part of the evening Mrs. Bell was engaged in the kitchen and Mr. Bell was reading in an adjoining room. Shortly after 9 o'clock, Mrs. Bell went to her bedroom and found that it had been thoroughly ransacked. The room was in a state of confusion, drawers having been pulled out and the contents strewn over the floor. Mrs. Bell's purse had been opened but it contained no money. Apparently money was the sole object of the thief as jewellery on the dressing table was not touched.

i From this room the intruder turned his attention to the bedroom occupied by the chauffeur, Mr. Roy Peach. l'rom this room £4 in notes was stolen.

Watches, clocks and jewellery valued at about £25 we're stolen from the premises of Mr. J. L. Hendrey, 99, Remuera Road. The door of the shop was forced by some sharp instrument. The intruders evidently went thoroughly over the stock and articles were selected at random from several places. The safo was moved behind a curtain in the workroom, but it resisted all efforts to open it. It contained a number of valuable articles. A small amount of cutlery and other articles were stolen from the residence of Captain E. Dorling, master of the Northern Steamship Company's steamer Clansman, at 56, Great South Road, on Saturday evening. Captain Dorling's house was partially destroyed by firo recently, and on Saturday he was busy salvaging articles which had not been ruined. TJjiese articles were placed in a shed at the rear of the house. Yesterday morning it was found that the door of the shed had been forced and the articles were missing. They were of small value.

Goods to the value of about £SO were stolen from the parish hall adjoining St. Matthew's Church recently. The ladies of the church had been working for some months in preparation for the annual sale of work, which was to have been held in October, and they had accumulated a large quantity of goods, which were stolen from the hall. The ladies have decided to .start their work again.