ATTEMPT TO BLOW SAFE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21469, 18 April 1933, Page 8

ATTEMPT TO BLOW SAFE

WAIHI RAILWAY STATION BURGLARS UNSUCCESSFUL [by telegraph—OWN CORHESI'OXDEXT] WAIHI. Monday Burglars forced au entry to the Waihi railway station at about 12.30 o'clock this morning and made au unsuccessful attempt to blow open the safe. Only a few pounds in cash would have rewarded their efforts had they been successful. Apparently the building was entered through a window, two panes o{ which had been broken, allowing the catch to be undone. Residents for hundreds of yards around were disturbed by the noise of the explosion, and it is assumed that the thieves became alarmed and made off without any further efforts to open the safe. . Cushions, towels and parcels had been used unsuccessfully to muffle the sound. Railway officials arriving this morning found the door of the sate dented and the handle missing, the door of the small room in "ni the safo is kept had been partly blow n off its hinges. The mechanism the safe had been damaged so niuctt that the office employees had to woi for nearly three hours before L could open it. SUM OF MONEY STOLEN DUNEDIN BUTCHER'S SHOP [by telegraph —piiEss association] DUNEDIN, Monday Burglars entered Barton s shop between Saturday and tins n » ing. They blew the sate and a largo sum of money. . . , -1, Entrance was gained by prising I the door..