ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
GELIGNITE r IN SAFE, LOCK KAUKAPAKAPA POST OFFICE INTRUDERS LEAVE HURRIEDLY An attempt at opening the E!aukapakapa Post Office safe was made between midnight on Tuesday and sis o'clock yesterday morning. Intruders filled the lock with gelignite but apparently left the premises hurriedly, without firing the diarge. A few letters trere missing from the office, but none of theiri wij registered. ! • •• A side windowjwas broken to provide the means of entry into the building. Severni drawers were forced, but the effort yielded nothing of value." Even had they opened the. safe, the thieves would have found only a few postal notes and stamps.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23320, 13 April 1939, Page 10
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105ATTEMPTED BURGLARY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23320, 13 April 1939, Page 10
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