THE RECENT BURGLARIES
WATCHFUL HOUSEHOLDERS. INSPECTOR—NOT A BURGLAR. The recent series of burglaries in the city has put many people on the qui vive, and there is a good deal of excuse for nervous householders regarding with suspicion anyone who appears to be taking more than ordinary note of their premises. Advice was received by the City Council authorities, some days ago from residents at Thorndon' that a suspi-cious-looking man had been seen making- a close scrutiny of windows in various houses, and it was imagined he was planning a burglarious coup. Thq individual turned out to be a fireescape inspector in the course of his duties! Unlike the other employees of the corporation, the inspector aid not wear a uniform.
The Mayor (Air R. A. Wright, M.P.) stated to a “Times’’ reporter yesterday thak householders have a simple method of satisfying themselves of the bona fides of corporation officials who are not in uniform, for each officer carries with him a small folder indicating that he is authorised by the council. “If persons appear on private property, and it is not clear that they have authority,” the Mayor stated, “residents should ask for their credentials. Every council officer is bound to produce hi 6 authority on demand.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11159, 15 March 1922, Page 5
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208THE RECENT BURGLARIES New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11159, 15 March 1922, Page 5
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