A MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
|Ps» United' Pbkss "AfesdorA±i6if.i ' CTIRISTCHUROH, Fefrriiafy i 4. The Mararba hrrjj-efl in' LyttSlton Ilftrbour this morning flying the polieo flag. Two officers, toaracd the, vcißolj iUid discovered that a, daring robbery had taken place. , A lady, ~a- Second class passehgor, on waking tip this morning, fotitid tliat ft person or persons had entered her cabin during the night and gonb : througih lifer luggage. She informed tho officer, but 110 trace of the thief was' discovered. A gold watch and cliitin, pUrse,. cash, hud handbag of tho value of about £15, and return tickets,. were missing. Tlio lady is under the impression that a inim made a hurried exit just as she awoke.. She. is Vinabio. to distinguish him. It is stated that a, number of .suspicious-looking characters frorti Aus : tralia • were on board. . The police searched several, but foiiiid no trrice. Thfi investigation,is proceeding: .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13208, 15 February 1905, Page 5
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147A MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13208, 15 February 1905, Page 5
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