A SAFE SHATTERED.
THIEVES USE GELIGNITE. ATTEMPT PROVES RESULTLESS. (Special to Daily Times.) AUCKLAND, February 14. A charge of gelignite which shattered the bolts of the safe was used by thieves who broke into the office of Grey and Menzies’ mineral water factory in Eden Crescent last night. After the explosion they were still unable to lever the door open and missed a haul of £SO by an eighth of an inch. About 7 o’clock this morning the attempted robbery was discovered by one of the employees. The charge was put into the keyhole of the safe and the force was so great that it badly warped the door. “ I’ve been expecting it for a long time,” said Mr R. R. Menzies, the manager, this morning. “ This street is fairly quiet and isolated, and it would give thieves a good chance. The street is patrolled by policemen I think. A window at the back of the building gave the thieves entry. It must have been somebody who knew the place,” added Mr Menzies, “ for they would have cut themselves to pieces on the instruments which were on the bench just inside the window if they had been strangers.” This is the second time within two weeks that the factory has been entered.-
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20643, 15 February 1929, Page 10
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212A SAFE SHATTERED. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20643, 15 February 1929, Page 10
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