DELAYED BY THIEVES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22371, 19 September 1934, Page 14

DELAYED BY THIEVES

MARRIED COUPLE’S NEW HOME PERSISTENT-THEFT OF FITTINGS. (Per United Press Association.! AUCKLAND, September 18. The plans of a recently married Auckland couple to settle in their new home have been seriously interfered with by the activities of thieves who have on three occasions within the last six weeks stolen fittings from the house, which is in the final stages of construction. The most recent visit by the thieves was on Monday night, when electrical equipment valued at about £7 was stolen. Since the thefts commenced fittings and tools worth some £2O have disappeared from the house. It is thought that a skeleton key must have been used as there lias not been any indication of an entry being forced. The first time the thieves visited the house they removed a number of plated-ware taps and also took several lengths of copper pipin". By the time they made their next visit the copper piping had been replaced, and they promptly stole a second lot. Using a plumber’s wrench found in a kit of' tools left In the house, the intruders unscrewed the pipes and also stole a quantity of asbestos packing and special fittings from the hot-water system. '. On Monday night a raid was made on the electrical equipment. Various fittings were wrenched bodily from the walls and shades and light bulbs were taken.