THEFTS FROM OIL LAUNCHES.
POLICE UNEARTH A PLANT. AUCKLAND, December 5. It was recently discovered that several oil launches at Onehunga had been ransacked, and one, which had been removed from its moorings, was found piled up on a sandbank. The police yesterday visited Waikowai Park and on the foreshore unearthed a complete plant. The opinion is held that the men responsible for the thefts are preparing to make a trip to Australia. The plant included a compass, charts, binnacle, si_x_ tins of benzine, Large quantities of provisions, two or three bunks, clothing cut in the latest style, and a quantity of jewellery believed to be stolen.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3117, 10 December 1913, Page 14
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107THEFTS FROM OIL LAUNCHES. Otago Witness, Issue 3117, 10 December 1913, Page 14
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