DARING THEFT
(Per Press Association.) ■ DUNEDIN, last night. A daring theft is reported to have occurred at the bottle department of the Excelsior Hotel yesterday. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon a man tendered a £1 note in payment for a bottle of whisky, and as the barman was getting the change from the cash register, the purchaser asked (o have the cork drawn. The barman left the (ill open and began to comply wilb the request, but as ho \ias bending to draw the cork, the stranger leaned over and, grabbing a handful of notes from the till, made a hasty exit. So far nothing further has been heard of him. The licensee, Mr. W. Quirk, estimates his loss at between £ls and £2O.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16389, 11 July 1927, Page 12
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125DARING THEFT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16389, 11 July 1927, Page 12
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