MUSIC SHOP RAIDED
• Iftr ACCORDIONS STOLEN - SUM OF £2O FROM SAFE (Pur Prnss Association.) | AUCKLAND, last night. Musical instruments valued tit. at joast £IOO, and move than £-0 in , money, wen' stolen by a burglar who liroke into the premises of Arthur Fndy, Limited, Queen street, on Wednesday night, or early this morning. | Only an agile man- could have enfer- ; ed the shop in the manner adopted by the thief, ft is apparent that he gamed aecess to a. right-of-way running from Vulcan lane between the pro-; raises and the hotel next door, and then scaled a. wall to reach the roof of . the- building. A pane of glass was removed by the intruder, who climbed I through a small openimig and reached , 1 lie violin room. j ! Tlie thief was evidently provided, 'with keys, as ln> opened the safe, re-; j moved the banknotes, and then locked! I the .safe again. In spite of thi! fact, that the interior ,of the shop is visible- to passershy the burglar ventured into the shop. From tlie show case, he .stole piano ! accordions, choosing t he highest priced i instruments. IJTow the burglar managed to scale ■
thi'; tall gate surmounted by a row ol iron spikes, is a mystery, particularly in view of the bulky instruments la: took with him.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19099, 21 August 1936, Page 10
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218MUSIC SHOP RAIDED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19099, 21 August 1936, Page 10
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