A DARING ROBBERY.
£SOO STOLEN PROM A POST OFFICE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. A daring robbery took place at" Mirtdn on Wednesday night. Prom what canbe gathered the postmaster (Mr, McGuire), a very old servant of the Department, retired to bed about 11 o'clock, leaving tho office keys in the hip pocket of Ms trousers, which were Jiung in a wardrobe- Some time on Thursday morning MoGuire heard a noise in his bedroom, but, after listening for some time and hearing nothing more, he concluded the noise was caused by the springs of a bed in an adjoining room occupied by his daughter. At 7 o'clock a boy from the office informed McGuiro that the office safe door was standing open. Investigation showed that all tho notes in the 'safe had been taken, amounting in all to over £SOO. It is understood there were six £SO and several £lO notes. The office has a record of the numbers of the £SO notes and also of most of the £IOO note 3.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1919, Page 4
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173A DARING ROBBERY. Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1919, Page 4
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