BURGLARS IN WELLINGTON

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16464, 17 June 1919, Page 4

BURGLARS IN WELLINGTON

VISIT MOTOR GARAGE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 16. Burglars (for it is assumed that more than one person was concerned) yesterday afternoon entered the. premises of Magnus, Sanderson and Co., motor garage proprietors, at the rear of tho Grand Opera House. The visitors got in through the workshop window that looks out on the stage entrance of the Opera House. The whole place was locked up at the time. The manager, Mr. Bert Sims, had been in in the morning, but had left at noon. The burglars opened six drawers in the workshop.and forced the storeroom door. From the storeroom they proceeded' across the garage to the office. It is probable that a scout was on the qui vive outside, as the garage is in full view of the lane by which cars reach Wakefield Street or Manners Street. Arrived at the outer office, the burglars forced open a desk and a number of drawers, then stepped into the manager’s office and opened a roll-top desk. They helped themselves to cigars, and scattered important documents about. Mr. Sims stated* last evening that so far as he knew the burglars had not secured any money. All the money on the premises was in the safe, and the safe was intact. He thought the intruders had done their work in very amateurish fashion. So far as ho could tell (and he was not in a position to say then just what was missing) they had gone to a great deal of trouble and had secured very little property. They appeared to have looked everywhere for money, and to have neglected' quite a number of valuable articles that were quite within reach.