THEFT FROM OPERA HOUSE
j NIGHT'S TAKINGS STOLEN, ! TWO MEN ARRESTED. 1 INCLUDING STAGE MECHANIC
(Prea* Association.} j WELLINGTON, This Day j An official of a company playing at the Opera House placed a bag oo.r taning £24f0, the nigfct'g takings, 0:1 the pia.no on stage on Saturday night while conversing with members of°the company, and turning! his back for a. moment it disaippeared. Yesterday a constable noticed *»\vo m^i, drinking whisky in the street, and motiey changing hands. Suspecting sly-grog selling, he arrested them, and ; when searched £200' wag found on Henry Silk, stage mechanic a.t the Opera, House, and £6 on the other.. The police were already looking, for Silk, who will be charged with the theft. • I"
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Thames Star, Volume LVI, Issue 14309, 23 August 1920, Page 3
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