ACTIVE SAFE-BREAKERS.
DAMAGE AT DUNEDIN.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Dec. nIO. Dunedin's safe breaker is still active. Last night the premises of the Otago Farmers' Co-op. Association, in Crawford Street, were broken into through the skylight and a petty cash box in the strong room containing about £5 was stolen. An explosive was used. An attempt was also made to blow open the safe inside the strong room, but the result was abortive for the lock was so damaged that the services of a locksmith were necessary this morning to open the door. The night watchman who was patrolling; the block saw nothing to indicate what was going on.
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Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17763, 10 December 1929, Page 5
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