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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2422, 24 December 1875, Page 2

Dtjeing the week the first great burglary in the history of the Province haa been chronicled. It sounds very dangerous, but the ease is after all only a very simple one. It became known that a man was is in the habit, for eome reason best known to himself, of keeping large sums of money in his house. The natural consequence follows— somebody walks in and takes it. Finding the owner awake, somebody goes through the prelimiuary of knocking him down ana bruising niro. If a

man will be foolish enough not to make use of tbe ordinary channels of commerce he has only himself to blame if he comes to grief. If be will not trust his money to the safe keeping of a Bank, he is sure to find out tliat his own keeping is by no means as safe. If be despises tbe conveniences offered bim by tbe money changers, be will find tbat tbe inconveniences of sticking to his opinion are danger to life and limb, and certain loss of bis treasure. It is to be hoped that a crime wbich was provoked by the gross temptation ofFered, will not bo taken as a sign that our population is becoming demoralised.