DARING BURGLARS.
Heavy Safe Removed from Hotel. STOCK ALSO RAIDED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, December 14. Cool audacity was displayed by burglars who broke into the temporary premises of the Panama Hotel, at the corner of Taranaki and Vivian Streets, between midnight on Saturday and two o’clock on Sunday morning. They' carried away a large safe containing £IOO and some valuable documents, and stole thousands of cigarettes and several bottles of champagne, whisky and brandy. The plunder was the property of Mrs Hyde, licensee of the hotel. The safe, which would require at least two powerful men to lift, was rolled on to some bags, judging by the marks on the floor, and then dragged out •through the front door on to the footpath. It was then probably lifted on to a waiting motor-truck. It is believed that the thieves followed the usual practice and removed the safe to some unfrequented place in the bush or to premises away from the city where they can apply themselves to the task of forcing it open without attracting unwanted attention. Police investigations are proceeding.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 296, 14 December 1931, Page 5
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182DARING BURGLARS. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 296, 14 December 1931, Page 5
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