BIG RAILWAY THEFT

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5972, 24 August 1912, Page 1

BIG RAILWAY THEFT

WELLINGTON', Au u ust ill. Several weeks ago tlio Kailway Department susperxlod a guard in tlii* Tauraurunui district as a eons,■■iii.-in-i----of the disappearance 0,1 a loiisiynment of £3OO while in transit from u Main Trunk station under ilie can'of that official. '(iuurds' van- air pro vided with a safe, aid dir vtui on the train controlled by this employe.had tlio usual receptacle for valuables, but the key was niissine, thi: eonsenuenca beiiijr that the mono-v had to bo left in an unsreure place, while the guard attended to his ordinals duties on the train. On his return t» the van he missed the mniii-v and absolutely no trace could be found. The sensational incident occupied the uttentkn of a departmental iiu|uir\ for several days, and the uiiftrd's movements were uarrowlv reviewed, but he, was so conjplelelv :>r |iiitt.-it Qt blame that he has been reiustaled in his position. There appears, how ever, to lie absolutelv no cine to tli,. j)e)-petrator of the robbery.