IMPERTINENT THEFTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 6

IMPERTINENT THEFTS

TYPEWRITERS STOLEN SCHOOL AUTHORITIES BLUEEED. I Per Press Association ). AUCKLAND, June 29. i Two daring and impertinent theft, were committed at St. Benedict’s School, East street, Newton in les.* tnan t >vq hours this evening. In both instances the same young man arrive.' . with a plausible excuse and took away I one of tin- school typewriters, tip. I value of the missing property being about £5O. 1 Circumstances conspired to make the I thief’s task, comparative! v easy. Earlv i in the afternoon the representative ol • a city firm, from whom the type- : wrifeis were purchased, was at the ; school to inspect and adjust some of the machines which are used by the ipu;..;>. .-,,j surprise was caused, there- . lore, when a second man arrived claim- . ing to represent the same firm and said he had been instructed to take one of the machine- away for repairs. Tut ■ sister on duty at. the school had no suspicions regarding the man, who ! chose a machine valued at about £tC i from the half-dozen in the room and I carried it away. He left the school 'n i a motor-car. Later, however, rhe :>i.-tcr reported the matter to a senior member of the -tall, who immediately ; communicated with the typewriter comJ pany. She was informed that they I had not sent a second representative ’to the school but that a man had called at their show-room offering for , sale a typewriter answering to descriu- , tiou of the missing machine. i The second theft was committed wih ' equal facility. The caretaker was in I the school building about 7 o 'clock loi night when a stranger appeared and I said he had been instructed to fake lawny one of the typewriters, a small I machine. He was accordingly allowed to do so aftei promising that he would return at 8 o’clock for a third machine [and that he would also bring a sack |of apples for the caretaker. Detec- ' lives were waiting at the school at 8 [o’clock, but the thief did not appear. I An arrest was made in the cit v shortI}' 1 }' 'after 8 o’clock and the suspect will appear in the Police Court. Harbour Moles. j “I am very satislied with the j.ack--ling which has been done on the har I hour entrance moles,” stated Mr. R. : I.’. Dawson, consulting engineer to the j Harbour Board, in response to a querj I by a •‘Chronicle” reporter last night. He said that he had made close observations at the port entrance during the week-end. when the heaviest seas for many months had thoroughly teste.! out those sections of both moles which have recently been reconstructed. Mr. Dawson has worked on the principle of using large pieces of she'.l-roek to form a basic structure and has made thi.-water-tight by “packing” the gaps with smaller stone. His examinations ! made during the week-end disclosed [ that the exceptionally heavy seas, | w hich have provided as stern a test as the moles are likely to experience, have not dislodged any of the stone used ! for packing. Mr. Dawson snid that |klierc were one or two places where the I sea was encroaching on the channel by getting in behind certain portions of the moles. It would be a simple matter to check. Slow delivery of stone is still a problem, but in all other respccts the work on the entrance to the harbour is progressing in very satis factory fashion. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure First aia for Co-igiis, Colds, Influenxa.