BURGLAR IN THEATRE
CONSIDERABLE SUM STOLEN [ Per Preaa A*ooc!a;3on. ) WELLINGTON, March 11. During Saturday night, entrance was effected to the office of the Princess Theatre. The safe was blown open and Saturday night ’s takings and other cash amounting to a considerable sum stolen. The intruder must have climbed up a pipe on the side of the building and then gained access through a fanlight above the dress circle. He must have performed a feat of acrobatics reaching the metal truss six or seven feet below the fanlight, and thence dropped into the dress circle. Then he had to scale a 12-foot partition to get into the office, the door of wnich was locked. After opening the safe and removing the contents, he dropped into the stalls and escaped by climbing over the ticket box in the lobby.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 6
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138BURGLAR IN THEATRE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 6
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