BURGLARY AT WAIUKU.
FOUR SHOPS ENTERED. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Burglars made a big raid on the small township of Waiuku last, night, breaking open with a jemmy four shops in Spring Street. Naismith, fruiterer, left the safe open and £25 was extracted; £2 was stolen from Mrs Brinton's restaurant; tobacco and cigarettes from R. C. Wright's. The doors of two shops in Bowcn Street resisted assault. SAFE BROKEN OPEN. (By Telegninh.—Press Association.} DARGAVILLE, Monday. Some time between 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday M. J. Nelson's general store at Whatoro was broken into and a safe taken outside and broken open with a sledge hammer and iron bar. The amount stolen consists of £7 in notes. The thieves also took about 20s in casii from the til! and ledger ;.nd cash books. The safe was damaged beyond repair. The police have the matter in hand, but no arrest lias yet been made.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17132, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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154BURGLARY AT WAIUKU. Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17132, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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