SAFE-BREAKERS BUSY.
EXPLOSION AT TAKAPUNA.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
(By Telegraph—Special lo Times.) ACCKLAND, Saturday.
The dull boom of a heavy explosion was heard by a number of Takapuna residents at an early hour this morning, and when Hellaby's butchery, it the corner of Lake and Jutland Roads was opened for business, it was found that burglars had made an unsuccessful attempt lo gel Hie safe opened by means of explosives. There was very little money in the safe. This is the second time within a fortnight that explosives have been used at Takapuna, the Auckland Gas Company's safe having been blown open early on Saturday, May 12.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17412, 26 May 1928, Page 7
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