£3OOO BURGLARY
POST OFFICE SAFE BLOWN (By Telegraph.—Press Association) AUCKLAND. Thursday Shortly before 4 a.m. today burglars entered the post office. Queen Street, Northcote, opened the large strongroom with geiignite, and stole cash and stamps, including social security, health and ordinary stamps, to a total value of £3OOO. The job was expertly done, axle grease being used to pack the charge and just the right amount of explosive applied to force the mechanism without damaging the door. %
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Waikato Times, Volume 193, Issue 22198, 18 November 1943, Page 4
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77£3000 BURGLARY Waikato Times, Volume 193, Issue 22198, 18 November 1943, Page 4
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