House robberies seem to be greatly on the increase. On the evening of the Grand Military Tattoo, during the absence of the inmates, the home of Colonel Retallick at the Peak was plundered of jewellery, ete., to the value of about $1,000. The boy disappeared on that night and has not since been beard of, and is believed to be the thief, but no trace has been found either of Lim or the missing property; and the chances that anything will ever be heard of them are, I fear, remote.
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