Early on the morning of the 14th inst Dr. Harston (of the firm of Drs. Hiti gan, Stedman and Rennie) was robbed of a gold presentation watch, silver cigarette case, pencil case, ete. Dr. Harston, who resides at the Peak Hotel, was on ti morning staying in the house of a friend in Queen's Gardens, and had been unable to retire'till about 5 o'clock, and it was between this time and 7 a.m. that the robbory was committed. The case is in the hands of the police but xo far they have no clue to the identity of the thief.
Robbery at the "Daily Press"
Office.
At about 2.30 a.m. in the morning of the 7th inst., a workman at the "Daily Press " office saw a coolie passing through the office with a ream of paper on his shoulder, which he had evidently stolen from the store room. He raised an alarm anda maclineman and the watchman gave chase to the thief. The latter dropped the paper, weighing 72 Its., and escaped in the darkness. When daylight appeared it was found that the thieves had got in from the back premises, and stolen $100 worth of paper, and had escaped with it without being noticed by a single policeman. There is no trace of the thieves so far.
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