New B.P. Store Robbed
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From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, June 27.
AFTER an unsuccessful attempt to break into Morris, Hedstrom’s retail store by shattering a window pane and opening a door from the inside, Burns, Philp’s new store, situated next to the post office on Apia Main Beach Road and lighted all night, was entered in the same way.
The burglars succeeded in opening the door and getting away with about £4 in cash from the cash register. They were apparently not interested in goods, as there was no sign of their having stolen anything else.
The Apia Police Force is much criti cised for the lack of protection given to the merchants of Apia. There are no police patrols on the Main Beach Road at night time, though there are a large number of native policemen available for the purpose and the tax-payers have to bear the heavy cost of a large Police Department.