Robbery In Noumea

Noumea, Mar. 18.

IN a town where thefts—when they do occur—are usually of a petty nature, the loss of £1,600 recently caused something of a sensation in the Valles des Colone suburb of Noumea. A French man found this amount—or rather, 250,000 francs —missing from his safe. He had trusted his Javanese employee, but the police did not, and eventually they were led to a place in the bush where wads of notes had been carefully hidden.

The Javanese knew where his master kept the keys, had taken them and then rifled the safe.