From Western Post, Wednesday, April 24, 1861: CASSILIS From a Correspondent On Wednesday morning, 17th inst., supposed to be between 2 and 3 o'clock, Mr William PIPER's store was broken into and cash, cheques and a gold and silver watch carried off. A cheque for £20, drawn by Dr. MORRIS, C.P.S., a cheque for £15 19s 6d drawn by Mr LAMBE, of Llangollen, in favour of "HANNAH", on the Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, and an order drawn by MACQUEEN on Dr. TRAILL, of Collaroy, were amongst the property taken. There were also a few smaller orders and cheques taken. An order drwawn on Burt and Co, Sydney, for £5, and a cheque drawnby constable MUNRO on account of the public service for £1 10s, are missing. No goods from the store were taken except the watches above referred to, cash being the object the scoundrel had unquestionably in view. The real value of the property missing will not fall much short of £100. The entrance was effected by removing the sash of a small back window. The follow must have done his work very quietly, as nothing was dist! urbed or carried off expect the watches and books, where he must have known Mr PIPER was keeping his money. The books were found next morning uninjured in a watercloset about fifteen yards from Mr PIPER's store. Matches had been used in the closet while the search through the books was going on. The loss to Mr PIPER would have been very serious had the books been lost or destroyed. The police have again another chance of proving to this community that they are not entirely useless. May they embrace it. CAUTION The public are hereby cautioned not to cash or receive in payment the following cheques and orders, as they were stolen from the Stores of the undersigned on the morning of the 17th instant. No. 25,668, Cheque for £20, drawn in favour of Alexander FRASER, for collecting electoral lists, dated 12th April, 1861, by John MORRIS, C.P.S. Cheque drawn by F C LAMBE for £15 19s 6d in favour of "HANNAH", on the Bank of New South Wales, Sydney. Order drawn by Alexander MACQUEEN No. 77-61, on R J TRAILL, Collaroy, for £22 5s 3d in favour of Jone (Chinaman). Payment has been stopped. (Signed) William Piper ***END*** (I finally found one of my rellies (William Piper, above) it only took wading through 7 months of Western Post newspapers!) Annette Piper Please note: Every effort has been to transcribe the above information correctly, however errors may have inadvertently been made. Spelling of surnames/places as appears in original.