NON-SMOKERS BEWARE!

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 19

NON-SMOKERS BEWARE!

Obeying promptly when the manager pointed a pipe at them and said, "Hands up or I'll fire," two midnight intruders In the Theatre Royal, Barry, surrendered and consented to be locked in the office while the police were telephoned for. The mock revolver was a happy thought tbat .occurred to Mr. Cecil H. Collinson, ' the manager, after a desperate struggle in | the dark. Up to this point he had been | getting rather the worst of it. | Walking along the street after midnight, ihe saw an unexpected light in the build- ' ing, and entered by the stage door to i investigate. I At that moment the lights were sudt denly switched out, and he was groping along in the darkness when two men sudi denly attacked him. He was thrown to ! the ground, but continued the struggle ; pluckily, and at last was able to get his i pipe out of his pocket. In the dim light llt served its purpose, and the intruders j consented to walk in front of him to his j office, where be turned the key on them. j Tolice were telephoned for, and the j men taken into custody. | Mr. Collinson stated later that one of the men struck at him with a knife, but luckily it only penetrated his coat.