CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
TELEPHONE TAMPERED WITH.
CONSTABLE'S HAND INJURED.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, this day.
Late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning a young man'wEs caught in the act of tampering with a telephone box at Berhampore. He resisted the constable, whose hand was badly injured, and escaped in a cur, which was found later abandoned. About 2/ worth of pennies were in the back of the car.
The police believe that an organised gang of young men is operating on these lines in Wellington.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 9
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