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LAN& WEIX GUARDED. POLICE AT FARM AND HOME. Not only did the police guard Mr. J. T. Lang's farm at Ebenezer, near Windsor, during his present there prior to the opening of the harbour bridge, but they also carefully watched his home, "Oaklands," in Adderley Street,. Auburn. One night a well-known city business man stopped his car near Mr. Lang's home, and immediately four police in plain clothes, one of whom he recognised as* a local constable, approached and took the number of his car. They then waited until the car drove away.
On another night a car stopped 150 yards from the Premier's residence, and six burly men in plain clothes stepped out from the shadows and took the number of the car. The car driver also saw two men resembling policemen in Mr. Lang's yard. At the week-end five members of the force, including two sergeants, guarded the Ebenezer farm. They made a camp in the bush, near the main road, where they could watch all approaches to the farm. They spent the night in the bush, and although the police officially deny that there were any police present, at least two local residents watched them there on Saturday night and again on Sunday. ■
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1932, Page 7
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