A Cobb and Co. stage coach was “held up” by local residents on horseback at Styx, on the old 130-mile Dunstan Trail, in Central Otago yesterday afternoon. The coach left Dunedin for Clyde on Boxing Day and at the time of the “holdup” was stopped for repairs to a wheel. The driver Mr D. Axe (left on the coach), and Mr K. Johnston, riding shotgun, were reported to have been able to handle their masked attackers.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33111, 29 December 1972, Page 2
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76A Cobb and Co. stage coach was “held up” by local residents on horseback at Styx, on the old 130-mile Dunstan Trail, in Central Otago yesterday afternoon. The coach left Dunedin for Clyde on Boxing Day and at the time of the “holdup” was stopped for repairs to a wheel. The driver Mr D. Axe (left on the coach), and Mr K. Johnston, riding shotgun, were reported to have been able to handle their masked attackers. Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33111, 29 December 1972, Page 2
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