Awards for firemen
I i Two firemen who chased* and caught an armed robber jin .svdenham last April hav. [been awarded certificates of i merit bv the Commissioner of Police (Mr K. B. Burn side). I Thev are Station Officer I Graeme Daikee and Fireman- . Driver Neil Stewart The certificates which were presented yesterday bv the Commander of the Christ- ’ church Police District (Chief ’ Superintendent G. F..-. Twentyman), commend the actions of the two firemen in apprehending a man who had robbed the Sydenham Post Office of $2OOO. Station Officer Daikee and Fireman-Driver Stewart cornered the man after a 600j metre chase through school grounds, streets, and alleys 'near the post office.
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Press, 26 February 1977, Page 20
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