Police chief robbed
PA New Plymouth A policeman's work is never done: on a bowls holiday in New Plymouth, where he is taking' part in the Taranaki open fours tournament, the Commissioner of Police, Mr R. J. Walton, continued his Tawa team’s unbeaten record by nabbing an intruder in his motel room. An alert motel staff member saw the man enter Mr Walton’s room and went right to the top when she called the police: Mr Walton
himself was only a few metres away. New Plymouth police reinforcements were called after Mr Walton had caught the intruder, who allegedly had taken $4BO from his room. The police said that the man would appear in the District Court at New Plymouth on Monday to face a charge of entering a building with intent. Mr Walton plays No. 2 for B. A. Beedell’s four in the open fours and he is sure of a place in post-section play, with a string of six wins so far.
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Press, 22 January 1982, Page 5
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