THE WRONG BAG
THIEF'S DISCOMFITURE (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post,") AUCKLAND, This Day. An- incident in which a thief missed a big haul by taking the wrong bag occurred at Ardmore street, Ponsonby, last evening. Mr. G. Phillips, of the Trocadero Restaurant, and his wife and sister were on their way home, and had with them the day's takings, amounting to over £100. They left tho tramcar and had proceeded for some distance down Ardmore road when a man dashed up from behind, grabbed a bag Mr. Phillips was carrying, and rushed to a waiting motor-car, which did not have its lights on. lie then made off at high speed down Ardmore road. The £100 was in a bag which one of the ladies was carrying. The bag which Mr. Phillips was so suddenly dispossessed of contained one bottle of oysters and a pound of dog's meat.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 14 September 1928, Page 10
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149THE WRONG BAG Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 55, 14 September 1928, Page 10
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